Tamiya 1/72 F4D-1 Skyray

[Evil_Toast_RSA]

Need something to mess around with whilst waiting for a GB to start, pulled this classic off the shelf. 

 

 

Not sure what to add. It's Tamiya so that should cover the moulding questions. 

 

 

Two grey and one clear sprue is all there is. 

 

 

However got this somewhere, a really old Microscale decal sheet (for the Airfix kit...). Still looks good. Not sure which version I want, VF-74 with the red rudder bar or VF-213 with the Blue & White checkered tail. Will see what strikes me when I get to decals. 

 

 

 

 

[reini]

Great kit Just finished mine. Have fun! 

[Evil_Toast_RSA]

30 minutes ago, reini said:

Great kit Just finished mine. Have fun! 

My second one. Hoping the Microscale engine inlet warning decals aren't made of rubber like the Tamiya ones 🤣! 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Evil_Toast_RSA
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[reini]

1 hour ago, Evil_Toast_RSA said:

My second one. Hoping the Microscale engine inlet warning decals aren't made of rubber like the Tamiya ones 🤣! 

 

Oh yeah, those were crappy and the size was off too. Needed lot of correction with paint. 

[Evil_Toast_RSA]

Nice thing about Tamiya, is the shake-and-bake you get. 

 

Things moving swiftly along. Cockpit assembled, landing gear bays and compressor face primed, landing gear assembled. 

 

 

[Evil_Toast_RSA]

Cockpit painted (XF-85 for tub, VMA 71.055 RLM 66 for seat), drybrushed and glossed. Going to try Tamiyas Light Grey Panel Wash on blqck/dark cockpits. Youtube seems to show good results. Here's hoping. And I need a camera to take better pics...

 

 

[Evil_Toast_RSA]

Cockpit done. Need to put some PE belts on seat but for all intents, done. The light grey wash seems to work. Weight added to prevent a droopy Batwing....

 

 

 

Gear bays done, ready to be closed up. 

 

 

[Hook]

Coming along rather nicely!

[BuNo02100]

Looks good so far, your cockpit is very convincing 

 

BW

[S. Uehlinger]

Check out the book - TOP GUN: An American Story by Pedersen.    Great book, and he talks about loitering off the California coast in his "FORD" in a gathering spot where Navy and USAF pilots could "Mix It Up" without the Brass Hats finding out.....The author LOVED the Skyray!

[Evil_Toast_RSA]

@S. Uehlinger, will try get my hands on the book. I have a soft spot for the Skyray too, it's shaped more like a futuristic (for the 50's...) sports car that a warplane. 

[Evil_Toast_RSA]

Where I am right now. 

 

I did have a senior moment assembling the fuselage halves unfortunately by not aligning them 100%. So a bit of work was/is needed around the intakes and leading edges to remove the step. But mostly assembled and primed with Mr Surfacer 1500 White to look for more defects I need to sort out. This is taking a back seat, starting a Canberra PR.9 tomorrow and really looking forward to building it. So updates to here will probably be a bit sporadic. 

 

 

[Hook]

Nice work. The Ford still looks futuristic!