PhantomLover Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I was lucky enough to see just a few operational French Crusaders in the beginning of the nineties. Especially a display of two of these ancient birds on the airshow of Brustem in 1994 made a lasting impression. The Revell rebox of the Monogram Crusader is a very enjoyable build.. Fit is very good and there's a lot of detail, especially considering the age of the kit. I used a Berna decalset, which was unimpresive: decals are very thick and not in register. I used mainly Vallejo and MiG acrylics for the finishing. Anyway, here are some pictures, hope you like them. Kind regards, Gerben 51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Nice! Saluti Giampiero 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalemodeller54 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Looks Fantastic , you done a brilliant job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Very attractive build. Am I mistaken in thinking the kits main landing gear is too short? The aft fuselage appears to sit too low. This is nothing against your build. It appears to be a kit fault ... and I could well be wrong about that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 46 minutes ago, SAT69 said: Very attractive build. Am I mistaken in thinking the kits main landing gear is too short? The aft fuselage appears to sit too low. This is nothing against your build. It appears to be a kit fault ... and I could well be wrong about that. I think you're right, it's one of the Monogram kits errors. Pretty hard to correct, so I Just left it as is.. thans for the kind comments! Edited January 20, 2022 by PhantomLover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Truly a thing of beauty. I too was lucky enough (am old enough?) to have seen some of these at UK air shows, a fantastic aircraft. Did you bother to rescribe the kit? I am considering building one and probably won't bother to scribe it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Looks great, I too enjoyed watching these birds at Fairford for a couple of years before they retired.................proper cold war heavy metal! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 34 minutes ago, modelling minion said: Truly a thing of beauty. I too was lucky enough (am old enough?) to have seen some of these at UK air shows, a fantastic aircraft. Did you bother to rescribe the kit? I am considering building one and probably won't bother to scribe it. Thanx! I never rescribe kits.. instead I use a black primer. After spraying the final colors I apply a nail polishing stick and polish the panel lines so that the black primer becomes visible. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 47 minutes ago, PhantomLover said: Thanx! I never rescribe kits.. instead I use a black primer. After spraying the final colors I apply a nail polishing stick and polish the panel lines so that the black primer becomes visible. That is very similar to what I had in mind, if mine turns out anything like yours then I will be very happy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Oh yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Great Crouze!! Never seen a Monogram F-8 in flesh.... Let alone a real one flying... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat101 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Nice Crusader. I like the weathering and the subtle transitions in colour along the fuselage. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Great job on that old kit, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 That’s really fabulous. Who needs the Hasegawa Cruze hey? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Vlamgat9 said: That’s really fabulous. Who needs the Hasegawa Cruze hey? Thanks! The Hasegawa is in my stash as well, but I doubt whether it will be as much fun.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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