1/48 Monogram F9F-5 Panther

by Rick Reinbott

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This is my Monogram F9F-5 Panther.  I finished this model way back in 1990 when it was first released.  The kit is one of the best engineered Monogram kits I've built and is nicely detailed.  It was built straight out of the box using the kit decals, which were okay.  The nose is supposed to have a light blue spiral decal around it, but it was somewhat fragile and wound up breaking up as I was trying to apply it.  Also, the decal for the aircraft number on the forward port fuselage didn't quite settle down the way it was supposed to, as you can see from the above picture.

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The model was done prior to me venturing into the world of weathering aircraft, so it's as clean as it can be.  I finished it in Model Master Blue Angel Blue, as opposed to Gloss Sea Blue, which I thought at the time matched the box art better.  So, it may not be historically dead-on, but it's pretty close and is an attractive color.  If you don't have a Korean War bird in your collection and are looking to do one, I highly recommend this kit. 

Happy Modeling!

Rick

Photos and text © by Rick Reinbott