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Team : Blue Angels, U.S. Navy. (1952)
Aircraft : Chance Vought F7U-1 Cutlass
Scale : 1/72
Modelled by : Gary Siddall, England.

Chance Vought F7U-1 Cutlass

Kit : Aurora injection moulded (1960) and Rareplanes vac-form.
Decals : Various sources, and some hand made/painted.
Other details : Made by cross-kitting the fuselage and fins from the Aurora kit with the wings from the Rareplanes F7U-3 vacform kit. Entire model extensively modified, including scratch-built cockpit, undercarriage and wheel wells, and new canopy made from part of the Rareplanes canopy.