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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

Gamera

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

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 

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.

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.

ajd

please add me with a 1/72 Fujimi Cutlass. I will be staring soon.

I sure will. I've been having trouble editing the roster, but I'll get it figured out.

Sounds pretty cool there PJ!

Btw: Has anyone else besides me already started? Sorry I haven't gotten more done but I poured on the Mr. Surfacer pretty thick and want to make sure it's really dry all the way though before I try sanding out the rough areas inside the intakes.

I was going to start on mine tonight but I found some pe for my model so I have to wait for it to arrive.

OK, I have made my kit choice, but will not likely be able to start it before the end of the year. I am gonna build the 1/48 Hobbycraft Vampire Mk.I

Great model choices fellas. I have that F-80 kit and it has some great molded details.

Couple of evenings back I took the Cutlass out of the stash and began to research as I usually do before a build. The kit is very well made and the cockpit is decent OOB as is but during my search of cockpit images I came across a beautiful cockpit pe set. I was really excited as no one has made pe details for this particular model till apparently last year. It is made by Eduard for a company called RS-IM. Apparently UMM is the only one stocking it and gave it's owner John Vojtech a call and ordered a set from him.

http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=106&products_id=5643&osCsid=94e7abfc6a986ab52bca44e40c3c5cf8

Started my Cutlass. This is truly a very nice kit.

Here is the pe fret made by Eduard for RES-IM. It elevates the cockpit detail tremendously. It also has details for the landing gear. 

The IP and side consoles have finely detailed raised instruments that would have looked fantastic painted but they had to be shaved off so the pe parts can properly fit.

The tub got the pe details which are a bunch of folded thin metal pieces and glued with thick ca.

I removed the molded belts from the seat and the clunky headrest then added the leg restraint loops from thin electronic wire. The loops may look too thick but the reference pictures I saw showed them to be on the hefty side.

more to come.

Looks good PJ!

Thanks Gamera.  Can't wait till I shoot Alclad Polished Aluminum on this Cutlass!

Pj, thats gonna look pretty dang great! Awesome work on the PE too. That would have been such a sexy jet had they not jacked the cockpit 2 stories high.

Hey PJ,

I'm pretty sure you can help me with this. I'm doing research for the Me262A "JV44" I'm doing for this build, and I can't seem to find any RLM81 Brown Violet or RLM82 Light Green. Do you have any ideas for substitutions?

Steve

Hey crazy, Model master makes both rlm 81 & 82. Some people aren't fond of Model master enamels, and some people swear by them. The rlm colors do seem to dry a tad glossy, but a flat coat takes care of that. Surely others make those shades as well.

Thanks,

I'll check Model Master.