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Talk about trying to find some info that's not out there on this airplane seems to be hardly nothing on the a/c for me to bootleg from a site. Reference used was this great book. Lockheed T2V/T-1A Seastar; Steve Ginter; Steve Ginter Publications, Simi Valley, Calif., Volume 42 of the author’s excellent Naval Fighters series covers the T2V/T-1 Seastar, a short-lived basic pilot and NFO training jet. The T2V was designed to replace the non-carrier capable TV-1 (T-33) in basic training jet squadrons. As the first Navy aircraft with a boundary layer control system to improve the low-speed landing characteristics, the new aircraft incorporated a raised instructor seat in the rear, leading-edge slats and an enlarged tail surface. It was equipped with a tailhook and strengthened landing gear for carrier landings.The aircraft began its service with BTG-9 at Pensacola and was in service less than two years before being replaced with the more capable T2J-1 Buckeye. Most of the Seastars went to Navy and Marine Corps air stations and service squadrons to serve as a proficiency and navigation trainer. Anyway.........Collect-Aire 1/48 kit
#4841 Having a deep passion for the Navy aircraft with the bright orange
paint schemes this kit fills the void of a much needed subject in 1/48.
Resin and white metal with 2 vac canopy's incase you screw one up,
decals for only one version and you need to dig in your extra numbers
and letter to do the codes on the lower wing. Finely scribed panel lines
detailed cockpit. The fuselage is hollow cast with real thin walls and
be careful when working with this it will crack on you. Over all really
nice kit that goes together real well. I had trouble with the canopy as
it attaches to a white metal frame and hard to see then lines to cut out
the clear vac canopy from the clear sheet. The windscreen is also white
metal and they give you a sheet of clear plastic to cut to shape then
bend to fit wind screen. Figured for the price of the kit something
better could of been done with the clear parts. Then again it was
probably me!!!Thanks Neu for the chance to summit these to your great
site. Keep up the good work. "Resin Builder"
Photos and text © 2005 by Randy L. Smith August 04, 2005 |
