1/72 Revell Vought F-8E Crusader ReHab

[Iron Mike]

 

[moon puppy]

Great work

 

[Prop Duster]

It seems, I mask this Jet an awful lot.

Ah,me lad, Masks make a man out'ya

Hasn't helped me yet but I'm still trin'

 

[Rhino]

Sealed, Mask off! Looking metal-ish!

Leading edges came out well.

Just a little squirt of flatcoat for the rear of the reheat nozzle, and Done!

 

[jknaus]

Nice Can.
James

 

[Rhino]

Guess what the ReHab F-8 is getting today?!! :drinks

U got it! MORE MASKING!! Sealer is on. When I seal masks for paint, I like to use Testor's Metalizer Sealer. Dries fast, seals the tape so the next coat doesn't "creep" on to the base coat.

Glossy black base coat for Leading Edge 'Loomium Alclad, comin' right up!!

 

[Iron Mike]

Loomium, a highly technical term. :laugh: :drinks

 

[moon puppy]

Lots going on here.

 

[Duke Maddog]

Looks like you cornered the market on Tamiya tape. No wonder I can't find any! :woohoo: :woohoo:

Looking good, this is really coming along well.

 

[Rhino]

It was bugging me, the grody inside of the Canopy, and the dearth of detail, color, and additional 'scopes the Iron Hand Crusader Driver would need to interdict SAM properly. I gripped & squeezed, just a bit, and off it came!!

more mask-n-unmask-it-mask-n-unmask-it-mask-n-unmask-it! Whatchagonnado? Buy stock in Tamiya & 3M!!

 

[Rhino]

YUP! Loomium! No Rottinin' on this Jet. Now I'm positive Chuck Sterns, and ADM. Richard Bellinger are Guffawing at me from Heaven's gates!!

 

[Iron Mike]

I didn't get a harrumph out of that guy. :laugh:

 

[Rhino]

As if this Jet hadn't had enough time & talent expended on it...........

I invested some more silliness/Fun in it today. I made tabs to mount a rudimentary interior........

I had a really cool CMK F-8 cockpit set, but it wouldn't fit thru the opening. They work fine on UNASSEMBLED Crusaders!! (DUH!) I borrowed the interior from a USMC F-8E from Academy. IT FITS IN THE HOLE!! Hallelujah!!

New cockpit coaming, for HUD & SAM intercept Radar scope. Drill hole, cool silver & Tamiya clear Blue!!
I'll never complain, but this Jet, has kinda gone all the way off the Reservation!! IT IS FUN!!

 

[moon puppy]

I'm amazed you can get in there and work with the cockpit and not bust the thing open.

 

[Duke Maddog]

Rock and roll man! "It is fun!" <- That is all that matters! I've had a few kits like that too. Keep going man, I'm having fun just watching this!

 

[Rhino]

Interior parts. I drilled a piece of stretched sprue for the throttle lever, and I sanded down a small piece of clear sprue to make the AGM radar screen. Cockpit tub is painted, sorta!

 

[Rhino]

New throttle installed!

Test fit the Cockpit tub. Looks promising! Check ejection seat, to make sure it doesn't interfere with the kit Canopy.

Instrument panel awaits future instrument faces. Westinghouse air intercept radar screen in Testor's silver and Tamiya clear green.

 

[phantom II]

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[moon puppy]

Nice, better picture

 

[Rhino]

Tonite we install the faux Cockpit! I got the "dashboard" painted, after I had installed the big 'scope, it turns out, that the use of my crafted piece of clear sprue, it was opaque anyway. Silver & Tamiya Clear Green to the rescue! See??

Test fit of the canopy shows you can't see it (except from the pilot's seat!) in any case. I did shade inside the fuselage, to represent structure, just a bit.

Side panels, circuit breakers, Canopy accumulator & jack, sans seat. See the red trigger on the 'stick??

The seat still needs a wash, and harnesses, but it will look a bit like this! :yipee

I still need to add the clear projector lens and reflective panel for the Heads-up-display. Getting Close!!