blunce Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 (edited) Looking through my stash I discovered I had this lil gem of a kit that had a Sharkmouth option on the kit decals. Not a lot to it, so I decided to add this one to the GB agenda. The F-89 Scorpion gained a number of firsts in aviation history: First jet aircraft designed from the start to be an all-weather interceptor First aircraft to carry the Falcon guided missile operationally First to achieve a hit on an airborne target using a Falcon w/ armed warhead First aircraft to launch air-to-air weapon with live atomic warhead First jet to land on a frozen sea First aircraft designed to carry an all-rocket armament The Scorpion was designed to be able to intercept Soviet piston-engined bombers in the class of the Tupolev Tu-4 aka Boeing B-29 Superfort, which explains the large amount of rockets carried on the wingtips. Edited September 15, 2011 by blunce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blunce Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 (edited) Here we go... Edited June 10, 2011 by blunce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tripio Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Hi Blunce, it is a very good kit against the minor problems. I will follow the build for sure. Kee the pictures coming. Regards,Laz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blunce Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 (edited) Been making some progress. New pilots have been recruited and should arrive in town here in the next few days. Those other shorties went back to their original aircraft! Edited June 26, 2011 by blunce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 That is a sweet cockpit for 1/72. Again these Academy kits impress. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Looking good mate. Deacon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Monogram must have based their pilot on Tom Cruise !! Thats why their so short lol Great start Cheers Neo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2qwik4u Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Looking good! I've always liked the F-89, I may have to get one of these. -Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azgaron Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Looking good so far! Cheers, HÃ¥kan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blunce Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Making some progress.... More to come soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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2qwik4u Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Looking gooood! Awesome tip on the black oil wash too, thanks! I'll have to try that on the F-86 I'm working on. -Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Looking awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blunce Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) A long overdue update: Final pics later today! Edited September 14, 2011 by blunce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Sexy How do you get chocolate foil to stick? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blunce Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) And here it is all finished up and in the air. This was only my second Academy kit I've ever done, and I don't remember having problems with the first one, but the decals on this one were HORRIBLE! No matter how many gallons of Micro Sol I put on them, the were completely unchanged. The only area this really bothered me was the sharkmouth decal because it covers such a large area. In the end, I guess it could've turned out worse though, but lesson learned, any future Academy kits will definitely be getting aftermarket decals. Original photo: Edited September 15, 2011 by blunce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blunce Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 Sexy How do you get chocolate foil to stick? EASY, provided you've got the right stuff. I've found that Lindt Dark Chocolates (the balls ) work the best. They are the ones that come in a darkish blue wrapper. Just eat the chocolate, peel the foil from the plastic wrapper and burnish it down with something fairly soft, no harder than a wood craft stick. I like to use some sort of cuticle tool that came in the wife's stuff. It has a semi-hard rubber...thing... on one end and a point plastic tip on the other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 EASY, provided you've got the right stuff. I've found that Lindt Dark Chocolates (the balls ) work the best. They are the ones that come in a darkish blue wrapper. Just eat the chocolate, peel the foil from the plastic wrapper and burnish it down with something fairly soft, no harder than a wood craft stick. I like to use some sort of cuticle tool that came in the wife's stuff. It has a semi-hard rubber...thing... on one end and a point plastic tip on the other. So it sticks because of the chocolate residue? Then you just clean it up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blunce Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 So it sticks because of the chocolate residue? Then you just clean it up? No, there's a type of "glue" that holds the foil to the plastic. It's kind of a very thin paste that sticks well to, well, our plastic canopies and kit parts. Once done, you remove the foil and wipe the residue off your canopy with a q-tip or paper towel. BTW, I got a second at this years IPMS Seattle Spring show with this build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Nice work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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