industrialmachanic Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Good one Shawn, can't beat the Ol' Tracker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
82Whitey51 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Nice job! That is the type Tracker I want to build too...I remember seeing them a lot as well in the early 80s. To be clear, the S-2A release has the correct nacelles and horizontal stabilizers? I know that the fuselage is the correct length, just want to be sure I don't have to track down a Belcher conversion for the other differences. Also, what color did you use on it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Thanks guys, yep out of the box. Did not use any conversion for this one apart from the decals. Paint is Tamiya IJN grey. Lightened very slightly with white. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VMFA314Knights Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Nice one Shawn, Good to hear you can build a Canadian Tracker out of the box (Except for the decals)... too bad that box is so much more expensive than the last box. It went just a bit beyond my usual budget so I'll have to wait and see if I want to splurge for this one at some point or maybe find it on sale one day. Maybe Santa will bring one! Cheers, David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Very true, I want to do one more in the last flight scheme but its too expensive. Same thing for the A-3 and Albatross I want to build. Hopefully deals can be found in Hamilton this March. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Nice one Shawn, Good to hear you can build a Canadian Tracker out of the box Well, not really, rear fuselage did not get shortened, but it all depends on your own personal level of 'accurate' Build for yourself--I say. Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brad-M Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Hi Shawn, I am very reluctant to purchase another Kinetic kit, but I love the tracker. During my early years as a young sailor in the Canadian Navy we worked a lot with these aircraft, and the one thing I always recall is how loud they were in flight. You could here them coming from a long way out. You did a fine job on yours, did you find any annoying areas of fit that you can share? TIA Brad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Well... I am not thinking the A kit needed to be shortened any more. I sure know the F kit did............. There is the first move from my RCN Tracker. Hi Brad, no, the fit was not bad. A little putty for the bottom, but over all not a bad kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Well... I am not thinking the A kit needed to be shortened any more. It was discussed back in Aug 2013, you even posted in the thread. http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=267163 Cheers, Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Well there you go. In the end I built this one pretty much out of the box apart from the decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
industrialmachanic Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 No 1/72---sniff sniff !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird3a Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) No 1/72---sniff sniff !! yes there is, a Hasegawa kit. If you're willing to install a boat-load of 'modelling' into it; one thing to note; the leading edge of the wing was not moved ahead in front of the L/E slots. Edited December 15, 2013 by Snowbird3a Quote Link to post Share on other sites
industrialmachanic Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 yes there is, a Hasegawa kit. If you're willing to install a boat-load of 'modelling' into it; one thing to note; the leading edge of the wing was not moved ahead in front of the L/E slots. I meant no 1/72 that didn't need the boat load. I have a CP 121 in the gallery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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