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Any chance for the one J2F-2 Duck on Midway Island during the Battle of Midway?  Photographs are limited, but it was the blue over gray early war scheme, with the rudder stripes most likely painted over.  It is almost certainly Bu no. 1209. And since it was a station aircraft, rather than a squadron aircraft, It would have NAS Midway Island written on the sides.

 

I don't have the Bu no, but the last aircraft out of Bataan was a J2F-4 Duck, assigned to Patrol Wing 10 (it was a wing aircraft, not assigned to either of the squadrons).

The only difference between the versions of the J2F was the engine (all different versions of the R-1820 Cyclone), so the Merit kit would work for all versions with minor modifications.  You could probably use the kit cowling cover for the -1 through -3 by cutting off the back at the rivet line so that it doesn't cover the exhaust piping and at the front so that it doesn't extend in front of the cylinders.  For the -6 you would need to remove the carburetor intake from the top of the nose and fill in the cutout in the cowling.  The only one that you would really have to fudge it on were the -3 which had a different fuselage interior as they were built as transports for senior officers.

 

Chris

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On 7/28/2020 at 9:54 PM, Chris D said:

Any chance for the one J2F-2 Duck on Midway Island during the Battle of Midway?  Photographs are limited, but it was the blue over gray early war scheme, with the rudder stripes most likely painted over.  It is almost certainly Bu no. 1209. And since it was a station aircraft, rather than a squadron aircraft, It would have NAS Midway Island written on the sides.

 

I don't have the Bu no, but the last aircraft out of Bataan was a J2F-4 Duck, assigned to Patrol Wing 10 (it was a wing aircraft, not assigned to either of the squadrons).

The only difference between the versions of the J2F was the engine (all different versions of the R-1820 Cyclone), so the Merit kit would work for all versions with minor modifications.  You could probably use the kit cowling cover for the -1 through -3 by cutting off the back at the rivet line so that it doesn't cover the exhaust piping and at the front so that it doesn't extend in front of the cylinders.  For the -6 you would need to remove the carburetor intake from the top of the nose and fill in the cutout in the cowling.  The only one that you would really have to fudge it on were the -3 which had a different fuselage interior as they were built as transports for senior officers.

 

Chris

 

The -6 also had a different front fuselage behind the cowling and the cowling itself was different to the earlier variants. None of the 1/48 kits have it correct. It's not widely remarked upon (e.g. not mentioned at all in the Ginter book) but obvious when you start comparing photos of -5s and -6s.

 

Jon

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Help me out to speed up the design of this sheet by suggesting a range of interesting subjects that can be built using the existing kits - lack of references is what stalled this for a long time.

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17 hours ago, eraucubsfan said:

A few options -

 

I think this is a J2F-6 but a cool scheme nonetheless 

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That is a -6. This is an interpretation of the original scheme - there's at least one more (e.g. with floats in blue). There is a photo of the original airframe kicking around. 8563 also wore a different silver scheme earlier in its life.

 

Jon

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