Min Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Completed this about a week ago, straight OOB build. Very nice kit with great fit and overall detail; only downsides are that the slats (and to some extent the slats) are not posable to account for the raised wing, and the instructions for the fuselage pylons are less than helpful (took me multiple tries to work it out). I decided to keep the weathering subtle to allow for more to be added later on if I so wish. Thanks for looking! 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Very imposing warbird ..... Supurbly detailed, I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Very nice! The Academy Crusader is a lovely kit and yours is a great example - well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Beautiful build and finish,weathering perfect too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Hello Min, Great job, especially on this rather small scale. Besides that, "MARINES"always good. Regards, Orion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Impressive work there Min. Cheers Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Awesome. All I can say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getting Old Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 lovely work and a brilliant paint job, well done Sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Hello Min ! Wonderfull Crusader !! Really love her ! Well painted and weathered !! Congratulations !! SemFi CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 That is a cracking build, nicely finished. The Academy Crusader is a superb kit, have built 2 and have a few more in the stash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Looks really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Brilliant work! Please tell me the yellow outlines on the canopy are decals (??). Even if they are, your work is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Great result, looks very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 37 minutes ago, kapam said: Brilliant work! Please tell me the yellow outlines on the canopy are decals (??). Even if they are, your work is superb. Decals indeed! The kit provides these as standalone strips, or as a whole decal for the front canopy windscreen (i.e. including the black part to cover the whole part). I went for the strips after masking and painting the canopy. Was a rather fiddly affair but got there in the end. Thank you all for the kind words and 'likes'. Min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev The Modeller Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Superb build mate and one of my all time favourite aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen8718 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 very well done. love the definition of the panel lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Smashing build. The details and the surfaces of the kit look great as well. Kit decals ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 11 minutes ago, BerndM said: Smashing build. The details and the surfaces of the kit look great as well. Kit decals ? Thank you, and yes, kit decals straight out of the box. I liked the markings and a mud mover Marines bird was what I wanted - win 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Sounds good. The decals in Academy kits were often a weak Point in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, BerndM said: Sounds good. The decals in Academy kits were often a weak Point in the past. These were too. The big USAF insignia on the port fuselage cracked where I worked it to conform around the IFR port bulge - you can see it clearly in the very first photo. Fortunately the rest of the decals went over relatively flat surfaces. The new Academy kits, however, have Cartograf decals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Yowzah! Beautiful model! Glad to see you didn't get carried away with the panel lines and weathering- looks very realistic in my opinion. I love you choice of ordnance, too! 4.0 job, as they say! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Great looking Crusader, really nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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