nimrod54 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 With my Kuta 2022 build heading towards it's conclusion and having quite a lull before the start of the first GB that I had signed up to, I thought that I would jump in with this old Hasegawa/Hales kit. I also have the same manufacturers F9F-2 Panther which is way beyond the 25% rule but you may get to see it lurking in the background as this build progresses. by John L, on Flickr Here are spues A and B, by John L, on Flickr Sprue C, the clear parts and a shiny coated decal sheet, so not too many parts. by John L, on Flickr It will probably be a week or two before I get down to this at full pace but it should give me time to see what other decals are about, Cheers John 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 17 minutes ago, nimrod54 said: I probably be a week or two before I get down to this at full pace but it should give me time to see what other decals are about, Cheers John Hi John, I built a similar vintage one a few weeks ago in the Sea Dog GB - nice kit and builds up well. As for decs - mine just about worked with a coat of clear varnish, except for the thin bits of the red flash intended to go on the sides of the refueling probe, I did look on Hannants for decs and all I could find was for an early blue one. If you are a stickler for accuracy there are a few problems with the paint scheme and markings on the VF-81 option in the kit as I mentioned in my thread. Cheers Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 Thanks for the info Pete, I will pop across to your build to check things out. John P.S. I have read through your build this morning (20.02.23) Pete, very informative and a lovely end result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Great choice John Seeing the Hales brand appearing is a real blast from the past. Good luck with this one Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) 16 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Great choice John Seeing the Hales brand appearing is a real blast from the past. Good luck with this one Cheers Pat Same here Pat, Hales, like Riko (Richard Kohnstamm) were I believe early importers of Japanese and other "foreign" kits etc and helped establish the likes of Hasegawa and Tamiya in the UK market back in the late 1960's through the 1970's. I have built several Hales boxings in the last 2 or 3 years. Kohnstamm went on to take over Beatties model shop and set up a chain - long gone now they are missed, at least by me as pretty much all my Lima locos and rolling stock came from their Cardiff, Leeds, Bristol, Manchester and London shops as did quite a few of my Hasegawa/Fujimi plane kits and I saved a lot of money on them using their "price match" scheme. Pete Edited February 22, 2023 by PeterB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 17 hours ago, PeterB said: Kohnstamm went on to take over Beatties model shop and set up a chain - long gone now they are missed, at least by me as pretty much all my Lima locos and rolling stock came from their Cardiff, Leeds, Bristol, Manchester and London shops as did quite a few of my Hasegawa/Fujimi plane kits and I saved a lot of money on them using their "price match" scheme. Pete I bought most of my Hornby-Minitrix N gauge locos (sadly, all packed away in the loft now) from their Manchester branch. Another favourite haunt was The Model Shop on Deansgate which became ModelZone and closed a good few years ago. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, nimrod54 said: Another favourite haunt was The Model Shop on Deansgate which became ModelZone and closed a good few years ago. Always popped in there on the way out of Manchester, good people and lots of good kits - sad when it finally closed down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Orange dayglo panels!!!! Perfect for your own can of pink primer! Good luck dude. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 5 hours ago, nimrod54 said: I bought most of my Hornby-Minitrix N gauge locos (sadly, all packed away in the loft now) from their Manchester branch. Another favourite haunt was The Model Shop on Deansgate which became ModelZone and closed a good few years ago. John Hi John. So the one in Deansgate has gone too - I bought the majority of my Profile Publications from there when passing through Manchester. The Beatties was next to Central Station as I recall? Better let you get on with your model now😄. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 3 hours ago, PeterB said: The Beatties was next to Central Station as I recall? It may have been at one time Pete, but when I was going into Beatties back in the mid - late 70's their store was in Spring Gardens which is just off Market Street. I think that it may be a Tesco Express now - other supermarkets are available. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 (edited) My memory is probably playing tricks - all I can remember is that in the early 1970's I thought it was fairly close to the station where I caught a train to Chester for a job interview - it was not Victoria/Exchange as intended as the person giving me times over the phone had apparently forgotten the summer timetable was to come into force that day and the one I expected to catch was no longer running so I legged it across town - so perhaps it was Piccadilly as I now recall Central had been closed for some time back then. Spring Gardens sounds familiar! Cheers Pete Edited February 23, 2023 by PeterB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 hours ago, PeterB said: My memory is probably playing tricks Maybe your memory is not as bad as you think Pete, this link to Beatties Review from 1967/8 gives their Manchester address as 28 Corporation Street, just up from Victoria, so if you had been misdirected you may well have come across it as you rushed across town. This link shows the store as I remember it Beatties - Spring Gardens, again if you were heading across to Piccadilly you would probably have travelled along Market Street passing Spring Gardens along the way. Thanks for this pleasant journey down memory lane while I wait for some bits to arrive. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Nice one John one of my favourite Hasegawa oldie's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 14 hours ago, nimrod54 said: Maybe your memory is not as bad as you think Pete, this link to Beatties Review from 1967/8 gives their Manchester address as 28 Corporation Street, just up from Victoria, so if you had been misdirected you may well have come across it as you rushed across town. This link shows the store as I remember it Beatties - Spring Gardens, again if you were heading across to Piccadilly you would probably have travelled along Market Street passing Spring Gardens along the way. Thanks for this pleasant journey down memory lane while I wait for some bits to arrive. John Thanks John, Yes it must have been Spring Gardens. Memory is a strange thing, particularly at my age - some (very few by now) things seem very clear but are probably wrong! The Bristol shop was down towards the river as I recall and the Leeds one where I bought the 1/700 Waterline Series HMS Hood was perhaps on The Headrow. I will let you get on with your kit - have you decided which version you are going to do yet? Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 8 hours ago, PeterB said: I will let you get on with your kit - have you decided which version you are going to do yet? Pete Not yet Pete, I have ordered a set of 3D decals for the cockpit and they should arrive tomorrow. I am trying to finish a 1/48 Sea Fury but I have to pick up some paint for the upper surfaces, so to fill the time I am painting details on a Union Cavalry set of figures from Masterbox's ACW range - it's a bit of a dress rehearsal for the Not in my Comfort Zone group build later in the year. John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 12 hours ago, nimrod54 said: dress rehearsal for the Not in my Comfort Zone group build Don't get too comfortable! 🤔 Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 I made a bit of progress on this today, cleaning up the cockpit parts, painting them up with Xtracrylics Neutral Grey and once that had time to dry I added the 3D printed instrument decals. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr I still have to complete the seat and that will have belts from the same set with the final decal in the set being fixed to the port sidewall, I'll do that once I have glued the cockpit sub assembly in position. John 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 I have painted up the seat and scratched a handle for the top from a small section of brass tube and wire. Once everything had dried I added the seatbelt decals before fixing it into the cockpit, that sub assembly is now ready to be glued into fuselage. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 I have glued the cockpit sub-assembly into the fuselage and this has been put aside to set up. by John L, on Flickr Some of you may remember at the start of this project that I said I also had the Hasegawa/Hales boxing of the F9F-2 Panther which I had started some time ago, however this had gone well beyond the 25% rule to be included but I would like to try and get this finished too. To that end this will make the odd appearance as this build progresses but will not be included in the gallery when completed, here is its debut showing. by John L, on Flickr Cheers. John 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 Fresh from a weekend away celebrating the Memsahib's birthday (21... again!!), I thought that it was time for a progress update. I left things with the fuselage having been glued together and this had the joins cleaned up. I have also fitted the intake parts to the starboard side and the wings have been glued up ready for fitting. The nosecone was filled with Liquid Gravity and glue, then everything was sealed in with a layer of blu-tack, taking extra care to keep that away from the glueing surface. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr I hope to fit the port intake parts later then, after checking the nose weight to avoid tail sitting, I can complete the wing/fuselage assembly. John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 After finishing the intake asssembly yeasterday, the wings and fuselage went together with little issue, there were just a couple of small gaps that required a smear of filler and that was it job done. A spot of rescribing and some further assembly and painting around the cockpit to do today and it should be ready for some paint. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr Thanks for dropping in. John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 On 23/02/2023 at 12:35, Hockeyboy76 said: Orange dayglo panels!!!! Perfect for your own can of pink primer! Good luck dude. "O" word ! Looking terrific John, and delighted to see the Panther being completed at the same time Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 11 minutes ago, JOCKNEY said: "O" word ! Looking terrific John, and delighted to see the Panther being completed at the same time Cheers Pat Thanks Pat. H will be (un)happy to learn that there may be some orange involved but my precious can of the pink stuff will be staying firmly on the shelf. The Panther needs a bit more sanding to get that ready for paint. Cheers John 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 What?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Hockeyboy76 said: What?? I thought that would bring a reaction. I don't want to waste it on small bits of orange, I might need it for a big red bus or a 🚒 one day. 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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