This new resin
conversion set from
Teknics
is the XF9F-2 / XF9F-3 Prototype Panther Conversion Set for the
Trumpeter/HobbyCraft kti. This Teknics set provides all the parts necessary to model the
first XF9F-2 and the XF9F-3 prototypes. Since the configuration of
these birds varied over their testing lives, be sure to check your
references. Also note that the prototypes eventually received
wingtip fuel tanks; a corrected outer wing with tip tanks is available in
Teknics set TK48089. This conversion set contains new outer wings
without tip tanks, smooth speed brakes, pitots, and extended horizontal
stabilizers tested on the XF9F-2. This set is for advanced modelers,
but if you go slow and follow the instructions carefully, then you should
have no problems.
The tip tank-less outer
wings are direct replacements for the kit parts; however, Teknics has
added the root detail missing in the Trumpeter kit in case you want to
model your prototype with the wings folded. If you do fold the
wings, note that on the prototypes the wings folded straight up (not
angled as on Panthers with tip tanks). The smooth speed brakes are a
direct replacements for the kit parts.
Click on
images below to see larger images
Full
decals for the f irst XF9F-2 and the XF9-3 prototypes are available
on Yellowhammer Decals sheet YHD48040. This sheet is also
available from Meteor
Productions.
Resin
casting is of a very high quality and all the detail is very well
done with no air bubbles. There is one page of instructions
that take you through the installation of this set. This
new resin set from Teknics
will permit modelers to make an accurate XF9F-2
/ XF9F-3 Prototype Panther. This set WILL NOT fit the Revell/Monogram
F9F-5 kit.
I would like
to thank Meteor
Productions for
providing me with this review sample.
Steve
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