1/48 Kinetic C-2A Greyhound

Gallery Article by Shawn "phantom" Weiler on Aug 5 2013

 

 

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.

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Photos and text © by Shawn "phantom" Weiler