franky boy Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Evening everyone As the title suggests I'll enter this GB with Eduard's re boxing of Hasegawas F-8 Crusader. Built OOB because these re boxing's have all the goodies that you could need already in the box. And some pics to whet the appetite. Box top first I think this is the markings that I'll go for. And a couple of sprue shots. And the rather large decal sheet And the other goodies Thanks for looking. Cant wait to get started. Cheers James 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 NICE!!! Welcome aboard, I was wondering when I'd see a Crusader and and Edward one at that! That's really is a nice looking model and I love the scheme you've chosen. Good luck with the build and another one I have to follow with interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 You sure this isn't Acedemy's 1/72? From your pictures, it's identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 48 minutes ago, busnproplinerfan said: You sure this isn't Acedemy's 1/72? From your pictures, it's identical. No, definitely Eduard 1/48. 7 hours ago, trickyrich said: NICE!!! Welcome aboard, I was wondering when I'd see a Crusader and and Edward one at that! That's really is a nice looking model and I love the scheme you've chosen. Good luck with the build and another one I have to follow with interest. Cheers Rich Yeah it looks like a really nice kit and I've never built a Crusader so should be good. Looking forward to seeing how your Vigilante comes on too. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 11 hours ago, franky boy said: No, definitely Eduard 1/48. Cheers Rich Yeah it looks like a really nice kit and I've never built a Crusader so should be good. Looking forward to seeing how your Vigilante comes on too. James I checked mine just to make sure. They are very close, but I see the differences now, almost none except the scale. It's definitely a good model then. Double check with photos what side the main door landing light is on. The Academy instructions has it on the wrong side. Just in case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 Hi everyone Well here goes update number 1. So first of all the raised detail was scraped of off side consoles and IP in readiness for the PE. Everything was then given a coat of Gunze Aqueous H317 and the PE was then glued in place. Side consoles and rudder pedals and a piece on either side of the tub in this pic. All the grey parts were then given a Kleer/water black/brown wash a bit of dry brushing and a matt coat. Job done. The IP also had some gloss varnish dropped into the dial faces. The right hand side of the cockpit had a couple of etched pieces to fit. The left had none. The gear bays and the air intake pipe that fits underneath the cockpit were then given a coat of Humbrol satin white and the gear bays then a same wash as above applied and a matt coat. This was the first time in years that I've sprayed Humbrol paint and it performed better than i was expecting. Thumbs up to them. And the tail hook. And this is where we're at now. Ready for some sanding down of seams and doubtless a little re-scribing. As you may be able to make out in the photo she's quite lump! So thats it for part 1. Thanks for looking and happy Easter to everyone. James 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Sure helps to have a good model to start with. Cockpit looks correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 It's looking great so far James. I'm looking forward to seeing how the wing develops . Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 The last of the gun fighters. I rather like the Crusader. A good start - Good luck with it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 11 hours ago, busnproplinerfan said: Sure helps to have a good model to start with. Cockpit looks correct. 1 hour ago, CliffB said: It's looking great so far James. I'm looking forward to seeing how the wing develops . Cliff 37 minutes ago, Grey Beema said: The last of the gun fighters. I rather like the Crusader. A good start - Good luck with it.. Thanks chaps Yes it’s a nice kit and coming along quite nicely so far. Cliff it’s going to take a lot of space when the wings get on, might have to extend my modelling area. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 This will be an impressive model - looks big (unless that's a small cutting mat!). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 2 hours ago, zebra said: This will be an impressive model - looks big (unless that's a small cutting mat!). Thanks Zebra No it’s a big model! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 a really nice start James and you're making swift progress, probably thanks to it being a nice model. The cockpit area looks great. edit.... hmm I thought I posted this hours ago.....my Mac must be infested with bunnies! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 On 01/04/2018 at 3:47 PM, trickyrich said: a really nice start James and you're making swift progress, probably thanks to it being a nice model. The cockpit area looks great. edit.... hmm I thought I posted this hours ago.....my Mac must be infested with bunnies! Thanks Rich Yep it's a lovely kit so far and I haven't managed to bodge anything up yet either. Probably no so much progress in the coming week as the social calendar is quite full🙂 James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 On 01/04/2018 at 2:31 AM, franky boy said: Thanks chaps Yes it’s a nice kit and coming along quite nicely so far. Cliff it’s going to take a lot of space when the wings get on, might have to extend my modelling area. James with the 1/72 ones i have, i left the wing removable with the hydraulic lift attached to the fuselage. i fit four into a shoe box for storage and transport, then put the wings on for display. (had to mark which parts go on which plane) i also leave the horizontal tails removable. Works very good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Hi James Any progress to share, you were off to a flying start, look forward to seeing how things are going. cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 2 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Hi James Any progress to share, you were off to a flying start, look forward to seeing how things are going. cheers Pat Hi Pat She's just about ready for painting. Works been pretty manic the past 3 weeks or so so I haven't had much time for modelling either. The other thing is our computers packed up and is away being mended. I'll try and post pucks from I pad later. First world problems😊 Thanks for the chase up. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Good man James I'll tell Rich we won't be needing his offer of help after all ! cheers Pat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 Hi all Its been a while between updates so here goes. Below is the coaming over the instrument panel with the gun sight added but not the glass. I have to say I didn’t like this bit of etch, too fiddly! The green square is a canvas cover made from Tamiya tape to represent what is in this area on the real thing. I then put the canopy on and managed to get a pretty bad fit as you can see below. Filling, sanding and plenty of bad language is currently in progress. And that’s where it’s at right now. Sanding down seams and correcting silly mistakes. Sorry there aren’t more pics but posting from an iPad is a total pain in the bottom! Painting to begin soon. Thanks for looking James 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 you should be lucky it's a plastic canopy and not a VacFrom one! All my builds of late have had VacForm canopies, not fun at all. Hopefully you get you PC sorted out, they seem to be dropping like flies around here at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 43 minutes ago, trickyrich said: you should be lucky it's a plastic canopy and not a VacFrom one! All my builds of late have had VacForm canopies, not fun at all. Hopefully you get you PC sorted out, they seem to be dropping like flies around here at the moment. True. A bit of sanding and it’s now sorted. Out with the airbrush tonight. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 Hello chaps Heres this weeks update. Painting has started. First up was a pre shade and a few squiggles of very dark grey. Just some humbrol black with a few drops of white. And then on with some humbrol satin white. I haven’t used humbrol paints for ages but this sprayed really well and covered very nicely. I’m fairly happy with this so next onto the upper surfaces and the light gull grey. Thanks for looking. Until next time James 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 panel painting is something I need to practice. I guess the more coats, the less you would see the dark lines. This looks like a good weathering. I know from pictures, once they were based inland more, they weren't washed almost at all compared to when they were based at sea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 An interesting build, with some colourful markings. I like the scheme that you have chosen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 i like you idea with the squiggles, it helps break the flatness of the white surface. Give a more natural uneven look to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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