Alex Ridpath Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I decided on my F8E after Having purchased the cam Decals for VMFA-235 Death Angels ( F-8 VMFA-235 ). So i painted the ventral fins red and made like I was going to do that bird... The first thing that happened when I tried to put the nice red and white stars on the nose the decal fell to bits.. the so did the other side.. The whole sheet was crappy... So I had a ordeal.. the only other crusader I wanted to build and had decals for was a US navy CVA-43 ´Hunters´ 1966/7 (VF162). However I had drilled holes to accommodate the dual Zuni Launcher rails and put under wing pylons on to hang some bombs from which only occur on Marine F8s.. so I searched the net for more decals I might like and could not find any. So I decided to modify to fit the VF162 1 - I decaled the aircraft with full stencils. will coat with klear to protect them. 2 - I then masked and paint the the panels around the gun bay zinc chromate yellow 3 - Repainted the nose black 4 - Painted the heat exchanger under the main wing gloss black 5 - I removed the under wing pylons , sanded back , filled, sanded, masked the whole wing section and sprayed again 6 - repainted the forward face of the variable incidence wing section yellow (its was red) and apply hunter logo. Turned out nice in the end,, hope u like ! Thanks for looking, By the way the kit is a dream to build Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kev1n Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 it did turn out nice n I do like it what scale is it?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alex Ridpath Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 it did turn out nice n I do like it what scale is it?? Thanks dude it's 1:48, it's a cracking kit all round. Can really recommend the hasegawa F8s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Alex,, WOW !!! You did great with it...NICE !!! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McCoy Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Lookin' great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
avgass Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Nice and neat - great job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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