neil5208 Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) Filling and sanding continues at every stage with this one, starboard wing undercarriage doors fitted and filled, port side wing joint is in progress. Only one of the engine pods has need any filler, looking at Bill's build I think I've been lucky with these but as he said I'm still to fit to the wings. When I test fit the bomb rack the other day I realised that the large fuel/weapons pod is not compatible as the upper fins hit the racks so I have made up the smaller fuel only pod and opened up a hole for the acrylic rod. Its just large enough and I'll put some re-enforcement inside. Finally the mk84 have been painted OD, I need to do the yellow nose band as yet. Edited March 26, 2020 by neil5208 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Starboard wing is also now fixed in place and is a much better fit than the port side, need to sort the leading edges. The bomb racks went on and covered much of the underside seam. And a trail fit on the smaller tank on the base. The smaller tank has changed the balance point but it still will work and the rod will be shortened to 150-200mm. Please ignore the messy bench, making 3 kits at once. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Nice progress so far. I have two of them in my stash and they are waiting in the queue... Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 All engines have fitted this morning and as Bill predicted each one will need filler, but not as badly as I was expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Primer on yesterday at last, I wanted to see how much more filling and sanding I needed to do so a quick spray with some XF22 and its pretty good, some more work on the wing joints and the leading edges where the engine mount but otherwise good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Woohoo! Major milestone achieved. You're doing a bang-up job. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) Hadn't realised its been a month since I last worked on the Hustler but its been busy in lock down, mostly redoing the patio for the wife but its nearly done so back to modelling! Sprayed the first of the 3 camo colours XF59 Desert Sand last night and then XF61 Dark Green today, I'll have to leave over night before I can do the 3 rd colour. I would normally have sprayed the Dark green as the 3rd colour but there is less of it than the 2nd green which will make masking easier. Edited May 3, 2020 by neil5208 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 This is gonna be so cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Coming along nicely. We have a club member who used to be an airframe painter for USAF. He said they always sprayed the entire airframe with the darkest colour first, then followed progressively with the lighter colours. so the Tan would be the last to go down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) I sprayed the 3rd colour first thing this morning and just unmasked the Hustler, its a shame Project Bullseye was never implemented as it looks really good in the speculative SEA type camo. I'll let the paint harden today and then I'll gloss coat, decal and flat coat the upper surface before spraying the underside gloss black as this will save on masking and spraying. For some reason the photos aren't embedding correctly but the link seems to work Edited May 4, 2020 by neil5208 photo issues 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 What's the 2nd green ? I like the color combo and would like to use it for future builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 22 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: What's the 2nd green ? I like the color combo and would like to use it for future builds. its Tamiya XF65 Field Grey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 Clear coat with future floor polish last night and started the decals this morning, only the upper surfaces so far. And the bombs have been finished of as well. Also had this delivered this morning, Hasegawa's A1H Toilet Bomber. It looks like the normal Skyraider kit with a small sprue with the toilet bomb. I got it from Japan as it was half the price there compared to the UK prices. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Like the look of this a lot: an almost-not WIF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 2 hours ago, neil5208 said: Also had this delivered this morning, “Special” bomb. Those prudish Japanese. Call a spade a spade... 💩 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 So 2 hours spent masking and 20 mins spraying has resulted in this, some minor areas to spray again but otherwise looking good And the tank 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 Resprayed the dodgy areas and removed the masking and the results are not bad but some of the decals have peeled and there's a few areas that will need touch ups. And to finish off, bombs, exhausts and tank test fitted. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) Minor repairs done and remaining decals fitted. I need to find the lettering that I printed out for the base but I think I left that on my desk at work so may be a while before I can pick those up but other wise I'm calling this done. RFI up shortly. Edited May 10, 2020 by neil5208 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t15dja Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) Brilliant job...well done! Following along with your WIP has inspired me to get one of these myself! Looking forward to the RFI! P.S. ....note my avatar - the B-58 is just about my favourite plane! Edited May 10, 2020 by t15dja 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Your Hustler looks great! Well worth the effort beating this old kit into submission. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Looks very wrong in SEA camouflage - but then that's part of the appeal Very striking. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Wonderful build .... and thanks again for the paint info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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