Tag: Grumman
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Cougar F9F-8P – Part One – Sword Again
I seem to have hit upon a theme recently – the photo-reconnaissance aircraft as moulded by the Czech firm of Sword Models. An RT-33, a Thunderflash, and now a Grumman Cougar F9F-8P. The RT 33 was diverted to a Canadian hack aircraft, but the two others are up there taking pictures. The box yielded several…
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RCN Avenger – Part Four – Ready For Christmas
Get the holiday tree and the eggnog ready – we’ve got the Turkey. The Sword model of the TBM is all all I want in a model – the decals look good and the landing gear stays rigid. If all the models in the SMCWA clubhouse were as sturdy i would not have to do…
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Landing Gear
I’ve just re-glued some landing gear on a Grumman Guardian. It was cemented yesterday but I guess i put weight on it before it was entirely set – the joints gave way. it’s a Ukrainian kit and the fitting surfaces are Soviet-era. To be fair, Grumman asked the gear legs to do a lot with…
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Grumman F8F Bearcat – Part Three – The Highboy
You may be forgiven for raising your eyebrows at the final stance of the Monogram F8F Bearcat…it looks impossibly high off the runway on the main legs. I assure you it was built strictly according to instructions and the landing gear legs were firmly inserted into the bottom of the sockets in the wing. I…
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Grumman F8F Bearcat – Part One – First Of the Chrissy Presents
This Grumman is a first on several counts; first Bearcat I’ve ever built and first of the Chrissy kits off the rank. It was a gift from a clubmate – John – and is very much appreciated. The kit is not new mould – there is a catalogue inside the box for 1989 Monogram kits.…
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Target Tug Cat – Part One – Sunday Browse
A Sunday browse in a strange hobby shop brought me up short this week – I found four items which I had coveted for months and which I had despaired of ever seeing. These are the occasions for which the credit card is made, and I have been abstemious of late. I was able to…
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Grumman F9F-2 Panther – Part One – The Cheap Cat
I have long admitted a weakness for bargain model kits. You have only to show me a shelf full of the expensive ones with a cheap runt at the end and you know which one I’ll take. In the case of the Hobby Boss F9F-2 Panther it was sitting next to a similar kit in…
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Grumman Avenger – Part Six – Hande Hoch!
Und if you do not obey ziss varning – zere vill be conzeqvences… The consequences will be fingerprints in the clear varnish on the model. I know – I’ve been here before and done this very thing. And had to discipline myself not to do it again. The Mk III jig helps – I got…
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Grumman Avenger – Part Five – Half-Dressed
It is unfair to take a photo of a lady when she is only half-dressed…unless she specifically wants pictures of herself in that condition. I was reminded of this when I thought to picture the Avenger TBF-1 in her masking tape. But as this is a new departure – a three-level USN paint scheme –…
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Grumman Avenger – Part One l- Birthday Surprise
I passed a very pleasant birthday in a couple of hobby shops – I had time and I had money. I was prepared to spend the former asset freely but my very nature compelled me to conserve the latter. I want value for money, eh? Well, value was there – in one hobby shop that…
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