Bjorn Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Here is my recce-Foxbat. I started the build before Revell and ICM released the corrected nose, so I had to fix it on my own. The rest is OOB except for seatbelts and some extra details in the wheel wells and in the cockpit. I also corrected the angle of the main landing gears a little. The first time i tried Mr. Paint colours. (Maybe I could have started with something smaller...). Great to work with, except for the horrible smell! I really enjoyed the build, this is a great kit of an iconic aircraft, one of my all-time favourite subjects! Thanks for watching! 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 great result! good work on the nosebulge! what exactly did you do to the landing gear angle? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickoshea52 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Looks great. All I hear are good things about this kit (nose error excepted) so I am looking forward to building mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Great looking Foxbat! Nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Very Russian looking, well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Very nice, and superb weathering too 👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Lovley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Beautiful job! Love the weathering you have done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilan Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Great Foxbat, nicely weathered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Hands Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Lovely stuff. (I bought one of these from H's with the price slashed. Let me guess, the one with the wrong nose? Is there a replacement nose available?) 👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 13 hours ago, Ham Hands said: Lovely stuff. (I bought one of these from H's with the price slashed. Let me guess, the one with the wrong nose? Is there a replacement nose available?) 👍👍 Cold War Studio do one. But it is not wrong per se, just an early version not suitable for some late markings.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Hands Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 14 hours ago, exdraken said: Cold War Studio do one. But it is not wrong per se, just an early version not suitable for some late markings.... Oh great. Thanks! 👍👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 On 17/05/2019 at 17:56, exdraken said: great result! good work on the nosebulge! what exactly did you do to the landing gear angle? Thanks! They are a bit too upright, the plane looks like it is standing in its toes. So i just bent them a little to get a more correct angle. I read this in Airfix Model World, where our friend General Melchett did a great build of this subject. So I trusted him and just compared to the pictures of the landing gears after his modifications. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 On 18/05/2019 at 23:44, exdraken said: Cold War Studio do one. But it is not wrong per se, just an early version not suitable for some late markings.... In fact, it is a bit wrong. The nosebulge did not exist on early types, so that is correct. But ICM:s nose lacks the "hump": See Cold War Studio resin nose (left) compared to ICM:s original offering below. But this was pretty easy to fix, I just put a piece of sprue at the right place to bend the nose to the correct shape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Really nice work there, great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 9 hours ago, Bjorn said: In fact, it is a bit wrong. The nosebulge did not exist on early types, so that is correct. But ICM:s nose lacks the "hump": See Cold War Studio resin nose (left) compared to ICM:s original offering below. But this was pretty easy to fix, I just put a piece of sprue at the right place to bend the nose to the correct shape. You are of course right in the hump... nur I do not think that was corrected in later boxings either... I did somthing similar in my "Egyptian" RB.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Lovely piece of work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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