jonwinn Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 The best I can do. It's not perfect but it represents the small door's angular shape a bit better. jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ichitoe Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Enjoying your build, and after reading the story of Lt. Williams feat, I’ll have to track down a kit to do as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chriss7607 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 On 10/4/2021 at 10:26 AM, jonwinn said: The plane I am modeling. Is that small light above the pilot's forearm the collision light that is behind the canopy and offset to the starboard side? If so I guess the pilot is facing the tail with his back to the nose. Looks like a seat harness in back of him in the shadows. Unfortunately this doesn't show the blow in doors. jon Yes he is on the wing, facing aft. The blow in door in question is also shown in the photo. It's directly above the large hole with all of the stenciling on it. Some, but not all, F9F-5s had the blow in doors with the angled lower edge. The Earlier -2 never had that arrangement. From what I can remember, the red anticollision light on the spine is on the centerline. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Moving right along. The wings and horizontal stabilizers are installed. When it's set up I need to check for gaps to be filled. jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tailspin Turtle Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 12 hours ago, Chriss7607 said: Yes he is on the wing, facing aft. The blow in door in question is also shown in the photo. It's directly above the large hole with all of the stenciling on it. Some, but not all, F9F-5s had the blow in doors with the angled lower edge. The Earlier -2 never had that arrangement. From what I can remember, the red anticollision light on the spine is on the centerline. It’s a formation or section light and it’s white, not red (there weren’t any anti-collision lights at the time). It’s slightly to the right of the centerline. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chriss7607 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Tailspin Turtle said: It’s a formation or section light and it’s white, not red (there weren’t any anti-collision lights at the time). It’s slightly to the right of the centerline. Yeah, that's right- I forgot about that. Now that you say that, the red anticollision light on the Skyraider didn't come around until like '62 or something like that so the Panther wouldn't have had one. I was trying to find photos of that and the -5 blow in doors but wasn't able to come up with anything. Thanks for setting me straight! I'm a little rusty on my Panther info. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 The wing fillets sanded down nice and have no gaps. The wing tip tanks however are in need of putty and some TLC. jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) I'm still looking for rogue F9F-5s with rectangular blow in doors. Dark sea blue does not show panel lines well, however I think the famous F9F-5 "Blue Tail Fly" with the NMF forward fuselage does show it to have the rectangular large blow in door. The dark blue planes are hard to see. jon Edited October 9, 2021 by jonwinn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tailspin Turtle Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, jonwinn said: I'm still looking for rogue F9F-5s with rectangular blow in doors. Dark sea blue does not show panel lines well, however I think the famous F9F-5 "Blue Tail Fly" with the NMF forward fuselage does show it to have the rectangular large blow in door. The dark blue planes are hard to see. jon Thanks for that - some possibilities: F9F-4s (Allison engine) and early F9F-5s had a rectangular door; the picture is fairly low resolution so the change in angle isn't obvious (I can see a slight angle in this one) or as apparent from this camera location relative to the airplane; early doors did not have as much of an angle (I have seen pictures of F9F-5s with no small NACA inlet aft of the smaller suck-in door so there was some tinkering going on during production). Edited October 10, 2021 by Tailspin Turtle Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Another little seen detail is the rope pull for the ejection seat, good one here of a -5 126226. jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tailspin Turtle Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 More on the Panther/Cougar ejection seats here: https://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2014/07/grumman-f9ff-9-panther-and-cougar.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chriss7607 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Hey, did I see somewhere that you needed a new canopy for this? I can't find it, so I don't know if I just imagined that. I was going through my spare parts the other evening and dug out an extra one that I have. If you need it, let me know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gwen Phoenix Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Looking good, Jon! And also, with all of the invaluable info which Tommy has gently provided, this thread is so much interesting and entertaining to follow. Great work, you both. Cheers, Gwen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 Thanks Gwen.Everything is sanded and ready to mask for the NMF on the leading edges. jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Da SWO Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 This years IPMS Nationals Decal sheet will have markings for his jet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
www Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 (edited) I'm curious as to how this build turned out and I have a question for the group. While most of the press says that then Lt. Williams aircraft was an F9F-5 I'm seeing that most of the aircraft in Korea in '52 were most likely to be F9F-2s. Does anybody know which it really was? Many thanks in advance! Edited July 23, 2022 by www Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonwinn Posted July 23, 2022 Author Share Posted July 23, 2022 It didn't turn out. The build went south on me, I may try it another time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
www Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Jonwinn, Thanks for the update. Wishing you future success! Wayne Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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