Joel_W Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Believe me, I feel your paint and frustration with trying to bring these old kits up to today's standards of accuracy and basic details. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 Here's the tail area sanded up and the lead tail hook. After I made and installed the lead hook I found the kit one under my table in the carpet. Ooooops I just noticed 2 voids in the horizontal seam of the tail, more putty!---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 John, At least you found the hook. I usually never find the part that the Carpet Monster took, especially since I vac. my model/computer room weekly (due to the cat which just about never leaves me alone) . Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 I fixed the void and sanded it all out. A question for Tommy, I know he wouldn't have had any weapons but would there have been pylons on empty? I ask because I am getting close to painting and I can see the holes where the pylons would go. Also I noticed in quite a few pictures that the interior of the blow in doors look to be yellow zinc chromate and not green. I have seen interior nose photos and that area was green. Just curious.---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tailspin Turtle Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 2 hours ago, john53 said: I fixed the void and sanded it all out. A question for Tommy, I know he wouldn't have had any weapons but would there have been pylons on empty? I ask because I am getting close to painting and I can see the holes where the pylons would go. Also I noticed in quite a few pictures that the interior of the blow in doors look to be yellow zinc chromate and not green. I have seen interior nose photos and that area was green. Just curious.---John Reading between the lines of the Oriskany operational report for November 1952, the F9Fs assigned to CAP might have been clean, i.e. no pylons, for best performance. In any event, only the three outboard Aero 14A were generally carried since the big inboard Mk51 pylon created too much drag and it was labor intensive to install and remove them on a daily mission basis. Pictures aren't much help, with a lot of variance in F9F pylon configuration. Illustrations of the VF-781 airplanes leave off all the pylons. With respect to color, the difference in yellow and green areas might be that yellow was the first coat and green was the second if one was required. The two different tints allowed the painter and quality inspector to be sure that the second coat was complete. However, I don't know. The gear wells and inboard side of the landing gear doors did appear to be green. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Thanks, I generally do the wells and inside doors dark sea blue but I think these planes were fairly new and hadn't gone through the depot yet. So I will do the wells green as the inside of the doors. Gear legs dark sea blue or aluminum lacquer?---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tailspin Turtle Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 14 hours ago, john53 said: Gear legs dark sea blue or aluminum lacquer?---John Blue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 It's all painted up. Now to remove the masks, paint the coroguard and gloss coat for decals.---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 John, she's starting to really look the part of a Panther Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 I started painting the coroguard on the leading edges of the wings and tip tanks.---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 All the coroguard is painted, the landing gear, wheels and doors are all installed. I am scratch building a pitot tube then I'll gloss coat and decal. Almost there.---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Good job john,the Panther was a so pretty plane! Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 John, Your Panther is really looking good. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 I started decaling.---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 More decals added. This decal sheet is the newer Hasegawa sheet for their F9F-2 Panther, dated 2014. I noticed the white is really white unlike their 1980s sheets where the whites were more ivory. I have more decals on, I am going to have to do some creative work on the nose flash. It is different for the -5 Panther so I am cutting the -2 Panther decals just before the guns. I am going to draw the curve from one flash to the other over the nose and paint it, then look for 1/16 inch white stripes, maybe from Walthers model train shop. I did something like this before on an FJ Fury nose and it came out decent.---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 John, Decaling really is coming along. love that Fury. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 This is on hold, looking for decals. I messed up the left side nose lightning bolt.---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 John, Good luck in your search for the replacement decals. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 Are there any after market decals for this scheme?---John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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