This project started via this thread: https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=50428.msg955477#msg955477

Now it's entering the final stages. It's almost ready for paint:

PXL_20231123_202505510 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20231123_202518918 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20231123_202527861 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20231123_202546664 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20231123_202602125 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20231123_202654993 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20231123_202659532 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

Cheers,
David aka 63CPE

Dave ...that's epic mate 👍
I like everything about that plane ..it's big and I'll bet it has a big donkey engine because that propeller is huge 
Oh I'm so interested in this bud 😁

Good to see this back in the saddle!
Just a suggestion. If you square off the wing and fin tips it would look a little less like a Zero.

Cool. The wheels appear a bit large, even though this could also be the camera perspective?
The aircraft designation is a bit dubious, though? The USN F-9 would be the Grumman Panther in real life, and "F" as manufacturer code in the USN's 1922 code styly was reserved for Grumman. Hughes did not have one, though, and the "H" had already been assigned twice. The last time was for Howard until 1944, but following the USN's practice it could, after that, been used for Hughes a 3rd time - even though then the aircraft's code might have been simply "FH" for the first naval fighter from Hughes (a "1" suffix between the letters was not used at all, and a -x suffix might have designated variants).

With that fin I don't think there is any danger of it being mistaken for a zero.

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 24, 2023, 12:48:14 AMCool. The wheels appear a bit large, even though this could also be the camera perspective?
The aircraft designation is a bit dubious, though? The USN F-9 would be the Grumman Panther in real life, and "F" as manufacturer code in the USN's 1922 code styly was reserved for Grumman. Hughes did not have one, though, and the "H" had already been assigned twice. The last time was for Howard until 1944, but following the USN's practice it could, after that, been used for Hughes a 3rd time - even though then the aircraft's code might have been simply "FH" for the first naval fighter from Hughes (a "1" suffix between the letters was not used at all, and a -x suffix might have designated variants).

Ok, you're right. The designation took a ride on the Boeing Xf8-B . but you're right the designation is spurious. Maybe Hughes AD-2 is a better solution? same ranges as the Douglas A-1.
The wheels are a tad large but the photo's distort the size of the wheel quite a lot.

I've been thinking about squaring off the wings and stabilo's but gives some dissonance with the tailplane.

David aka 63CPE

Quote from: 63cpe on November 24, 2023, 10:54:17 AM

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 24, 2023, 12:48:14 AMCool. The wheels appear a bit large, even though this could also be the camera perspective?
The aircraft designation is a bit dubious, though? The USN F-9 would be the Grumman Panther in real life, and "F" as manufacturer code in the USN's 1922 code styly was reserved for Grumman. Hughes did not have one, though, and the "H" had already been assigned twice. The last time was for Howard until 1944, but following the USN's practice it could, after that, been used for Hughes a 3rd time - even though then the aircraft's code might have been simply "FH" for the first naval fighter from Hughes (a "1" suffix between the letters was not used at all, and a -x suffix might have designated variants).

Ok, you're right. The designation took a ride on the Boeing Xf8-B . but you're right the designation is spurious. Maybe Hughes AD-2 is a better solution? same ranges as the Douglas A-1.
The wheels are a tad large but the photo's distort the size of the wheel quite a lot.

I've been thinking about squaring off the wings and stabilo's but gives some dissonance with the tailplane.

David aka 63CPE

Then rather call it simply "AH" ("1st attack aircraft by Hughes"), since the "D" was reserved for Douglas as manufacturer code.

Then rather call it simply "AH" ("1st attack aircraft by Hughes"), since the "D" was reserved for Douglas as manufacturer code.
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Ok, sorted. I'll adjust to AH-2. Thanks for the suggestion Dizzy.