This is Special Hobby kit SH72222 first released in 2011. The kit represents a FB2C-1 Hawk assigned to VB-5B aboard the USS Ranger (CV-4) in 1934.
Special Hobby Curtiss FB2C-1 Hawk in 1/72 Scale
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This is Special Hobby kit SH72222 first released in 2011. The kit represents a FB2C-1 Hawk assigned to VB-5B aboard the USS Ranger (CV-4) in 1934.
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No such aircraft as a FB2C. There is a BFC-2 and BF2C-1. Funny how it is correct on the tail……Just sayin’
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How’d you do your rigging Jeff?
Do I spy a drop tank underneath the fuselage? I had no idea we were using drop tanks then.
Beautiful build as always sir.
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Thanks Warren! I use Nitenol wire for rigging, works best for me but I still do not look forward to the rigging phase. Not sure when the USN started using drop tanks but there are several photographs from the 1930’s of them on USN aircraft. They could have made a real difference on the F4Fs at Midway so I can’t explain their absence there.
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They were not drop-able, leading to a significant disadvantage in combat. The pilots were already complaining about the -4 wildcats and their weight. As ACM was pretty rare in the Atlantic Theater, that’s where you saw Dash 4 Wildcats sporting them.
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Seems a simple thing to correct. Fuel starvation was a major cause of losses at Midway.
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Very nice, Jeff! 🙂 I know you like your “yellow wings” era planes!
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I do love them John, but I keep forgetting how troublesome building biplanes can be!
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