Last of the Gunfighters

[Paulw]

I have been building on this for the past few weeks. Trumpeter 1/32 F8J. I am back dating it to a C model where I need to leave off some of the avionics and get the VF-111 decals for a group build I am doing on MBI.

This is going rather well and is fitting and looking better than the F-100 in my opinion. There are,as with most Trumpeter kits, some issues but mostly negligible. The engine is the same as the F-100 but the fuse doesn't come apart to display it so all it does is hold the flame ring and AB can in place.

The gear bays are nice with plenty of detail and all kinds of detail in the gun bays and turbine generator to float a rock.

The intake isn't seamless so I mad a slurry of squadron white and acetone and painted it in the intake and it shouldn't be a prob to sand down.

So far its a very nice build but the biggest problem is the gallons of white and gull gray I am going to need to paint this monster.

:gogo

 

[phantom II]

Looking good so far Paul . The F-8 has always been my favorite early Navy jet

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Arturius]

yeah! put gallons on that! :idonno

 

[moon puppy]

Really nice cockpit Paul, sure this will shape up nicely

 

[Paulw]

Thanks, there is lots of work in this one.

 

[nerdling]

Go Paul go. She will be a great build. How did you do the instrument panel.

 

[jknaus]

James

 

[Paulw]

Go Paul go. She will be a great build. How did you do the instrument panel.

Well Ryan I sprayed it with Vallejo barley gray then with my optivisor and 300x magnification then filled in the rest and added about 6 decals.

I got most of it PSR today. then assembled the wings ah battled a huge problem with the slats and the wing tips. got the sort of acceptable and primed. So Ill let it cure for a couple of days before I get back to it.

 

[sharkman]

That's going to be a big monster!

Looking good Paul! The pit looks fantastic!

 

[Paulw]

I got a new interest to go and try to complete this big boy. I laid some paint on it and I know the gray seems a tad dark but see, I have this silly idea that all will be well in the end.
I popped off the canopy because it laid crooked and had a lot of gaps to fill. I also started assembling the gear doors and put the air brake in the up position and thats also going to require a bit of sanding and filling and sanding, etc,etc.

The wing however, is another matter. if I ever get another one of these I will not follow the instructions and look more at reference photos.

Well tomorrow is another day and more fun on the Vought assembly line.

 

[nerdling]

You and your silly ideas Paul Naw just messing with you. Looks great. I've got the old 1/48 Revell version that I've been tempted to pull out and build one of these days.

 

[moon puppy]

 

[jknaus]

Looking good Paul. Whats wrong with the wings though?
James

 

[Paulw]

Looking good Paul. Whats wrong with the wings though?
James

Its mostly the amount of parts to assemble the wings and the slats, the slats to me seem just a smidge too long and the tend to buckle up in the middle

 

[jknaus]

Ahhh , interested in hearing how that works out. My Crusader is sitting because I had to scratchbuild a catapult well for it and just ended up shelving it. Never tried the slats. Might take it down and check them out. One thing I hate though are the PE hinges. They are a pain to install.
James

 

[Paulw]

hahahaha James. The slats dont have hinges, neither do the flaps. Just glue em on and hope for the best

 

[Paulw]

This is taking longer than I expected but its getting there.

 

[jknaus]

Looking good.

James

 

[Paulw]

thanks and its nearing completion so dont expect a champ when I am done but it will be acceptable.

 

[moon puppy]

That's a big jet!