Teknics |
1/48 F9F-2/P
Corrected Nose |
Product # TK48090
for $19.99 for Trumpeter/Hobbycraft kit |
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Article by Steve
Bamford on Apr 27 2007 |
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These new
resin set from Teknics
includes the F9F-2P Corrected Recce Nose & Cameras for
the Trumpeter/HobbyCraft. The F9F-2P was modified from the
F9F-2 fighter, and the camera windows were simply applied
to the existing fighter nose shape. The -2P had one large
window on the upper left side and two smaller square
windows on the lower centerline. (Note the later recce
Panther, the F9F-5P, had a longer nose than the F9F-5
fighter, and it had a large camera window on each side of
the nose). Unfortunately the Trumpeter F9F-2P kit has the
same too pointy nose shape problems as their F9F-2 and
F9F-3 fighter kits; in fact the noses in all three kits
have exactly the same shape. Furthermore, the large upper
window is the wrong shape, the wrong size, and in the
wrong location, and Trumpeter/HobbyCraft does not provide
any semblance of the internal cameras. This Teknics set
corrects the nose shape, the upper left camera window
shape, size, and location, and provides camera lenses that
will show through the clear windows.
Click on
images below to see larger images
Resin casting
is of a very high quality and all the detail is very well done with no air
bubbles. The
clear eesin window is crystal clear. This
new resin set from Teknics
will permit modelers to take their 1/48 F9F-2P Recce Nose & Cameras
and build it with a correct nose.
I would like
to thank Meteor
Productions for providing me with this review sample.
Steve
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Photos and text ©
by Steve
Bamford
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