BrettJ-Australia- Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Finally finished little over a month to complete. Added little details here and there and Furball Decals that are most excellent. Here is my rendition of an F3H-2M of VF-24, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Av8fan Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Sweet! Very nice job. Any comments about the build? Fit ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BrettJ-Australia- Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Sweet! Very nice job. Any comments about the build? Fit ? This is magnificent to build, few points but it may be just me and my brutal construction but.. The kit basically falls together, the one main problem, which is minor, is the fit of the canopy, it seems to touch the top of the bang seat. an easy fix is to take a scraping off the bottom of the seat. At times you need three hands to put the fuselage halves together. Dont even think about leaving the burner can out when putting it together as I found out it is difficult to place it back inside and get the alignment right. I spent a good few hours on this problem short of prising the rear apart which Thankfully i did not have to do. The two gun bay sides need careful alignment. Other than those points its really great and minimal cleanup needed for seams etc. everything fits perfectly. Oh the decals.... the decals.. are horrible. they virtually shattered just hitting the water. I would recommend using Furball designs decals Screaming Demons part one. You ill enjoy this build should you endeavor to do one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shan Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Wow, thats a really nice build. Is that a precursor to the Phantom? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BrettJ-Australia- Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 You can see here where the Phantom gets its looks from eh ? McDonnell continued with the development of this airframe and produced a far advanced version being the F3H-C which was basically an F3H-2 with a GEJ67 engine and larger wing. Further to that more development added another engine being two GEJ65 (F3H-G) so further airframe development and in the end without being specific and wasting much space here it is indeed the precursor to the all important F-4 Phantom. I really like this aircraft as you can see the linage and the resemblance between the to Aircraft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gambler Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Superb Brett! That is a beautiful piece of work, flawless. Cheer's, Jeff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White Wolf Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Amazing work, nice job! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Love it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toniosky Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I like your spotless finish ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 ......OUTSTANDINGLY BEAUTIFUL build.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ShaneV61 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Very Nice! I'll have to keep this on my watch list because I'm going to building this kit in the future as part of my vf 143 project. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChippyWho Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Two words: AWE SOME! :thumbsup: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LA2019 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Wow, what a fantastic build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I've always loved the Demon, fantastic job mate!!! :thumbsup: Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Voodoo man 101 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Very nice! well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Fantastic Demon ! RAGE On ! -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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