This is
the "new" Kinetic C2-A Greyhound. I call it new as I have not yet seen
one built. The kit requires a massive amount of nose weights. In the cargo area
I have a model master paint bottle full of metal bits. It is pushed up against
the forward bulkhead. It still was not enough. So...seeing as the government
decide to stop using the penny, and we had a bunch lying about 15 to 20 of them
went in the nose area secured using some heavy blue sticky tac stuff. The nose
is absolutely full but the model does sit on its landing gear without having to
have the tail hook supporting some weight as I had on my Hawkeye builds.
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The
decals are from Caracal models. Very nice decals which came with three current
day options. The one I chose HAPPENS to be the COD assigned to the first cruise
of the USS "daddy" Bush. Which is nice as I tend to only do CVW-8
fleet models.
The folded wings.
This time I decided not to glue them in place but just inserted the wings into
place. This way in case I ever move or something the plane is easily
transportable without the tricky wings breaking off.
"phantom"
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