Had the day off from work and got a little done on the F-86. Mostly cemented together the intake trunk and tailpipe and then poured some Mr. Surfacer down them which will hopefully seal the gaps.

Thanks Gamera,

Can't wait to see it.  Now I have a dilemma. Do I build my B47 for my Boeing GB next year,  or the Revell B17.  Maybe I do both.

Hey MC, not currently but I was planning on taking some before I close up the model, which cross your fingers should be sometime this long weekend. So I'll see about posting them when I get a chance!

Off hand I'd strongly recommend the kit. Looks like they raised the price since I bought mine but still it's a big box stuffed with sprues so you get your money's worth. And a complete interior, even the engines are about five parts apiece. It's the one in the Promodeler box, I think the Revell of Germany kit is the same but it's about ten dollars more expensive for the same model with different decals. As I'm replacing the decals I really don't care.  

Revell Promodeler B-17G 

Gamera

Do you have any WIP pics of the 1/72 B1? I've been eyeballing it and was wondering how it was.

Are things noticeably different visually between a F-2 and the F-4?

I am by no means an expert, but I am not aware of any cosmetic differences between a -4 and a -5. Not that could be noticed in 1/72 scale especially.. Oh, and welcome aboard!

I can't imagine the engines made any difference to the exterior, might be worth getting the F-5 decals.

Not sure what the kit truly represents but according to Wikipedia the F9F-4 had a longer fuselage for greater fuel capacity. The F-5 is the same but has a Pratt & Whitney J48

That box has certainly seen better days 68. I found 2 sets of 72nd F9F decal on Hannants, but they are not for the F-4. Is there much difference between the 4 and the other versions.

These are what I found.

www.hannants.co.uk/.../SFD72141

www.hannants.co.uk/.../PSL72113

Plastic is good but the decals are shot so I have to find some.

Lewbud: Wouldn't mind it at all! Am working on the new Revell 1/72nd B-17 and it's as good as anything done by Tamiya or Hasegawa.

68GT: Hope the kits in better shape than the box!!! Personally think the Panther may have been one of the best looking of all the early jets.

I have an old 1/72 Matchbox F9F-4 Panther I can join with if I can just get some decals for it.

Bought a Superscale CAG sheet but of course the decals are black and white so there is no way to do a blue or a gray cat. Should have been all white.

Hey that sounds like a plan.....especially the cheaper part!

Yeap, Gus had I think 80 missions and never lost a ship until Liberty Bell 7...

Pretty neat kit there, haven't built much of their 1/72nd stuff but looks nicely molded.

I do think it is strange since there is such a big potential market for it.

Le't hope TamiGawa brings out a nice new 1/32 slatted Sabre soon ;-)

I recall reading somewhere that Gus was concidered to be the best "stick 'n rudder" guy in the Mercury 7 program. A heck of a feather in the can if you look at his colliques!

Here in my entry. Only the winghalves joined and bangseat put into the tub.

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Theuns

I think there is a resin replacement wing for the slatted version but it's more expensive that the Academy kit! I looked at it a year or so back hoping to build a model of US astronaut Gus Grissom's F-86 but I couldn't find a photo of the aircraft and didn't want to spring for the price of the replacement wing so I dropped the idea.  

I just completed the Tam 262, it really is a shake and bake kit, no issues with it atall........except the hard decals :-(

Microsol does seem to help a little.

Pitty no-one brings out a slatted wing Sabre in 1/48.

The SAAF only had 1 hard-wing Sabre in Korea (tail # 622 as a USAF replacement) the others were all slatted wing planes.

Theuns

Sounds great! Can't go wrong with a Tamiya kit.

I haven't done a group build before and this one looks like a good one to cut my teeth on. Besides I have a Tamiya ME 262 that's been callin my name. So please pencil me in if it's alright.

Yeah, I think I remember you building a SAAF F-86 for SP's Korean War GB (love those springbok insignia!)

Gee, I'm really hoping to do the box art aircraft, well I'll be really careful and if they do go to blazes I think I do have another sheet of F-86s somewhere- it's just they're all post-Korea fighters. Thanks for the warning!

I built that kit aswell, quite nice, the decals were in my kit not to good I am affraid.

Maybe you will have more luck with yours.

The banshee is really one of those ultra simple kits from academy. The detail level is very bare, but I just like the looks of the plane.

Theuns

Hey Theuns, the Banshee sounds cool! Maybe I should have went with something more unusual.

My F-86 is the 1/48th Academy kit. One of the guys in our IPMS Club dad was ground crew on the aircraft pictured on the box top so I'm going to use the kit decals to build that plane.

Hey Gamera, what Sabre you gonna do? I built the little 1/72 Academy F-86E as while ago, very nice and have the superb 1/48 Hasagawa F-86 F40 in the stash, also for Alclad :-)

Pix of my Banshee to follow.

Theuns

You lucky dog. I've got 3 ongoing builds right now, so I won't be able to start right off the bat. And I also need to find some time to build a B-25 sometime before the end of the year...

Pulled out the Sabre over the weekend and pawed though the contents of the box. I'm building this one right outta the box so since I've got my Alclad ready I have everything I need.

Yessir! I hope you enjoy this GB as much as I have enjoyed yours.

Please put me down for a 1/72 Academy Banshee. I had a look at it the other day and will try to beat it into submition!

Theuns

Very nice! Very under rated plane in my opinion, considering the F-4 was developed from her.

Think I'll do something rather ungainly.  1/72 Emhar F-3 Demon, VF-14 Tophatters markings.