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F-4J 1/72 Hasegawa


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My next build will be the Hasegawa 1/72 F-4J. Compliments to member Emvar for the deal

on the kit, great guy to deal with! I am doing it as either VF-96 Falcons, but NOT

Showtime 100, that's done too much, or VF-142 Ghost Riders. I am kind of leaning towards to

VF-96 right now. The kit is interesting in that is is a Blue Angels kit with both gray

and blue sprues, almost "Matchboxy" in color. NOTE:---can't find decals for VF-142 or VF-96

but I do have decals for VF-74 Bedevilers from Linebacker and Linebacker II---John

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I finally got something started, not a lot but progress at least. I built

the cockpit and seats. I normally pre-paint then assemble but am trying a

different approach. I have an opti-visor and small brushes so I am going

to paint and decal the cockpit then paint and add the seats. The reason being I

sometimes get glue showing through the already painted parts, this way if

I get glue on the parts I am painting anyways, instead of touching it

up.---John

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It is a nice kit but you can't trust the instructions, they are for a Blue Angels bird

so you are told to cut off or not add certain probes and antenna which should be on a

combat plane. It is just a simple matter of finding pictures of the bird you want to

replicate and see what the set up was. More pictures later today, need to do some sanding.---John

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The forward fuselage is done.On to the rear fuselage. It went together

good, I don't care for decals on the instruments, wished Hasegawa had

done engraved instruments and dials,I like painting them as it looks better

to me. The decals kept curling up on themselves.Outside of that it was pretty painless.---John

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