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For those I would if Hasegawa were to expand theirs to 1/32 and add a ROCAF Curtiss Hawk III option to their FB2C, plus an SBC-3 or-4. I guess the new Japanese manufacturing costs keeps Hasegawa from "taking back" the classical 1/32 market, especially for the Second Sino-Japanese war period (1937-1945) as well as the U.S. WW2 PTO.

Excellent painting on the upper camo scheme! That especially, as well as the national markings and the spiral on the spinner...

I would think a "smart cookie" think about marketing their figures separately like ICM does in their figure sets. I reworked a seated spare pilot's masked face with that from a ground crewman to create a helmeted pilot figure with no face-mask for my Italeri A1-H Skyraider. I still think they are the best in any scale!

Neat! Are those Monogram figures?

Excellent job, especially with your accent-work on the panel lines and exhaust staining not being overdone! Having a built one in my collection, I know what you went through many would classify it as a "PITA" build: Their "no-illustration instructions". "Over-engineering" the cockpit interior so the panels all being too wide to simply fit into the fuselage interior require extensive sanding and filing. And then the gyrations you go through to fit the gun turret... Congratulations!

Excellent workmanship!

Definitely a beauty!

Top Job!

Ditto!

Excellent job with the contrasting metallics! I don't think clear coat only would smooth out a surface that you wanted smoother. That's why Tamiya still sells plastic polishing products.

From his photos, I bet it looks like an escapee from an aero-museum that got miniaturized!

Excellent work, especially your attention to detail with the nose-gear, Eric!

Very nice build-I appreciate the minimal weathering for a change!

Sounds like a defective unit. I would see about returning it.

Beautiful!

As a builder, I would say for the following reasons: The subject is not glamorized by any famous fighter pilots making any high-visibility kills. As a dedicated interceptor, the F4D was unsuited to the multi-mission capabilities soon in demand, so it had a short career in Navy and Marine Corps service. The Fisher kit's list price is $259.85. The Fisher kit is resin, in addition to being brittle, not a fun material to work with if you have to do any serious cutting, grinding, etc. If I were to try this lesser-known subject, I would start with the old Lindberg 1/48th kit, which lists for $14.99, although I am sure it wouldn't be an eye-grabbing show-piece like yours!

Also... I am amazed at the super-detailing job you did with the interior, especially the shoulder harness hangers!

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Wow! With your excellent photography, it is difficult to tell that I am not looking at an actual Skyray! Thanks!

Excellent work with the checkering!

Are you saying that Dragon's plastic has a poor "shelf life", and disintegrates like the cheap foreign car plastic trim parts do?

Thanks for sharing such a nicely finished build with us!

Looking great so far.

I agree, especially with this being an "N-Strutter". I simply do not like the idea of aligning wings with only tiny wires poking out of the interplane strut attachment points. Yes the jig helps, but to have the wings firmly holding together after removing the plane from it is my main concern. Simply put, plastic attachment and seams weld with solvent cements where resin does not. Epoxy is OK, but unlike the welding action of plastic solvent-cements, it too has a "shelf-life", where I have had epoxy joints pop loose after a year or two.