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Build #1 - F-8J Crusader 'On deck'
- Thread starter ij001
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Sherman 18
Master at Arms
Build #1 - F-8J Crusader
:drinks
Sounds like a plan
:drinks
Sounds like a plan
ij001
Well-known member
Build #1 - F-8J Crusader
A day later than advertised, but here's a quick update:
Started not with the 'pit
hmy: , but with the wings/flaps etc, all of which went together without any fuss whatsoever. Because there's so much white bits to paint, I uncorked a rattle-can of Tamiya (fine) white primer and sprayed everything in one session, not just what you see here but all the doors aswell.
On Sunday evening I sprayed the inside of fuselage halves and the pit then masked and sprayed the consoles & IP in an 'off black' that I mixed some time back for just these sort of jobs. Yesterday I dry brushed everything and picked some details out with a 'kebab stick'. All those references tell me that the 'office' was almost completely devoid of any colour whatsoever so this is as much as I'm going to do.
The 'Cobra Company' resin seat was designed for the old Monogram kit but fits like a glove in to the Hasegawa pit. Trying not to get too 'poetic', but it really is a magnificent piece of casting, easily one of the very best resin seats that I've ever seen - full stop.
That's all for now, more later in the week.
Ian.
A day later than advertised, but here's a quick update:
Started not with the 'pit
hmy: , but with the wings/flaps etc, all of which went together without any fuss whatsoever. Because there's so much white bits to paint, I uncorked a rattle-can of Tamiya (fine) white primer and sprayed everything in one session, not just what you see here but all the doors aswell.
On Sunday evening I sprayed the inside of fuselage halves and the pit then masked and sprayed the consoles & IP in an 'off black' that I mixed some time back for just these sort of jobs. Yesterday I dry brushed everything and picked some details out with a 'kebab stick'. All those references tell me that the 'office' was almost completely devoid of any colour whatsoever so this is as much as I'm going to do.
The 'Cobra Company' resin seat was designed for the old Monogram kit but fits like a glove in to the Hasegawa pit. Trying not to get too 'poetic', but it really is a magnificent piece of casting, easily one of the very best resin seats that I've ever seen - full stop.
That's all for now, more later in the week.
Ian.
Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
Build #1 - F-8J Crusader
She's moving right along.
She's moving right along.
Build #1 - F-8J Crusader
WOO!!! Very productive.
WOO!!! Very productive.
ij001
Well-known member
Build #1 - F-8J Crusader
Cooled-off enough to get some bench-time this morning, so brought the fuselages halves together, dropped the (now painted) seat in and cemented the canopies in to place after masking them-up.
I'd already added most of the landing gear and given the underside a light coat of Tamiya (fine) white primer.
So here's a couple of quick'n nasty phone photos just to give you an idea of where I'm up to.
Hopefully get more done after Monday, but I have to fit modelling in around 'managing' Daddies Little Stormtroopers, so no guarantees whatsoever. Thanks for taking the time to look and HNY to all here.
Ian.
Cooled-off enough to get some bench-time this morning, so brought the fuselages halves together, dropped the (now painted) seat in and cemented the canopies in to place after masking them-up.
I'd already added most of the landing gear and given the underside a light coat of Tamiya (fine) white primer.
So here's a couple of quick'n nasty phone photos just to give you an idea of where I'm up to.
Hopefully get more done after Monday, but I have to fit modelling in around 'managing' Daddies Little Stormtroopers, so no guarantees whatsoever. Thanks for taking the time to look and HNY to all here.
Ian.
Build #1 - F-8J Crusader
I hope our little website grows enough for us to have our own branded plastic weld.
Great work Ian, cockpit rocks!
I hope our little website grows enough for us to have our own branded plastic weld.
Great work Ian, cockpit rocks!
ij001
Well-known member
Build #1 - F-8J Crusader
Yep Hasegawa kit is 'all their own work' and Rhino's memory is spot-on, the Revell kit is a re-tread of the old Monogram kit complete with inaccurate 'winders and 'kneeling' undercarriage.
Ian.
Yep Hasegawa kit is 'all their own work' and Rhino's memory is spot-on, the Revell kit is a re-tread of the old Monogram kit complete with inaccurate 'winders and 'kneeling' undercarriage.
Ian.
randy_ditton
Master at Arms
Build #1 - F-8J Crusader
Hey Ian,
You have this looking good Sir
Looking forward to you building a bunch of jets this year!!!
Randy
Hey Ian,
You have this looking good Sir
Looking forward to you building a bunch of jets this year!!!
Randy
Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
Build #1 - F-8J Crusader
Looking very nice so far, Ian, keep up the good work!
Looking very nice so far, Ian, keep up the good work!