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  1. So I had started a Kitty Hawk Voodoo (there: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234961637-kittyhawk-f-101-a-voodoo/?hl=voodoo)and wasn't satisfied with how it was turning out (and as the poets from Nashville Pussy sing, it's everybody's fault but mine, of course (*)). So I decided to trat the poor thing with Jeremy Clarkson favorite surgical instrument (a hammer) and reduced it to a pile of very tiny little bits. Then I bought another box and, in the wake of my Phantom FGR2, had a go at it. I started last Thursday and tried to improve from last time. Soooo... I decided to neglect the instructions and assembled each nose half separately. It's not very clean, but nothing that can't be fixed with sandpaper and putty (and it's much much cleaner thant what you get when you follow the instructions). I was wise enough not to listen only to my Y chromosome and followed the instructions for the front wheel well and front gear leg. The cockpit, using both the photoetch and the decals: The airbrakes and their world famous sink marks: The fuselage is almost whole (but the radome is not glued on). Still not that clean, but hey, that ain't no scoop... The refuelling probe housing si puttied: The instrument panel, done using both the photoetch and the decal (it worked for the consoles, so...). The fuselage is whole, the nice sink marks on the sides are puttied. The belly of the beast: No problem for the wings, at least on the upper surfaces. Our sink marks have been cleaned: A bit of putty is needed on the wing lower surfaces to fuselage joins, but nothing dramatic. Really? The tail is reasonably well behaved. Under the nose, putty has been sanded and the panel lines are waiting to be rescribed. The nozzles need a bit of work... But turn out OK. It's paint time! Nose is Gunze gloss black, antiglare panel is Gunze olive drab and the rest is Alclad semi matt aluminum. Now on to the decals. They leave quite quickly their backing up sheet, but once in place tend to be quite stubborn. So before applying any decal I applied some soapy water with a hairy stick. I didn't cut the decal, it was like this on the sheet! The upper surfaces are complete: The fuel tanks: We're almost done with the decalling: And now, I'm very sad to say my fuel tanks seem to suffer from pancreatic cancer. I didn't make that up, it's written all over them: To be continued... S.
  2. Hello everyone, this is a request for anyone who's got the new Academy F-4C(D) kit in their stash. Could I ask you to have a close look at the lower wing surface, the vertical tail and the inner pylon parts? It seems like there is an issue with the surfaces on some, or perhaps all, kits. The plastic in my kits has surface undulations, in particular in the areas forward of the wheel wells and on the side of the vertical tail. There are also sink marks on the pylon sides. The problem has been noted by several modellers on various forums already. While the pylon sink marks can be addressed like you would on any older kit (putty, sand, re-scribe) the wings and tail would be really difficult to fix. The problem can be seen when holding the surface against the light and also by running a finger over the surface. The wing undulations will cause fit issues with the pylons and wheel well inserts as can be seen from the non-straight mounting lips for the wheel well walls. The problem isn't there (or only to a very minor, and acceptable, extent) on the earlier F-4B kits so it's not that Academy can't produce perfect parts. It's not that this makes the kit unbuildable or anything, far from it, but it's a flaw that doesn't need to be there and can most likely be avoided. I'm hoping that by reporting all faulty kits to the vendors and distributors Academy might be alerted to the issue and fix it (and perhaps issue replacement parts). Cheers Jeffrey
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