1/72 Hasegawa F-111E "My Lucky Blonde"

[Mark Turk]

I decided to start another kit to represent F-111E 68-0020 in 1986 with the "My Luck Blonde" nose art. 

 

The kit is the same Hasegawa F-111E Nose Art

 

 

The aircraft being modeled.

 

 

 

The cockpit was painted a lighter gray this time

 

 

Instrument panel decals are not bad all things considered.

 

 

Cockpit installed and fuselage mating started.

 

 

Note that I had to use an older canopy from the spares box while the one from the kit box was "baptized" in a bath of floor polish.

 

 

Sitting next to my other entry "The Chief" F-111E 68-0020 circa 1989

 

Edited May 15, 2017 by Mark Turk

[Hewy]

These two will look great together mark,look forward to this

A before and after if you like

Edited May 15, 2017 by Hewy
Unfinished

[SallysDad]

Looking forward to this build.

[trickyrich]

Nice start on the second one Mark!

[Mark Turk]

Work is progressing slowly

 

First all of the bits and pieces of the landing gear are painted and tucked away for safe keeping.

 

 

Next, I've been busy painting the undersides

 

 

Mark

Edited June 7, 2017 by Mark Turk

[Mark Turk]

I'm going to need to pick up the pace if I'm going to finish by  2 July 2017.  I did make  some progress over the weekend.  The seamless intakes seemed like a good idea in the beginning, but they upset the build sequence by requiring painting of the bottom and side surfaces of the fuselage before installation. 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 19, 2017 by Mark Turk