RichB63

Looks like a winner!

Two museum examples of Wright J65 powered Skyhawks. As Tommy points out in his blog, shorter exhaust shrouds may have been fitted to these aircraft earlier in life.

Hi Gene! Thanks for rattling my cage…how quickly 2 weeks turns into 2 months! Regarding the ALQ-119 pod, I suffered some setbacks during the painting stages resulting in not just one, but two, strippings and redoings! Luckily, no harm done. Hopefully more pictures soon.

Reskit’s offering provides optional parts that appear to account for at least some of the engine differences. For example: part R9 looks like a Wright J65 exhaust.

Wow! Great looking set, especially that seat! Rich

Great stuff Ben…many thanks for posting!

Love it! Thanks, Bryan, for sharing your knowledge and documentation - very helpful! Rich

Superb! How did you achieve the striping on the seats’ overhead handles?

Haha, I just realized I typed “Stalemates.” Scalemates is the name of the website.

Stalemates is a good source for kit history and related aftermarket: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-05650-northrop-f-89-scorpion--1456143/related hth, Rich

Note the differing air intakes atop the cowls. I read that some EC-47s were equipped with R2000 engines, although I don’t know if this accounts for the scoop mod.

Fond memories of building the Monogram kit back in the eighties…but it’s high time we were graced with a new tool Thud in 1:48 (sorry, HB’s 2008 releases didn’t lift the bar), made to today’s more exacting standards. Even with nose corrections, the windscreen and canopy shapes (made so apparent in Ben’s photo above) still present problems for discriminating modelers. Rich (who sometimes wishes he weren’t so d@mn discriminating!)

Konbini, Your model looks great! The RAM sections are very convincing…like they were painted on. 👍 Rich

Awesome…glad to see more Cold War era figures!

Love it! Well researched and well executed!