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6 hours ago, admiralcag said:

I have finally gotten some more work done. I actually misplaced it during a massive house clean-up and it delayed me for a while.

 

The gear bays, shaped and painted.

 

 

 

Installed. Not perfect, but I will work on it.

 

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The ejection seat. This is the first time I used Perfect Plastic Putty. Turned out pretty good.

 

And the interior green.

 

More to follow...

Vern

 

AdmiralCAG, how long did it take you to sand and re-scribe the fuselage?  I am planning on doing the same to a number of revellogram kits that I have, but I have never done it before.  Was the dymo tape "trick" worthwhile?

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12 hours ago, ytsejam87 said:

 

AdmiralCAG, how long did it take you to sand and re-scribe the fuselage?  I am planning on doing the same to a number of revellogram kits that I have, but I have never done it before.  Was the dymo tape "trick" worthwhile?

 

It took an afternoon to do both the top and bottom of the fuselage. I was lucky enough to find some thick Dymo tape and that worked pretty well, except on the compound curves of the intake trunks and engines.

 

Practice, practice, practice!

 

Vern

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16 hours ago, Murph said:

 

Bay 5 (the area behind the cockpit) should be gloss white.  FY 79 and earlier used the metallic green, and FY 80 and later jets used gloss white.

 

Regards,

Murph

 

Dang. I never got to see behind the cockpit when I was in Keflavik.

 

I am under a bit of a time crunch, so my model will suffer from Tamiya syndrome and I am okay with that. One of the mottoes of the CoMMiES is "Finished is better than perfect." The other is "We're not evil. We're just dicks."

 

Vern

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15 hours ago, admiralcag said:

My youngest wanted a modeling day yesterday, so I burnt a day of vacation and obliged him.

 

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Next task - nose gear

nutcracker eh?  do you use that for "difficult" to open paint bottles?

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