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F-2 Banshee
spcterry
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Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 10:43 AM UTC
Just put a coat of paint on my Banshee and it's looking pretty good so far.


Siderius
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Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 11:03 AM UTC
Joe, can't see your photos. Try uploading them again. If you have trouble ask for help, you'll get some I am sure. Russell
spcterry
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Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 11:04 AM UTC
I'm not quite sure what the problem is, they are showing up on my end
md72
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Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 11:09 AM UTC
I've got an F2H-2 project on deck, so I'd love to see the pics, but all I'm getting is a pair of red X's.
spcterry
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Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 11:20 AM UTC
Here I will try uploading them using this sites gallery


md72
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Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 11:30 AM UTC
I can see clearly now, looks good. I've got that one in the stash too.
Siderius
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Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 01:26 PM UTC
Looks great! You've got to love the shape of the Banshee! Is that a 48 or 72 scale kit, I'm guessing the larger. Good job. Russell
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Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 02:26 PM UTC

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Looks great! You've got to love the shape of the Banshee! Is that a 48 or 72 scale kit, I'm guessing the larger. Good job. Russell


Actually it's the 1/72 scale kit, if they make a 1/48 scale kit I sure would be interested though, it's a great bird!
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Posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 07:03 AM UTC
Nice one Joe, keep us updated please. I have never built a Banshee, really ought to acquire one. Thanks for posting.
Tim
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Posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 11:54 AM UTC
72 scale Joe, great! I wouldn't mind building one myself. I think the Canadians operated off a rather smaller carrier during the operation of the Banshee, with higher landing and takeoff speeds, they did well indeed. Russell
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Posted: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - 11:41 AM UTC

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72 scale Joe, great! I wouldn't mind building one myself. I think the Canadians operated off a rather smaller carrier during the operation of the Banshee, with higher landing and takeoff speeds, they did well indeed. Russell


They did indeed. The Bonnie was only about 20,000 tons. In fact US Banshee pilots would generally avoid landing on the Bonaventure if at all possible due to the small deck size.
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Posted: Saturday, January 08, 2011 - 06:53 AM UTC
[quote]I think the Canadians operated off a rather smaller carrier during the operation of the Banshee,/quote]

Thought that I read somewhere that the Banshee was the only jet fighter operated by the RCN.
mykroft
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Posted: Saturday, January 08, 2011 - 01:12 PM UTC

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I think the Canadians operated off a rather smaller carrier during the operation of the Banshee


Thought that I read somewhere that the Banshee was the only jet fighter operated by the RCN.


It was, but the RCN quit operating fighters in the early 60's. If the Bonaventure hadn't been converted to an ASW carrier the Banshee's would probably have been replaced by Scooters.
md72
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Posted: Saturday, January 08, 2011 - 01:24 PM UTC

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Banshee's would probably have been replaced by Scooters.


Now that makes for a nice "what if".
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