Sarathi S. Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 For my contribution to this group build I'll be building the Hasegawa S-3B from the VS-21 boxing. It'll be completely out of box with the exception of weapons, which will be a few Rockeyes from the spares box. Before we begin, the obligatory "I haven't started" picture. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Looking forward to the start Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarathi S. Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Finally got started, but didn't get much of a chance to upload pics due to Christmas festivities, so here comes a decent-sized dump of them. Painted up the pilots, giving them each a dapper turtleneck for a little bit of color. (It's probably not going to be too visible once everything is closed up, but I wanted to do it anyway.) Cockpit's assembled, finished painting the pilots, and got them in their seats. Started painting the landing gear bays Flat White. I'll go over with another coat tomorrow, most likely. Filled in the sonobuoy launch tubes, as they were blanked over on the aircraft I'm building. Also got the decal for the IP. I'm still not happy with hasegawa's trend of using a decal for the instrument panel, but I don't have the patience to deal with a photoetch set or resin cockpit. It's not perfect, but I'm honestly just trying to get this thing done. Started painting the ordnance load. The Rockeyes came from the spares box. If I remember right they're from an Italeri A-10 and Revell F-15E. More to come. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hajo L. Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Wow, I built this kit about 25 years ago and I still remember parts of that! Nice work so far! HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarathi S. Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 The tooling certainly shows its age. The sheer number of ejector pin marks is staggering. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarathi S. Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 No pictures in this update, but added weight to the nose and touched up some paint. Also tinted the canopy, which was a serious pain in the butt. Ended up getting some residue near the edges, but it's not noticeable from a distance. If somebody complains I can just say the crew didn't clean the canopy in a while. XD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mlicari Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Love this kit. Looking forward to how you do it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarathi S. Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 So, unfortunate news. Having completely lost motivation to progress on this kit, and due to the fact that I'm leaving to return to college in two days, there is no way for me to complete this kit in time for the deadline of the GB. I'll more than likely finish it eventually, but it won't be before March 1, since I'll be separated from the kit by about 1000 miles or so. It's unfortunate, considering I thought this was going to be a quick build, but various circumstances got in the way. Sorry, everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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