bevelduc Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I e-mail Mirek and he wrote back saying that they aren't going to produce any F7F-3N Tigercat. Out2gtcha, Harold and Rick Griewski 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I e-mail Mirek and he wrote back saying that they aren't going to produce any F7F-3N Tigercat. Well, Im not 100% sure how the rear cockpit would be handled, but I DO have the Combat vac F7F-3N, and it appears the nose wouldn't be that difficult to fashion. I dont believe there are any differences in overall fuselage length between the F7F-3 and the N. Rick Griewski, Jack and Harold 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Think you're right on the length - was just a different nose shape and the rear cockpit stuck somewhere in the middle. HPH's business model does not seem to be one driven by customer demand at all Alburymodeler and Harold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vulcan32 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 They are doing a 1/32 Me-323 Gigant, definitely not customer demand. Alburymodeler, Out2gtcha and Harold 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Pity, I thought the F7F-3N looked the meanest and I may have been tempted if they did that version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 To tell you the truth, the F7F is long far and away my favorite airframe of all time, but I'm not a fan of the look of the extended nose at all Harold and Rick Griewski 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 They are doing a 1/32 Me-323 Gigant, definitely not customer demand. I showed the picture of the plane to my pet hamster. He liked it. I reminded him that he would have to diet to be able to turn around when inside. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 The drone controller version of the Tigercat is my favorite and the most colorful. (The fire control bomber is second.) I have the references for the second cockpit and the target drones. IIRC the second canopy is the same as or close to a Bearcat. Now I just need to grow the kohunnas needed to hack into a $250.00 plus kit. It would be a very impressive model. Rick Kagemusha, Jack and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Out of my memory the tail shape was also different. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Out of my memory the tail shape was also different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 The combat kit Brian is talking about had some several versions included in the kit, like early and late tail version, an extra nose without the radar extension, but the basic fuselage presented in the kit was the 3N version. I didn't want to build that one, so i cut off the radarnose, but assembled it lateron with lots of epoxy as a separate feature (so anyone interested in that one??) J. Rick Griewski and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnarg Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Having another look at my photos of Reno Air Races from 2005, I found a good shot from the side of "Big Boss Man". The nose looks a lot like the plain -3 version, but there is a rear cockpit or at least a place for a passenger. Is that racing plane a conversion of a -3 instead of a -3N? This kit might work a lot better than I expected... nice. Tnarg Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Hmmm...Like this?: Looks like a late tail? Need to check my refs. According to drawings above, looks pretty much like a -3 with an extra window for a passenger. Tnarg and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Yep, the -3N has a radar operators cockpit in the back, the longer nose to accommodate the radar itself, with no real changes to the length of the fuse. As you can see from the drawings, the Ns tail is basically the same with 1 small subtle panel line at the top center difference. BBM was (she was sold off from the September pops group, to a private owner who turned her back into a standard military USN DSB scheme) an F7F-3P model with the radar station itself in tact, and the radar equipment in it removed. The 3P, was basically an "N" nightfighter without the radar nose. Jack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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