Jb65rams Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Have been looking forward to this GB since it made it through the bunfight. I really like the US Navy’s classic grey over white plus colourful squadron markings of the time. The first of my two planned builds is Hasegawa’s 1/48 F-8E Crusader. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Welcome to the build sir, its a great kit but does take a bit of patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted March 25, 2023 Author Share Posted March 25, 2023 The traditional sprue shot and aftermarket. I’ll be finishing the aircraft in the colours of VF-194 ‘Red Lightnings’ CVW-19 Commanders Aircraft. The one on the box art with the colourful tail. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 I had the same boxing from Hasegawa and I went aftermarket with the decals. This shoud look colorful when finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 I'm doing the sister squadron to this your bird. It's a great model to build, you'll love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted April 9, 2023 Author Share Posted April 9, 2023 A second attempt at this update, first attempt I added it to my Corsair thread. 🤦♂️. Made a start on some of the assemblies. Used the etch for the IP, thought it looked better than the decal but decided to use the kit parts for the side panels, had some nice detail. Fuselage halves bought together, ready for glue. Didn’t fully appreciate how big an aircraft the Crusader was. I am using the Wolfpack wingfold, comes with replacement resin outer wings, should make the surgery a little easier as I won’t need to keep the kit parts. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 Not a lot of progress to report for a long weekend. Still to take a razor saw to the wings. Did install the undercarriage legs, used some brass replacement gear from Aerocraft models. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_W Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Nice progress. I like your call on the cockpit side walls. I will be painting up the Airies cockpit but had a similar thought as you when looking at the kit parts. That brass undercarriage looks especially nice and seems a good fit. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 The metal gear looks well detailed , nice job on the cockpit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 Finally bucked up courage to take a razor saw to the wings. The inclusion of the resin wings makes the surgery easier as you don’t need to save the out wings, makes planning the cuts a lot easier. The pile of left overs. Couldn’t resist seeing what it looks like with the wings attached. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Coming on very nicely, good work on the wings. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 Not a lot of progress to report. Need to mask up the canopy and it will be ready for paint. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted May 14, 2023 Author Share Posted May 14, 2023 No progress photos but the postman did deliver these yesterday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Those ‘winders really look like arrows without the nose fins and on their casting blocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 The fuselage is out of the paint shop. A little tidy up required in a couple of places. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 Very neat paint work, nice work.👍 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted May 21, 2023 Author Share Posted May 21, 2023 Saturday was a frustrating (and expensive) day at the bench. Everything was going well, the Crusader was painted and glossed ready for decals. I think the decal sheet must have seen better days, they fragmented at the sight of water. Spent about half an hour trying to piece the first decal together before giving up. Tried a number of decals for a different schemes, same result. Put the kit and decals aside and hit the interweb looking for a set of replacement decals. Found some at Hannants, of course could not just buy the decals, a number of other items found their way into the cart. Progress on hold until the postie delivers. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Thats really bad with the decals, I hope your replacement ones turn up soon. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Jb65rams said: Found some at Hannants, of course could not just buy the decals, a number of other items found their way into the cart. There’s always an upside! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 On 5/21/2023 at 4:31 AM, Jb65rams said: Saturday was a frustrating (and expensive) day at the bench. Everything was going well, the Crusader was painted and glossed ready for decals. I think the decal sheet must have seen better days, they fragmented at the sight of water. Spent about half an hour trying to piece the first decal together before giving up. Tried a number of decals for a different schemes, same result. Put the kit and decals aside and hit the interweb looking for a set of replacement decals. Found some at Hannants, of course could not just buy the decals, a number of other items found their way into the cart. Progress on hold until the postie delivers. Too bad I hadn't been around. I still have most of my Hasegawa sheet in my file. I used another set when I built mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 The postie delivered these last week. However…..Whilst looking at eBay back end of last week, I chanced across a Revell Crusader with VF-194 markings, to cut a long story short, it was delivered today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 Decided to use the Revell decals, so made a start on the decals. Got the coloured tail I wanted. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Great that you have been able to do the scheme you originally wanted, looks like the Revell decals work much better that the Hasegawa ones. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted June 4, 2023 Author Share Posted June 4, 2023 Thanks. I am happy with the way they turned out. Had a productive weekend, decalling finished, followed by a gloss coat then a was with Flory dark dirt. Followed with a matt finish. Just need to bring the fuselage and wings together. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted June 10, 2023 Author Share Posted June 10, 2023 Decaling the completed. Just the sidewinders to complete, and a bit of tidying up. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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