blackbetty

this now is the end result with strips of siver painted tape to mirror the hoseclamps that hold on the real thing paint and decals added, still not really happy, but i´m going to stop now or this bird never gets finished maybe some aftermarket bomb if one ever gets availible

not being happy with the first version of my GBU-38 i vacformed a new version of the front guidance parts, now consisting of two parts like the original

hey, nice work i allready got the CAM cockpit, but i´m waiting on the zacto correction set to star mine. the eduard PE might be worth it, hmm...

i meant you make it look easy, but being a modeler myself i KNOW it isnt

thanx john i allready made a list of things to do before she is complete, this is a sure sign of light at the end of the tunnel the problem is to keep going on the last little pieces allthough it looks finished allredy. have to scratchbuild some parts i lost from the front gearleg and one of the broken off pitot tubes hope to get the missiles done over the weekend too

i relly like your build loic, you make it look so easy

wow russ, impressive work

just outstanding work and i just wanted to start on my A7E.... i think i´ll give up that thought

how am i gonna build all this

now here is the pic from squadron/signal publications "airwar over south east asia" vol. 1 by lou drendel, page 17 looks like zunis and a sidewinder to me

thanx habu very good pic jack. do you have a timeframe when it was taken? i now know the plane has the three (per side) tailstiffeners, didnt have evidence of this before (maybe all As have these?) and i would have been better off to use the walkway decals that came with the kit, they have the grey lines on them, also my walkways are too wide -sigh- part 392 of the search for the perfect model

I will try to make a scan of the pic this week (I'm in the hospital and waiting on my wife to get out of surgery and pretty nervous) I am looking for pics of VFM 235 death angels from danang with eight zunis and bombs (and yes I am aware of the pics on ARC)

Oh, I misunderstood that, no problem

good review dave, i was really looking forward to it i think i found a pic with the mixed zuni/sidewinder loadout in "airwar in southeast asia" part one, page 17 not sure if i can post it here because of copyright issues anybody have pics of crusader loadouts?

thanx derek for the nice words uhh- ohh i hectically pulled out my reference.....could it be that....??? i remeber the decal beeing assymetrical, so no way to put it on backwards, or is there? sigh of relief: the photo of the real thing shows it the same way but i appreciate you taking a good hard look kagemusha, you didnt just scroll past it

sidewinders are next with selfmade decals comments welcome

the pit is mostly finished, just two small details on the frame missing

the antennas on the spine with the canopy mounted applying these small parts makes me think i have to go have my eyes checked sometimes

then all kinds of small antennas on the spine and under the nose on the photos i just realized i broke one off again

the paint is from gunze

thanx guys for the kind words this weekend i proceeded with painting the nosetip radome tan first

wow, very clean build, i love the finish

Hi loic I can really relate to the kid thing, got a twoyearold that painted my keyboard with MM metalizer (aluminum), and she isn't even sick (thank god)

thanx texas for your continued support, and also ruzlkampf for your nice comments, they keep me going

excellent work