Pat C Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 This is the Academy 1/72 kit of the big Banshee F2H-3 with decals from the Skylancer sheet which is very hard to come by and I must thank HansReggelsen for helping out with this sheet. The Skylancer sheet also has many tips for adding detail to the fairly basic Academy kit and also Tailspin Turtle's blog site has more valuable information. ban10 The main alteration I did was to the nose landing gear which in fact is more suitable for the F2H-2 Banshee, but not the later models. I cut away everything but the wheel and then using plastic rod reconstructed a fairly basic nose-gear but at least it more closely resembles the look of the real one now. I also cut away part of the main gear in order to get them to sit further into the wing and thus helping to give the aircraft a slightly nose high attitude compared with the nose down stance of the F2H-2. The cannon troughs also needed some Milliput in order to avoid potentially being able to see through into the fuselage. ban7 ban9 The Skylancer decals were a bit fragile even after adding decal film and I also made a catastrophic mistake by putting one of the yellow arrows for the VF-151 "Vigilantes" scheme meant for the nose on the drop tank. By the time I realised, it was too late to remove the decal without destroying it - in order to recreate the arrow on the nose I made a mask, sprayed the yellow and then edged the arrow with thin black decal strips. The end result wasn't too bad and pretty much indistinguishable from the decal on the other side of the nose. ban12 ban5 A couple of pics with its older sister the Airfix Banshee F2H-2P. Hope you like!! ban1 ban2 Pat 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Very nice indeed,.... they both look superb. I have an Academy kit which I want to make in Royal Canadian Navy markings someday, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Another nice model from you Pat C - like tonyot I would also like to see a F2H3 in RCN markings CJP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Great looking Banshee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomthounaojam Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Nice, I have built a Canadian one, will share here one of these days, cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 That's beautiful! Great save on that arrow decal - there isn't the slightest hint of what you did, from the photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Two very nice Banshees here. Nice photos too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Love this classic machine and you’ve made a superb rendition. I’ve got one in the stash can’t decide what colours to do mine in. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 A nice neat build, Pat. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 orsum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Hi Pat! They look great! - and certainly better than I could have made them! Cheers Hans J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Thanks for the comments guys. 14 hours ago, tonyot said: I have an Academy kit which I want to make in Royal Canadian Navy markings someday That I would like to see Tony - don't see too many jets from you! I was tempted by the RCN options for the Banshee (I think there is a Canadian decal company that do a sheet which allows you to model any RCN Banshee squadron) but I feared that when the XDSG paint went on, the urge to do it as an RN WHIF may have been irresistible!! Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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twinpin Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Great looking Banshees. What decals used on the Airfix one ? Do you know the source of any pics of the 2P in the Grey scheme ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Very well done indeed and thanks for the tips (I have one in my stash). Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 3 hours ago, twinpin said: Great looking Banshees. What decals used on the Airfix one ? Do you know the source of any pics of the 2P in the Grey scheme ? They were home printed using a USN style font found on the web. The pic I used to base the 2P on was in one of the Naval Fighters series -will try to dig out which one later. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I didn't think I would like the Banshee in Gull Gray/White, but this looks superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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