Michael Taylor

The Hasegawa F-8E has an IR sensor mounted at the bottom of the windscreen, this was not present on early Crusaders or remanufactured early Crusaders. The F-8K is a remanufactured F-8D with no sensor so the windscreen ends in line with the side windows. The Hasegawa's windscreen's bottom is higher and there's a hole to moint the sensor. I drilled out the center windscreen and used a piece of clear plastic to replicate the early-longer center pane.

Hasegawa/Muroc Models 1/48 F-8K. Three ways I ignored the conversion instructions: I used the kit windscreen by removing and replacing the center panel and filing the forward section down to fit the fuselage, when finally placed I filled/sanded with cyano glue. I did not replace the center of the wing, I removed the hump from the kit wing, filled the void with 2 part epoxy putty and filled and sanded a top coat of cyano glue. I figured this was easier than trying to fit a rep...lacement center section and deal with 2 wing seams. I used the kit intake completely and found it fit no problem.

Besides the sensors under the wing I simply used an Aires F-14 A chin pod and Eduard F-14A PE for the cockpit and resin GRU-7 seats.

Finished Dec 30 2019 is Tamiya's F4u-1A Built OOB This model has been in my "to build" closet for a few years in completed sub assemblies. Every once in a while I'd get it out and fit it together and say to myself" where will I put it? It's so big." Well finishing this was my New Years resolution, here it is basically OOB except I made a canvas IP cover out of epoxy putty. Started 01/01/2020

Last one for the year HB Wildcat out of box

Yikes!. In 50 years of building I hope that's the first time I've ever done that! Fixed:

Yea-Super Scale

Model Master enamels

Aires seats, a bit of Eduard photo etch, Super scale markings (They did however print the red/white blue stripes backwards needing to mask and paint) Resin exhausts, wheels.

56th FIS Wright Patterson AFB

The lower nose piece was terribly warped. I tape assembled the fuselage and left it for almost a year but the nose remained warped and that led to other issues during construction, in fact if you look down the intake the fuselage and intakes don't meet properly. I chose to model it in this configuration as 95% of the time it's like this, but also when in the STOVL configuration the flying surfaces should be drooped and the kit makes no provision for this and I couldn't fine any decent usable photos to attempt that conversion. 2 things to keep in mind-I haven't seen any photos of a service F-35B with a blade antennae on the spine so fill that hole and it looks like the main gear's main strut is a very dark metallic color.

VMFA-211 decals by Furball, Gunpack from someone on Shapeways (sorry don't remember who)

Thank you gentlemen

Model Master buffing Aluminum for the metal and Floquil signal red over white for the red.