CRAZY IVAN5 Posted September 29, 2022 Posted September 29, 2022 Is anybody up for a Panther, Cougar or a Tiger Grumman that is
LSP_Ray Posted September 29, 2022 Posted September 29, 2022 Got my Panther & Cougar; wouldn't mind a Tiger, though. LSP_K2 1
Landrotten Highlander Posted September 29, 2022 Posted September 29, 2022 26 minutes ago, LSP_Ray said: Got my Panther & Cougar; wouldn't mind a Tiger, though. +1
CRAZY IVAN5 Posted September 29, 2022 Author Posted September 29, 2022 57 minutes ago, LSP_Ray said: Got my Panther & Cougar; wouldn't mind a Tiger, though. Pau Fisher's ? I missed that one by about 3 weeks[ both the Panther and Cougar] The market is wide open for someone to step up to the plate. I know three people right off who would buy 2 of each ,me , myself ,and I coogrfan, Landrotten Highlander, Mr.T and 1 other 2 2
Landrotten Highlander Posted September 29, 2022 Posted September 29, 2022 18 minutes ago, CRAZY IVAN5 said: I know three people right off who would buy 2 of each ,me , myself ,and I So that'll be 6 each for Crazy Ivan5?
CRAZY IVAN5 Posted September 29, 2022 Author Posted September 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Landrotten Highlander said: So that'll be 6 each for Crazy Ivan5? Yup! And that's just for starters . I can get my daughter to help me out with this one! She's a Navy vet so she knows all about naval aviation past and present, I'm an Air Force vet my self so her and I are on the same wave length . Landrotten Highlander 1
Sabrejet Posted September 29, 2022 Posted September 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ossington 1 said: Check out the Tiger Models vacforms. It's 'Tigger' and I have to say I have reservations on most of their kits. Shapes are not quite right on a number of them; not sure about accuracy in terms of size. CRAZY IVAN5 1
CRAZY IVAN5 Posted September 29, 2022 Author Posted September 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Sabrejet said: It's 'Tigger' and I have to say I have reservations on most of their kits. Shapes are not quite right on a number of them; not sure about accuracy in terms of size. I don't think so , the industry can do better than that, the biggest question is, will they? Sabrejet 1
Wurgermeister64 Posted September 30, 2022 Posted September 30, 2022 I would love to see a Grumman Cougar or Panther as well as an F-86 Sabre in either 1/48 or 1/32 scales. To my eye, all 3 are sleek and very purposeful looking with that lovely look of elegant menace. Definitely crowd pleasers for those interested in Korean War era jets. Thanks chaps. WM 1964
scvrobeson Posted September 30, 2022 Posted September 30, 2022 Most of these early jets are sorely lacking on the market. Would love to see a Cougar, Panther, and Tiger kit. Not to mention a Banshee, FH-1 Phantom, a Fury, and... Matt D.B. Andrus and Stefano 2
CRAZY IVAN5 Posted September 30, 2022 Author Posted September 30, 2022 1 hour ago, scvrobeson said: Most of these early jets are sorely lacking on the market. Would love to see a Cougar, Panther, and Tiger kit. Not to mention a Banshee, FH-1 Phantom, a Fury, and... Matt I often have to wonder why these don't get any love. granted the Tiger didn't serve very long as a front line fighter but then look how long it did serve with the blue Angels. the others served with some foreign countries I'll see your list and raise you 1 A1E family model Skyraider
Sabrejet Posted September 30, 2022 Posted September 30, 2022 I know we are focussing on 1/32, but when we say 'Sabre' or 'Fury' in 1/48 we should remember that very good kits of the F-86D, F-86F, FJ-2, FJ-3 and FJ-4/4B already exist in that scale. In 1/32, the F-86D and F-86K kits by Kitty Hawk will likely be the best there is for some time (both are very nice kits). And we also have the Kinetic/Italeri F-86F, which though clunky in places, is a good starting point. The ancient Hasegawa kit is still around, and has aged quite well, though its landing gear is modelled in "weight-off-wheels" configuration. So what we really are missing in 1/32 (for the Sabre/Fury family) is: F-86A F-86E early F-86F F-86H FJ-1 FJ-2 FJ-3 family FJ-4 family. I doubt we'll see injection kits of the Fury lineage in 1/32 and I know some kit manufacturers see the F-86A and F-86H as too 'niche', but a nicely-detailed vee-screen F-86E with separate screen parts and fuselage vent/intake inserts for the early F-86F shouldn't be difficult to do, and would be very welcome. If the screen parts were handled in the same way as many P-51 kits treat the same area (fuselage decking included), then the differences in side screens and vee-screen fairing/flat screen demister vent area could be dealt with quite easily. scvrobeson, Stefano and CRAZY IVAN5 3
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