Andre B Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) What about doing an conversion of an Tamiya or Airfix F-4D Skyray to an F-5D Skylancer? How hard would it be? Its longer with thinner wings, coca cola shaped fuselage and with an different canopy (can be ordered from Anigrand). The Anigrand F-5D looks fine but is rather expensive these days including shipping... http://www.anigrand.com/AA2055_XF5D-1.htm Cheers / André Edited January 1, 2019 by Andre B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Andre B said: What about doing an conversion of an Tamiya or Airfix F-4D Skyray to an F-5D Skylancer? How hard would it be? Its longer with thinner wings, coca cola shaped fuselage and with an different canopy (can be ordered from Anigrand). The Anigrand F-5D looks fine but is rather expensive these days including shipping... http://www.anigrand.com/AA2055_XF5D-1.htm Cheers / André Andre, Maintrack did a vacform in their Project X range that is very good- comes with white metal parts; I have one and it looks very good. Ginter Books did a monograph on it that has scale drawings and detail photos. The Maintrack kits do come up from time to time on that famous e-auction site, so you might check periodically. You might look for reviews of the Anigrand kit before buying one, as they have a propensity for spurious cockpit and wheel bay details. I don't think you want to try morphing an F4D into one, as there are a lot more differences than you might think. I think there is also a Warpaint on the Skylancer, but I'm not 100% sure. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 If you can convert it, you're doing good. I paid the same for the Super Crusader, actually a bit more because of exchange. It came down to where else are you going to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Here's what the Maintrack kit bags/header cards looked like: I have both but haven't worked up enough courage to build either one! Mike https://www.scalemates.com/kits/974766-maintrack-models-px-032-chance-vought-f8u-3-crusader-iii https://www.scalemates.com/kits/209889-maintrack-models-px-033-xf5d-1-skylancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Callahan Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I would go for one. I've looked at the Anigrand kit many a time, but am no great fan of resin (and superglue). Maybe Sword, with their current obsession with Cold War fighters, could be interested? (Insert wishful thinking quote here).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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