Plumbum Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I decided to do this to take a break from the Sabre Hog and Canberra builds. This will be pretty much a "relief valve" from the more stressful builds. That and I think the Crusader was the best dogfighter of the 60s. The only non OOB things I will do is add thin copper wire ejection loops to the seat and add a blanking plate so the intake won't be a "see through" affair. I was going to use the VF-111 kit decals but the red color seemed to have run onto the white , looks odd. So I will search for some VF-211 decals of hopefully Paul Speer from 1967.---John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdauben Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I love the early jet fighters and this is definitely an interesting example. I'll be following to see how the kit goes together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Nice kit. I built one earlier in the year. Good call on the "Blanking Plate", I can see daylight between the pilot's feet. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Good luck with your mojo restoration! I bashed a Hasegawa A-7 most of the way out with similar intentions, but the shortcomings of the kit wound up causing... stress. 😖 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 No stress here, I built it years ago and know all about it's short comings. I am building it as is....no stress allowed! 🙂---John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 I have 22 grams of lead in the forward fuselage and the cockpit glued in the right side fuselage. Ready to close up.---John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackman Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 It's always nice to see the old Hasegawa kit being built. Despite being outdated, it still builds up quite nicely. Good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 It's all closed up. Ready for some sanding.---John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 The wing is assembled, needs holes for pylons I puttied to be sanded. I did a test fit of the wing in the raised position on the fuselage.---John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 I'll be watching this one. I was sold on the Academy kit, it'll be interesting to see how this goes. I will say one thing, the flaps come down as the wing goes up, it's a two position wing. Just so you know unless you do already. Looks nice so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 Very well aware of the flaps and slats position when the wing rises. I am pondering buying the Hasegawa 1/48 F-8E just for that reason. I had the Monogram 1/48 once but I really like Hasegawa's approach to the flaps and slats.---John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Johnv said: Very well aware of the flaps and slats position when the wing rises. I am pondering buying the Hasegawa 1/48 F-8E just for that reason. I had the Monogram 1/48 once but I really like Hasegawa's approach to the flaps and slats.---John Nice set up, on Academy you have to cut them out and get resin replacements. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 You do realize you can cut Hasegawa's too! That's what stopped me from buying Academy, all that nice molding and they still didn't give you positionable flaps or slats!!!! What's the deal Academy? Don't they look at their own boxart?---John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 18, 2019 Author Share Posted July 18, 2019 Canopy and nose on,---John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Johnv said: You do realize you can cut Hasegawa's too! That's what stopped me from buying Academy, all that nice molding and they still didn't give you positionable flaps or slats!!!! What's the deal Academy? Don't they look at their own boxart?---John It is to bad Academy didn't make the parts separate. It takes a couple of hours (if you're quick) to cut the flaps out and finish them. F-8s look cooler sitting with the flaps down and wing up. That's the biggest drawback to the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 Started spraying white. I have to mask the fuselage for the white lower half and rudder on the tail.---John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 I re-examined the decals and they are not as bad as I thought, I'll use them. I did however discover that I am actually building an F-8H NOT an F-8E! The '70 cruise had the Sundowners with the H model, an upgraded D model.---John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f111guru Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Johnv, Great start and great work so far. I have a great number of the early (late 70's and 80's) 72nd scale kits from Hasegawa. Go together quit well and have minimum putty. Have a small number unbuilt left at this time. I build this very same kit way back in the early 80's. A fellow I work for wanted a test subject for a camera course. Here were the results. I still have this model in my cabinet. Ron VanDerwarker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 Nice, like the B&W image. I use to do a lot of SLR images back in the 80s and fooled around with B&W film. Was fun.---John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT7567 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 3 hours ago, Johnv said: I re-examined the decals and they are not as bad as I thought, I'll use them. I did however discover that I am actually building an F-8H NOT an F-8E! The '70 cruise had the Sundowners with the H model, an upgraded D model.---John Given the prigress of your build this may not change your plan in any way, but "for the record" the F-8D and F-8H variants still had the early style nose shape ("egg" cross section), as opposed to the F-8E's enlarged radome with ogival nose and circular cross section as represented in Hasegawa's kit. Good photo of the H nose shape here: https://www.airliners.net/photo/Philippines-Air-Force/Vought-F-8H-Crusader/771732 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 Fuselage all masked and painted white.---John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 The wing was sprayed gray, all done. Now to do the gray on the fuselage.---John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 That looks very neat - I have one of these on the go, but I made the decision to use the hairy stick only - I might have to give in and break out the airbrush after seeing this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Thanks.....I DON'T do airbrush. I started into modeling over 5 decades ago on brushes and taught myself the "art" of the aerosol can. I won't use an airbrush, they are most excellent for most modellers but my preference is the aerosol can, it is my way of expressing my form of "art".---John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Thumbs up from me - you already know that spraying from a can has its own quirks and required approach. Do you use a gloss coat before you apply decals? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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