Revell 1/72 F9F-5 Panther "Blue Angels"

[1275GT]

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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[Alan 45]

Nice clean build I like that very nicely done

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks great Neil, a great looking build of the Panther. Looking at the clean finish one would not suspect you had used so much filler. Your enhancements have made a real difference. Numbering the various types using the team numbering system is a pretty nice idea, not OCD at all.

 

[papa 695]

Very nice Neil

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Nice build , I seem to like the Blue Angels myself

Adrian

 

[Willi262]

None too shabby. Like Joe says, one can hardly tell there is filler around the intakes. Good job overall.

 

[Polux]

Nice build Neil

 

[steve scan]

Nice clean build so easy on the eye.

 

[Dave W]

Nice build Neil.

 

[1275GT]

Thanks for the kind comments, chaps I've got the Tiger in the stash, and hopefully a Skyhawk on the way, they might need a shelf all to themselves !!

Cheers, Neil

 

[Ian M]

Nice one Neil. Have you seen Ades' Fat Albert? (now there is a sentence I thought I would never write:eek: )

Ian M

 

[1275GT]

Nice one Neil. Have you seen Ades' Fat Albert? (now there is a sentence I thought I would never write:eek: )

It's a good job I kinda know my aerobatic teams or I might think I'd stumbled onto the wrong sort of website.....

Having said that, I'm now going to try and find Ades' Fat Albert.......shall I google it???????