F9F-5 "The Blue Tailed Fly"

[Texman]

Just got this finished up recently, it is a beta build of the John Bowden F9F-5 repaint "The Blue Tailed Fly".
I will not go into the specifics of the history or aircraft, as they are discussed in his original thread
The Blue Tailed Fly .

I built it stock, at full scale of 1/48. I had some trouble in a couple of sections, but this was due to
my inadequate build skill in using larger pieces. It was a quick, pleasurable build, always
good to do something other than my usual small scale.

Now, the evidence of the hatchet job I did.

As the aircraft needed a stand, I did a quick photoshop job on the original Ken West
stand that was included with his F9F-8 kit.

[casca]

Very nice.

[Don Boose]

This is an excellent build, Flyboy!

It turned out well in spite of the difficulty you must have had in dealing with the giant parts of a 1/48 kit.

I hope to build this one, too, some day, and will be inspired by your build.

Dogface

[Rick Thomson]

Very pretty indeed.

[rockpaperscissor]

Beautiful model! The stand really sets it off well. I think it's great.

[ashevilleangler]

Very well done Ray. Did you use the wing spar that John came up with for this model?

Curt

[Texman]

Thank you for overlooking my errors, and still being complimentary.

@Curt, yes, I did use it. But it is to long unless you cut slots in
the tip tanks.

[John Bowden]

Hey.... Hey... Hey.... It looks pretty good!!!

Almost got my files back............. yea!

Hey somebody once told me its better to have something too long than to try and stretch it to fit

And I too like your stand pictures better, mind if I steal it?

And Curt.... I have changed the writing.

john

[3Turner]

Looking good!

[peter taft]

@ John..... Brilliant design
@ Ray....... Excellent build, this is a very nice aircraft ! The design and build has done this bird full justice - congratulations to both of you.