FAA Grumman Cougar

[Weaver]

Okay, so two shows and a bit of non-model-related good news have left me feeling inspired again, so I've decided to crack on with models in the themes I've established. First up, a Fleet Air Arm Grumman Cougar to go with my FAA Panther. Kit is Hasegawa 1/72nd, colours will be low demarcation EDSG-over-sky with Suez stripes and markings from something suitable on the Xtradecal Seahawks sheet.

Nothing photographed yet: cockpit semi-assembled and undercoat drying, and wings assembled. Kit looks pretty nice so far, couple of wierd points are:

1. Nose cone has no rim or pins to locate it. Might make some tabs of my own.

2. The jet pipe is an odd design, attaching to just two tiny pins and a flimsy arrestor-hook bracket. We'll see how that goes...

[DogfighterZen]

I'll be watching and taking notes, i have that kit in the stash.

[Captain Canada]

Cool. Love that aeroplane and defo one we don't see enough of !

[kerick]

I'll be watching and taking notes, i have that kit in the stash.

Ditto, except mine is the two seater IIRC.

[Weaver]

I'll be watching and taking notes, i have that kit in the stash.

Ditto, except mine is the two seater IIRC.

As far as I know, there's no 1/72nd injection two-seater in production yet (Sword have announced one) the only way to get one being a Falcon vac-form conversion set.

[Weaver]

Aaaand this morning I've woken up sick.......

[PR19_Kit]

Aaaand this morning I've woken up sick.......

The well known Model Show-itis strikes again! My commiserations.

[Gondor]

I'll be watching and taking notes, i have that kit in the stash.

Ditto, except mine is the two seater IIRC.

As far as I know, there's no 1/72nd injection two-seater in production yet (Sword have announced one) the only way to get one being a Falcon vac-form conversion set.

I have one of those and plan to make an ETPS version with it

Gondor

[Weaver]

Aaaand this morning I've woken up sick.......

The well known Model Show-itis strikes again! My commiserations.

Thankatchoo....<sniffle>

[Weaver]

I'll be watching and taking notes, i have that kit in the stash.

Ditto, except mine is the two seater IIRC.

As far as I know, there's no 1/72nd injection two-seater in production yet (Sword have announced one) the only way to get one being a Falcon vac-form conversion set.

I have one of those and plan to make an ETPS version with it

Gondor

The existance of the Sword version will probably push me towards putting the Twogar front end on a Panther airframe. It'll still be FAA, but it should still fry some heads. The justification is that it's how the FAA gets more value-for-money out of it's Panther fleet following the introduction of the Cougar and the steady reduction in carrier decks.

[Weaver]

Still ill.

I ache, therefore I am. (Marvin, from The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy)

[Captain Canada]

Get well ( and get back to the Cougar ) soon !

[DogfighterZen]

Get well ( and get back to the Cougar ) soon !

I'll second that!