Hello everyone,
I would like to make a few contributions to this Group Build (if time permits) and this is the first. It reflects a longstanding desire to complete a French Navy Crusader in their final service scheme and to the upgraded 'Prolonge' standard. Luckily, the Academy kit is a wonderful palette on which to work and it gives you the parts and decals to build one. I seem to have lost the instructions for the F-8P boxing, but I'm sure I can muddle through with those from Academy's F-8J kit.
The sprues as of this afternoon, post-wash (and still drying judging by the damp spots on the background):
I'm keen to start on this in the very near future.
cheers,
Andrew.