Fly-n-hi Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) Hey guys, this is my latest. Its the 1/48 Hasegawa F-2A. I used Mr Color paint almost exclusively on this one. I used Alclad II on the exhaust feathers and Tamiya acrylic on the inside of the exhaust. The squadron/aircraft specific decals were from the kit and they are the typical thick Hasegawa decals. In some areas the thickness is apparent. The general aircraft decals were AM. I faded the paint with postshading and gave it a light blue oil wash/filter. The oil wash really blended the camo together and weathered the dark blue very well. Some of the panel lines and some of the rivets on the upper fuselage were not molded in very well. Fixing that was beyond my skills, though. The fit of the parts was good overall. The two piece vertical stab needed a little work as the join at the base of the stab was not flush. The sides of the fuselage, where the grey areas inside the flaps are, needed some filling as well. Also, the butt joint where the wings join to the fuselage was tricky because they too were not flush. I used the "dump and pour" method to paint the intake. I'm not too sure the load-out is realistic. Probably not. But I thought it looked pretty interesting. I added some AM to it: Some of the PE from the Eduard PE detail set The Shull24 resin exhaust (excellent BTW) ASM-2s, CBU-87s and TERs from the Hasegawa JASDF weapons set Scratched static wicks. A spare resin ejection seat DXM and Afterburner Viper Zero decals for the general stencils Otherwise it was pretty much OOB. :rofl:/>/>/>/>/>/>/> Sorry, lame joke. Anyway, here she is. Comments are welcome. And I apologize for the dark pics. I'm still learning the photo side of things. Edited August 12, 2013 by Fly-n-hi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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JackMan Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 WOO! I Love F-2s! Yours look great! I've built the 1/72 two-seater F-2B and found it to be one of the finest kits around. Smooth & trouble-free. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a4s4eva Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Nice one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
speedlimit Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Congratulations on a superb built F-2! She is a beauty. Eric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Oh, that is gorgeous! :wub: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fly-n-hi Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 Thanks guys. Jackman...Yeah, I liked this one enough to be looking for good deals on F-2Bs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I've always enjoyed the look of those jets, and you've certainly done it justice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmreed76 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 WOW, Thats a Gorgeous Viper-Zero! Your paint work looks Fantastic Sir...Rock On! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fly-n-hi Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Thanks again Karl and Jmreed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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