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Hi ! Thanks for your kind comment. Well, would you believe that I forgot about this build till today ? IIRC the seat misses some paint and straps, and landing gear doors need to be cemented. Thanks for the reminder, should try to finish it soon now. Of course I have excuses, as in the meantime I got involved in some other conversion works Monogram-Koster Privateer Tamiya-AMT Skyraider AEW-1 While currently (read lazily) working on a Tamiya-Matchbox AD-5 Cheers !
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Hi all, time to call this done ! Figure is from Reedoak, painting is my fault. Cheers !
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Hi ! Wow, 10 months since the last update ! Ok, time to get back at work with antennas and guns. TBC with props and landing gear. Cheers !
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Great job Joel ! Will you really hide the engine under a cowling ?
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Hi Janne. This is looking really promising. What did you choose for the paintscheme ?
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Sorry, post-war Privateers had no nose-art (wich is a pity, IMHO).
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Hi ! from my limited experience with vac kits, they can be as easy (or as crappy) to build as injected kits depending on kit engineering. In 1/48, as was already said, Dynavector and Koster are good kits, as are Falcon, Aeroclub or Sierra Scale: parts are easy to cut without damage, fit is good, sheets are thick enough to allow cementing without too much reinforcement... What subject or timeframe are you looking for ?
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Hi again ! Some more work in the last few days: Some fuselage weathering with oils More decals, and off with the masks Now oil and decals are going to dry for some days before going on. Cheers !
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Thanks ! Darren, this kit is too nice to stay in a stash. I'd be happy to follow your build.
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It should be here when it's available: LSM Cobra kits The engines are resin Koster parts with some wiring added.
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Hi again ! Sernak, the Cobra kit should be available again thanks to Mike West at LSM. Just be patient... Joel, glad to see you back ! Thanks for the comments. Bill Koster is a master designer, and his kits go together fairly nicely. All vac kits do not fall in the same league however. Oh and when I was talking about a new year, it was a new academic year, starting September. Not that fast a build... Back to the Privateer. The cockpit was dressed up with parts from the Eduard B-24J set and scratch-built seats and overhead panels A
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Some more work : A Privateer taking shape Now I'm working on the canopy and turrets, the fuselage should be ready in the next few days. Cheers !
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Hi all, I know I should first finish my FJ-3, but with the new year I had to start something new : Overall, the fit is nice with some filler needed.
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Hi ! It seems you will have to build everything from scratch as the radar operator compartment is not provided in the kit. My link I have some projects involving blue Skyraiders, and judging from aftermarket decal availability it seems that AD never flew over Korea in any scale...
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No, it's a front/left view, maybe taken on the same day as your picture.
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You're welcome. Maybe give a try to the AF Legends book ? photo coverage is usually quite extensive (can't be sure however, I don't own it)
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Hi, just had a quick look into the book, I only could find 1 pic of a Vermont bird (F-94B 50-910 on page 11)
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Hi ! Thanks for your kind comments. In the meantime I started the GP FJ-4 and am quite surprised to discover the fit and ease of build to be better with this Fury/Fury kitbash than with the plain GP kit ! Ok now, on to the canopy. Kit canopy is wrong and sits too high. A comparison with the D&S drawings shows that the top curve is correct, so I decided to correct it. All black underlined plastic must go: Side by side before-and-after comparison: Of course I managed to break it on the very last cut. Plaster and hot clear styrene, what else ? Well, in the end it should look l
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Joel, great build and impressive paintwork ! Thanks for sharing :thumbsup:/>
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Hi ! Finally some gloss cote was applied yesterday evening, it seems that the end is near for this build.
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You're welcome. Great tip for the pink/yellow !
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Joel, you've done well with these decals. Maybe you can weather this rudder in a slightly different shade so that it looks like a replaced part ? (note: I don't know if this actually happened in real life)
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Thanks ! 50's era jets are really appealing, I wish we had more models from this timeframe. And I'd like someone to offer us proper AD-5 or JD-1 in 1/48. I used the Esci wing, just had to cut the slats and glue them in the drooped position.
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Joel, I use Mr Mark Setter from Gunze and it works great on most decals, including Hasegawa decals. I had some silvering under the right fuselage star,so I had to remove the carrier film (and part of the star, but it wasn't my intention !)
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Joel, your painting and weathering look fantastic. I'm sure you will win over the decals !