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The main visual difference will be the wider main wheels with the corresponding bumps on the wing tops and the fixed tail wheel on the G-4. To make a G-2 you need to remove the bumps and open the lower fuselage for the retractable tail wheel. 

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16 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

The main visual difference will be the wider main wheels with the corresponding bumps on the wing tops and the fixed tail wheel on the G-4. To make a G-2 you need to remove the bumps and open the lower fuselage for the retractable tail wheel. 

sounds doable! I was planning on starting with the Hasegawa G4 kit, but upon further reading I learned that the Trumpeter F4 is really a G2. I'd really hate to cut up the Hasegawa G4, when the other is much closer. What do you think?

gary

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If you go that route, you will need to source a 109G canopy with the thicker frames. That kit comes with the thin framed canopy of the F model. Kinda surprising they made the right clear sprue when the main plastic is a G-2.

 

Also, which scheme are you planning? There are cooling vents on some G models just under the windscreen. The Hasegawa kit gives you alternate windscreen pieces with these scoops.

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2 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

If you go that route, you will need to source a 109G canopy with the thicker frames. That kit comes with the thin framed canopy of the F model. Kinda surprising they made the right clear sprue when the main plastic is a G-2.

 

Also, which scheme are you planning? There are cooling vents on some G models just under the windscreen. The Hasegawa kit gives you alternate windscreen pieces with these scoops.

Which one is still up in the air. I bought the G4 to do a Gunther Rall airframe. Need to page thru Ritger's book.

Gary

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