Grumman S-2F-1 Tracker

Scale:: 1:72
Status:: Completed

Project inventory

Full kits

Grumman S2F-1 (S-2A) Tracker

Hobbycraft 1:72

HC1351 198x Changed ???

Detail and Conversion sets

Mk.44 torpedo

Eduard 1:72

672035 2014 New tool

Decals

Grumman S-2 Tracker

Print Scale 1:72

72-104 2015 New tool

Decals - US Navy Blues Pt 2

Blackbird Models 1:72

BMD72009 Multi-topic (2)

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Project: Grumman S-2F-1 Tracker

1:72 Grumman S2F-1 (S-2A) Tracker (Hobbycraft HC1351)

1:72 Grumman S-2 Tracker (Print Scale 72-104)

1:72 Decals - US Navy Blues Pt 2 (Blackbird Models BMD72009)

Part of my Collection

Naval Aviation

Completed 6×

Comments

27 October 2018, 17:48

Reader1
This was difficult project. Kit was hard to assemble and needed lots of carving to make parts to fit together, putty and sanding. Idea of building version from late 1950 felt good idea at first. Finding proper decals was bit harder and plane has now decals from three different sets, Blackbird decals, which I find at the end of project, were best in quality. Mk- 44 torps are from Eduard, rockets are leftover from some other kit.

27 October 2018, 18:16

Ekki
Good result.

31 October 2018, 19:33

Reader1
Thank you Ekki.

2 November 2018, 16:16

Rex
I found the same thing, Reader. The HobbyCraft copy of the Hasegawa kit is just not the same quality.

You did very well with your's.

If you look at the S-2 timeline, you would see that Hasegawa did an "early version" of the Blue aircraft and decals. Too late to help you now, I know.

2 November 2018, 16:46

Reader1
Rex: Thank you, I found that after I started building this one. If I return to Tracker again I will pick Hasegawa's model for that project.

3 November 2018, 07:55