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Tamiya 1/72 F4D-1
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 6:51 pm
by jeaton01
Re: Tamiya 1/72 F4D-1
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 7:30 pm
by tempestjohnny
I've got two in the stash. I'll be watching this one
Re: Tamiya 1/72 F4D-1
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 8:37 pm
by Stikpusher
Very nice! Looks quite a bit more complex and detailed than the old Hawk 1/72 kit of the Ford
Re: Tamiya 1/72 F4D-1
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:37 pm
by jeaton01
N9ot sure I've ever seen the Hawk kit, Carlos.
Re: Tamiya 1/72 F4D-1
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:12 am
by Gary Brantley
It seems to be a shrunken version of their 1/48 Ford. They were beautiful aircraft. And perhaps could've been a game-changer in Korea?
From:
http://www.airvectors.net/avskyray.html
"(test pilot Bob)Rahn called the machine a "fighter pilot's dream", the best machine he had taken into the sky since flying the Spitfire. Its instability made it supremely agile for a skilled pilot, and Rahn claimed that he out-flew every Air Force chase plane sent up with him. Marine Major Marion Carl, one of the top test pilots of the era, flew the Skyray and claimed: "If we had this airplane now in Korea, I could just pop off the MiGs -- one, two, three."
Re: Tamiya 1/72 F4D-1
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:56 am
by Stuart
Great subject. I had the Airfix kit years ago but never got around to building it.
Re: Tamiya 1/72 F4D-1
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 6:14 pm
by Medicman71
Yeah it's not that nice. I've started one and I got to the decal stage before a decal ruined things. I had problems with the fit of the gear bays and intakes. Here's where I'm at with mine.
Re: Tamiya 1/72 F4D-1
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:25 pm
by jeaton01
MIke, if that is 1/72 I will have decals left over. I will be doing a Marine scheme.
After building the Tamiya Lancaster I have learned to temper my expectations for the "older" Tamiya kits. They can't all fit like the first boxing of a Monogram kit....
Re: Tamiya 1/72 F4D-1
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:21 pm
by Medicman71
Ahh I didn't see that it was the 1/72 kit. Mine is the 1/48 kit.