Dave_R Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Hi All, I've managed to obtain a pre-owned Revell Voodoo. It's one of the original production run of this kit, so it's a nice and crisp molding and it's in silver plastic, a thing I haven't seen in decades. The downside is that the decals appear to be getting brittle - we'll see. Dave. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Welcome to the GB Dave. This is proving to be a popular kit in the GB and rightly so, having an early boxing should make the mouldings nice and crisp and hopefully a nice build. I hope the decals stand the test of time. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Dave_R said: Hi All, I've managed to obtain a pre-owned Revell Voodoo. It's one of the original production run of this kit, so it's a nice and crisp molding and it's in silver plastic, a thing I haven't seen in decades. The downside is that the decals appear to be getting brittle - we'll see. Dave. Hello Dave if you have any decal fixative or clear coat I recommend giving those a coat. I had the follow on boxing of this kit with just the upper set of markings (blue bird/lightning bolts). Mine shattered the minute they got wet. I was lucky as I also have the most recent boxing and switched to the Oregon ANG. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_R Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 27 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Hello Dave if you have any decal fixative or clear coat I recommend giving those a coat. I had the follow on boxing of this kit with just the upper set of markings (blue bird/lightning bolts). Mine shattered the minute they got wet. I was lucky as I also have the most recent boxing and switched to the Oregon ANG. I think I'm going to try some experiments using the Canadian decals first. The paper of the instruction sheet was very yellowed and dry, I've got a nasty feeling that the box was keep in someone's hot attic for 30 odd years. (yes, it does get hot in the south of England, 28C at the moment in London - sorry I don't do Fahrenheit - American weirdos 🙂). Dave. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Dave_R said: yes, it does get hot in the south of England, 28C at the moment in London - sorry I don't do Fahrenheit - American weirdos 🙂). Correct sir we are weirdo’s though personally not fluent in metric I can understand it. If needed I can do some rough calculations in the on board computer when required. Edited August 9, 2022 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_R Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Correct sir we are weirdo’s though personally not fluent in metric I can understand it. If needed I can do some rough calculations in the on board computer when required. Well to be honest the UK isn't fully metric. I'm just about old enough to remember the pre-metric days and I do not miss them, Fahrenheit is just nuts though. Dave. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Welcome Dave, maybe the thinking with silver plastic is that kids could decal straight on there, no painting needed. nice. good luck with the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 There are several photo’s of the 60th in NMF with the markings here. I toyed with it myself but it would require a few modifications to the kit. Forward lower intake is NACA style, no slime lights and in some cases the IR tracker on top of the nose isn't installed yet. Ive got one photo showing two birds with different anti glare one olive and one black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_R Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 Hi All, I haven't had a lot of time to post updates, so here's a catch up of photos. Cockpit. Ready for primer. And primed, with little more filler and sanding. It's generally quite an easy build apart from the rotary missile pallet thingy, although the silver plastic seems harder to glue using Tamiya glue than I would normally expect. Dave. 🇺🇦 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Very nice work Dave, she's coming together very well indeed. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Very nice clean build in the making, good luck with those decs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_R Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 Hi All, Painted with AK ADC Grey There's just the bare metal bits to do and the paint work is done. Dave. 🇺🇦 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Lovely smooth coat of paint Dave, really nice. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Looks great the color seems to be a decent match for ADC grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 looking lovely dave. looks the business with those protruding exhaust nozzles. you can see it taking shape beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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