Starfighter Decals 1/72 F9F Panthers Pt.2
By Matt Bittner
1/72 F9F Panthers were covered a couple of years ago from Starfighter Decals covering mainly US Navy aircraft that shot down adversaries during the Korean War. This time around Starfighter Decals covers three Marines Corp aircraft:
- F9F-2B, BuNo 123451, VMF-311, 1953
- F9F-2, BuNo 127207, VMF-311
- F9F-2, BuNo 127143, VMF-115
All three aircraft are finished in the standard US Navy Sea Blue and BuNo 123451 has a pretty large score-tally on the fuselage sides, under the cockpit. While the sheet contains markings specific for each aircraft, you'll need to come up with other sources for the national insignia – minus BuNo 123451 as its fuselage insignia is part of the tally markings.
So if you're looking for alternative markings for your Hobby Boss F9F (or a glutton for punishment and decide to build a Hasegawa one), and are looking for US Marines markings, this is the sheet you'll need.
Plenty of thank are given to Starfighter Decals for the review sample.