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Back after a bit of a break, my latest addition to the shiny shelf, the Revell ( was Matchbox ) 1/72 F9F-5 Panther, finished in the ( limited ) colours of the Blue Angels USN display team c.1954.
It was cranked out as a bit of a stash reduction exercise, and to be honest, its not my best work. The fact that the kit is a bit of a filler-fest ( especially around the intakes ) didn't help, but there you are. I made a couple of improvements, animating the rudder and elevators a little, working the jet pipe and the landing hook housing to fair it in a little more than it was. The seat had a bit of work too, but that isn't too noticeable. I guess it's a bit better than just going OOB, which is what I try to do, so I'm happy for it to sit on the shelf.
It's pictured with it's great great great grandson, which I inadvertently numbered no.6, so the logical thing would be to do this as no.1 and just fill in the gaps. I'm not OCD, honestly.....
Cheers, Neil
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It was cranked out as a bit of a stash reduction exercise, and to be honest, its not my best work. The fact that the kit is a bit of a filler-fest ( especially around the intakes ) didn't help, but there you are. I made a couple of improvements, animating the rudder and elevators a little, working the jet pipe and the landing hook housing to fair it in a little more than it was. The seat had a bit of work too, but that isn't too noticeable. I guess it's a bit better than just going OOB, which is what I try to do, so I'm happy for it to sit on the shelf.
It's pictured with it's great great great grandson, which I inadvertently numbered no.6, so the logical thing would be to do this as no.1 and just fill in the gaps. I'm not OCD, honestly.....
Cheers, Neil
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