Ed Kinney
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Grumman F9F Panther/CougarPublished:
This hard cover 160 page book covers the Grumman “Bridge and Iron Works” first Jet Cat from the inception through its final days as drones or 2 place trainers. Text takes you from the early days with an interesting read accompanied by over 300 illustrations, including color, black and white and line drawings. It contains complete dates on the F9F production numbers including carrier deployments and squadron histories. This historic aircraft was to become the forerunner of the fantastic F-14 Tomcat, the last of a great line of aircraft from the good folks in Bethpage. If the author's name seems familiar to you, it’s because he has specialized in Naval topics since the 1990’s. In addition to individual books on the A-4, F/A-18, and F-4 Phantom versus Mig engagements in Vietnam, he… more |
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Grumman EA-6B "Prowler" Part 1Published:
When this all new release became known to the modeling world, the announcements were accompanied with a plethora of photographs of an unpainted builtup with plenty of close-ups showing the incredible detail contained here. That created a near riot in the modeling community with posts on almost every forum stating that they couldn’t wait to receive it. Well, it has arrived and it appears to be well worth the wait! Consisting of 233 parts on 9 light grey trees and one clear, this kit without a doubt puts the previous kits (Airfix and Monogram) most definitely in the “also ran” categories. Readily apparent are the scribed panel lines, optional wing folds (my personal favorite), options for under wing stores including 2 external fuel tanks, 3 ECM pods, and an AGM 88 “Harm” missile… more |