Hajo L. Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Thanks to the input from various members here who answered mine (and several others more) questions in the Jet Forum, I was able to finish this nice model. I think the F-111-series of Hasegawa is quite known as the best representation of the Aardvark in the 1/72-scale. So building the kit was very enjoyable and without any trouble. I only wonder why the small wings of the auxiliary tanks conflict with the retracted flaps.... For the colors I used Revells 77 as dark grey and 67 as greengrey, I think it does look good. The wings have a small positive dyhydral, which makes the bird look like it´s still in the air, approaching the runway: Pilots are from the excellent Revell pilots-set: I wonder what the thing covered by this blue clear part is - astro-navigation? "Rough Night" was the name of this specific aircraft. For some reason the decals stand out a little bit. In one way this is another first for me: This is my first aircraft armed with "nukes". All my other, even nuke-capable aircraft have conventional loads, but this one is armed with two AGM-69 SRAM that I got from a fellow modeller. HAJO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hooker169 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Nicely done, Hajo. I think you pulled off the Dark Vark monochromatic look really well! Love way the SRAMs look too, I might use that on my build. Great job and I think everyone is learning a lot about the FB on your original thread! Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jefropas Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Yes, the astrotracker was a cool backup system. I built my FB-111A in 48th. The tracker was such a detail rich feature, I just glossed over it like you did, it would be a separate model in itself. Great job on your Dark Dark. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Very nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K5054NZ Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 As much as I love the FB-111 in the SAC scheme with the grey belly, this looks properly menacing. Bravo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Halo, just an outstanding build. Nice to see the Dark paint scheme for a change. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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