About the same time I completed my P-51D Mustang, I also “completed” my F9F-8 Cougar. This was another “practise” model kit so I’m pretty ok with the results. Although the model is off balance and the nose always gets lifted up, it was a real learning experience doing this kit. It’s wasn’t the highest quality kit, but i had a good time.
Some of the mistakes I made with this model:
- Bad color mixing meant that many parts of the model were of a different tone that the other parts
- Again, the canopy is fogged up, probably due the wrong type of glue
- The yellow markings are all decals, and I broke many of them trying to fit the contours of the plane
- I forgot to put a ballast in the nose, so the balance is way off
What I like about Hasegawa models kits though is the decals. They are really easy to use and not so easy to break, as compared to decals by Tamiya or Italeri.
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