Hardtarget Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 To start off with i shall be building this out of the box. The plastic looks a littl think and delicate so got to be careful with this one. I made a start the other day with the pit and some assembly of smaller parts. I also partially primed using hu1. Assembly of the pit. Then i moved onto the fuel tanks, adding the other smaller parts i.e the sensors and cowlings. What is annoying at this stage is that you have to install the main gear legs which due to the mature of the plastic can be precarious when moving her about. Also had to install the AN/AAQ 13/14 as the hardpoint is fixed to it. Some spraying of the U/C Then the interior using hu127 fs36375.
AndyC Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 Wow! Quick work - looking forward to seeing this Sufa
Dermo245 Posted April 24, 2012 Posted April 24, 2012 Nice start! Always liked this version - an F-16 on steroids! Dermot
davidsm Posted April 24, 2012 Posted April 24, 2012 Good work, look forward to seeing come along more
Hardtarget Posted May 7, 2012 Author Posted May 7, 2012 Quite a lot of progress in this update, all from this weekend. Started off with finishing the cockpit. then it was time to cement the main parts together. The interior black was pplied at this time ready for the canopy and masking Masked up ready for spraying. Underside sprayed fs36375. I didnt mask around the wheel wells spraying around the them free hand. Masked up ready for the first camo colour. And after they were all applied, all free hand rather than all that masking. Steady hand required though. Exhaust nossle having a coat of X503 oily steel. She will also get some other colours applied for the burn effect. She is now ready for the U/C and other equipment.
Hardtarget Posted May 7, 2012 Author Posted May 7, 2012 Just done a bit more this morning with the painting ofn the radome and other avionics in fs36270.
Enzo the Magnificent Posted May 7, 2012 Posted May 7, 2012 Flippin' 'eck! This one's coming along nicely. And quickly! You have chosen a completely different order of construction to what I have used. And neither of us have used the one recommended by the destructions!
Hardtarget Posted May 8, 2012 Author Posted May 8, 2012 Flippin' 'eck! This one's coming along nicely. And quickly! You have chosen a completely different order of construction to what I have used. And neither of us have used the one recommended by the destructions! I tend to analyise the instructions and choose the best way of construction. As long as you follow the basic you shouldnt make mistakes or miss out parts
Enzo the Magnificent Posted May 26, 2012 Posted May 26, 2012 Have you chosen the marking scheme for this model yet? Whichever one you do, I'll do the other.
Hardtarget Posted May 28, 2012 Author Posted May 28, 2012 Have you chosen the marking scheme for this model yet? Whichever one you do, I'll do the other. Hi Enzo, i was going to do the bat sqd version.
Enzo the Magnificent Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 Hi Enzo, i was going to do the bat sqd version. Then I'll do the Negev Sqn one. That's good for me because I really couldn't choose.
Hardtarget Posted July 13, 2012 Author Posted July 13, 2012 Progress has been slow on this especially when not a lot actually needed to be done to finish it. Decals on, and I have started to add her load. Just the GBU's to go.
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 Excellent! It's a very nice kit, isn't it?
Hardtarget Posted July 14, 2012 Author Posted July 14, 2012 Excellent! It's a very nice kit, isn't it? It is apart from the decal instructions where I had a 1/48 decal placement and guess whats, the nos dont match.
Hardtarget Posted July 15, 2012 Author Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) Finished. Kit: Kinetic Scale: 1/72 Scheme: 451 of 'The Bat' Sqd 2008 Edited July 15, 2012 by Hardtarget
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