Hobby Boss 87248 1/72 Grumman F9F-2 Panther

This is a plastic model kit, which comes unassembled and unpainted. So glue, model paints and other basic modelling tools are additionally required.

Model Dimension - Length: 159.8mm Wingspan: 161mm
Camouflage Scheme
- 1. US Navy VF123 NO.123504
- 2. Argentinean Naval Base aeronaval Punta Indio-1960

The Grumman F9F Panther was the manufacturer's first jet fighter and one of the U.S. Navy's first successful carrier-based jet fighters. The Panther was the most widely used U.S. Navy jet fighter of the Korean War, flying 78,000 sorties and scoring the first air-to-air kill by the US Navy in the war, the downing of a North Korean Yakovlev Yak-9 fighter. Total F9F production was 1,382, with several variants being exported to Argentina.