RAN F9F-8 Cougar - Finished &, finally, with AIM-9Bs

[Old Wombat]

OK, the latest challenge, KittyHawk's F9F-8 Cougar to be done in RAN colours ... but which colours?

I don't know!

I was really impressed with the look of this kit in the box but I'm a little disappointed, now, as there are some minor engineering issues & I'm finding parts that are slightly short-shot with small but annoying bits missing or only part-formed, like locating pins & small corners of parts. So, I can see some fit issues & PSR in my future.

Other than that the details are nice, if a little soft in places but not enough to worry about. The kit comes with 2 complete sets of glazing & 2 ejection seat options, so I have a canopy & a bang-seat to spare.

I had a bit of an issue putting the cockpit together, which may be down to me but I get the feeling it may be poor design & engineering of the kit, as the parts don't seem to quite match up to create what they are meant to look like..

However, I've overcome that & here are the first pic's of the cockpit & the ejection seat I didn't go with, although I built both, just in case;





Hope to be able to show more progress soon!

[DogfighterZen]

That cockpit is looking very good, we want more!
How about the camo the A-4's used?

[Old Wombat]

A bit late for my build (late-50's/early-60's) but I don't want to do basic US Lt Gull Grey/White (Gull Grey/Lt Gull Grey, according to the instructions) or DSG/Sky -, although I may look at variations on those themes.

[NARSES2]

Nice work on the cockpit.

As for scheme, how about DSG over sky but with either a very low demarcation as per WWII or maybe one at the fuselage half way point ?

[TheChronicOne]

Cockpit looks faaaantastic!   

[Old Wombat]

Thanks, guys!


Thinking! Thinking!

[zenrat]

As its a naval jet, how about desert colours?

[Old Wombat]

Been working on the nose-cone & guns, then realised that when I put it all together you can't see any of it.

So, being a resourceful whiffer, I've used some styrene rod & I'll use some lead weights to keep the nose down, & I'll save the guns, & ammo boxes & chutes for something else.

[Old Wombat]

Ha! "Not stalled" my ar$e!

Anyway, almost 3 years later, it's back on the bench & moving forward very slowly, as I'm masking & painting a chequerboard pattern on the wing roots & rudder(s).

Scheme will probably be basic light gull grey over white but I may go DSG over light blue. We'll see.

[TheChronicOne]

Good, You and Kit I know of are resurrecting these undead zombie builds in the month of October, the Halloween Time. I applaud these sorts of shenanigans.

Partly built models languishing for years is a sad affair.

I might need to dredge up one of mine. I have two that I can recall.   

[Old Wombat]

I may have one or two others in the same boat.

[PR19_Kit]

I may have one or two others in the same boat.

At my last count, and that was when Mrs_PR19 was alive, I had sixty two unfinished projects! 

Not all Whiffs though, some RW stuff in that list.

[Old Wombat]

OK, here is the pic of the chequerboard. Needs a little touching up but nothing too drastic.





PS: I've replaced the P-bucket images from earlier with SmugMug images, so they show properly.

[PR19_Kit]

PS: I've replaced the P-bucket images from earlier with SmugMug images, so they show properly.

Ah yes, much clearer now. 

I may have lost the point somewhere but you seem to have two ejector seats for it, one silver one on the left and one already installed with khaki upholstery on the right. Or have I got that TOTALLY round my neck? 

[Old Wombat]

From my first post, just above the photo's:

The kit comes with 2 complete sets of glazing & 2 ejection seat options, so I have a canopy & a bang-seat to spare.

... here are the first pic's of the cockpit & the ejection seat I didn't go with, although I built both, just in case;