Ronnie Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Hi Guys Here's my latest offering. The kit is a Hasegawa made straight from the box, plus an Aeroclub Martin Baker Mk 5 seatand Microscale decals. Flaps and slats were simply cut from the wings and glued in the extended position. thanks for looking, Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 A very nice MiG Master Ronnie. I love these USN/USMC birds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Lovely-except you've posted it in the AFV section! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Oh Bugger - anyone know how to move it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 lovely, spotless model, very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skii Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Topic moved, and a bloody nice F-8 too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Very, very nice indeed! Yep, agree with Daz, those USN machines do look rather good! Isn't there some issue about not being able to display the canopy open without some surgery on that kit? If so, you've obviously overcome the problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Very, very nice indeed! Yep, agree with Daz, those USN machines do look rather good! Isn't there some issue about not being able to display the canopy open without some surgery on that kit? If so, you've obviously overcome the problem! Thanks Mark No surgery, but a bit of a tricky fit. The canopy only just engaged into the seating, and it took a few attempts (and curses) to get it to fit Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTnailZ Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Thats really nice i love the markings for it Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) A pretty nice model all round there Ron. As a major crusader buff I do have a few points for you (for everyone I have spoken to Ron and he is happy for me to post these) F-8E 149170 is a bit of a rare beast in that it was an F-8E at this time without the avionics hump. There were a few in Sqn service as far as I can tell all with VF-33. Not sure how much if this is missing from the decal instructions; 149170 did not have a metal exhaust can it was painted. The Modex was fully on the top wing. There also appears to be stripes (with black stars) on the end of the wings extending onto the leading edge slats. These can be seen in the Ginter book on page 64 where there is a top view of this aircraft as it takes the barrier on the Enterprise. Lastly there is no evidence in the photo that the gun ports were painted dark grey as the decal instructions tell you to. Even decal compaines dont always get it right! Julien Edited July 20, 2010 by Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selwyn01 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Hi Guys Here's my latest offering. The kit is a Hasegawa made straight from the box, plus an Aeroclub Martin Baker Mk 5 seatand Microscale decals. Flaps and slats were simply cut from the wings and glued in the extended position. thanks for looking, Ron I spotted your deliberate mistake, "Last of the Gunfighters" and its got missiles on it! (Only Joking!) A Lovely representation of one of my favorite Fighters! Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Oh, me like, me like a lot. Sadly the Crusadaer, and Corsair (jet) are holes in my USN stash that need filling. Lovely work Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 A pretty nice model all round there Ron.As a major crusader buff I do have a few points for you (for everyone I have spoken to Ron and he is happy for me to post these) F-8E 149170 is a bit of a rare beast in that it was an F-8E at this time without the avionics hump. There were a few in Sqn service as far as I can tell all with VF-33. Not sure how much if this is missing from the decal instructions; 149170 did not have a metal exhaust can it was painted. The Modex was fully on the top wing. There also appears to be stripes (with black stars) on the end of the wings extending onto the leading edge slats. These can be seen in the Ginter book on page 64 where there is a top view of this aircraft as it takes the barrier on the Enterprise. Lastly there is no evidence in the photo that the gun ports were painted dark grey as the decal instructions tell you to. Even decal compaines dont always get it right! Julien DOH !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Nice clean build there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallicus Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 What a beauty! I wonder if those decals will crop up in 1/32 one day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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