Phantom2 Posted June 18, 2023 Posted June 18, 2023 (edited) Hi All! I bought this kit dirt cheap, many, many moons ago in a little hobby shop far from home. It was more than 50% off because there were no decals ( my guess is someone wanted just the Hartmann decals), but there´s no shortage on 109 decals and I got a nice kit for pocket money. Very nice boxart from the great Shigeo Koike…. I have collected a lot of goodies during these years… I started (as always with Hasegawa Kits) by gluing the tail section to the fuselage, perfect fit this time. Some minor assemblies glued… This box was lingering in my stash without decals for years, then I got my eyes on this Mask set from Montex, and I bought it on the spot! Yes, I´m a sucker for weird and colorful schemes and I love this Swiss Neutrality scheme! I will do option number 1, J-705, and yes I know it has the “wrong” type of rudder, but I WANT to do this option! It´s a bit scary as I have never painted any markings yet, we´ll see how that goes! More to come soon! Stefan Edited June 18, 2023 by Phantom2 leoasman, Fanes, Greg W and 13 others 16
dennismcc Posted June 19, 2023 Posted June 19, 2023 One of my first "modern" kit builds, a really enjoyable build after a diet of 1970's Revell kits, enjoy. Cheers Dennis Martinnfb 1
chaos07 Posted July 2, 2023 Posted July 2, 2023 Love the chosen markings - looking forward to the build! Martinnfb 1
Telepatu Posted August 30, 2023 Posted August 30, 2023 Really nice choice, the Swiss look is really colourful! Martinnfb 1
Phantom2 Posted September 19, 2023 Author Posted September 19, 2023 (edited) First thing I usually do when I start a Hasegawa kit is glueing the fuselage halves with their respective tail part. On this kit the fit was almost perfect! I have done as many smaller assemblies as I can, but there´s not so many on this kit. The wings have round gear bays, but the original had squared off , you have to do it yourself in the usual Hasegawa tradition…. First one done…. ...and the second one.... The cooler grills in place…. The chin cooler painted Alclad Aluminium… More to come soon Stefan Edited September 21, 2023 by Phantom2 Telepatu, Martinnfb, LSP_Kevin and 8 others 11
rafju Posted September 19, 2023 Posted September 19, 2023 Hello Stefan may be you can try these openings (red arrow) and you can remark that I've "closed" (black cyano) the circular hatches on both wing for which I don't have find through all my doc and drawings,what are they for? Martinnfb, Phantom2 and BradG 3
Martinnfb Posted September 19, 2023 Posted September 19, 2023 Great choice of marking, Hasegawa has a huge potential. Cheers Martin
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