chrish Posted May 26, 2023 Posted May 26, 2023 This just hit the bench tonight, I had no idea it was such a large aircraft! plus a small box of resin...gotta have resin! Aires office,engine, in-flight refueling compt. and wheel bays, all in one box, great idea in my opinion. Now...off to work Martinnfb, mc65, Dennis7423 and 16 others 19
blackbetty Posted May 26, 2023 Posted May 26, 2023 i liked this kit, what livery are you going to do? easixpedro 1
Marcel111 Posted May 26, 2023 Posted May 26, 2023 Ha, I was equally surprised! The kit looks really good, what a pleasant surprise! Marcel
Starfighter Posted May 26, 2023 Posted May 26, 2023 One of Trumpeter's best offerings. It just needs a bit of love and small corrections. Looking forward to seeing what you'll be doing with it! Oldbaldguy 1
easixpedro Posted May 26, 2023 Posted May 26, 2023 Love the 'Gator! I'm with @blackbetty, what squadron are you going to do? Pete Fleischmann 1
JayW Posted May 26, 2023 Posted May 26, 2023 29 minutes ago, easixpedro said: Love the 'Gator! Ha!! These names the Navy gives their toys. OK Peter - why "gator"?
chrish Posted May 26, 2023 Author Posted May 26, 2023 The F-8 doesn’t seem to have a lot of love in the decals department these day. There’s a Russian decal maker, that’s not going to happen, victory models (quite colourful) but not in stock anywhere, a couple of options less interesting than what’s in the box available from Hannants (Zots etc.) so I may just go with what’s in the box. Should’ve shopped for decals a few years ago apparently. the fin flash decals in the kit for VF 194 400 look quite inspiring actually. A ways to go before I need to decide I guess
blackbetty Posted May 26, 2023 Posted May 26, 2023 i have a partial vicrory sheet with options left if you want
easixpedro Posted May 26, 2023 Posted May 26, 2023 4 hours ago, JayW said: Ha!! These names the Navy gives their toys. OK Peter - why "gator"? This Air &Space article sums it well. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/11_on2015-f8-crusader-at-60-180956611/ Essentially the intake was so low and so big you didn't want to be near the front of the plane, just like a Gator. JayW, Phantom2 and MikeMaben 1 1 1
chrish Posted May 27, 2023 Author Posted May 27, 2023 On 5/26/2023 at 10:47 AM, blackbetty said: i have a partial vicrory sheet with options left if you want Certainly interested ! pm me what you’d like $ wise thanks
chrish Posted May 28, 2023 Author Posted May 28, 2023 I was working on fitting resin bits to their respective plastic bits and decided the nose gear bay was going to take too much work to fit the resin component so copied the detail in the resin piece into the Trumpeter plastic wheel bay. stripped some old style telephone wire for the power cabling and added the accumulator(?) from plastic rod etc. then, sawed off the molded on cabling so I could add mine, not a big difference but it helps...? and all the bits I've cobbled up so far; And that's it for tonight Thanks for looking Marcel111, Isar 30/07, Starfighter and 11 others 14
blackbetty Posted May 28, 2023 Posted May 28, 2023 you can have it for free, i just have to find it (got an idea where it is) chrish 1
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