viking73 Posted January 6 Happy New Year ARC - I finally finished this one - as finished as it's going to get anyway. I know I am missing the antennas and radio wires but this was not an easy build and this kit fought me at every step. I just wanted it off the bench! With that being said, I am pretty happy with the way it came out overall. This is the Mach 2 injection kit. The decals all came from the decal dungeon. The Texas ANG specific markings are from the excellent Caracal 1/48 F-4C/D and 1/32 T-33 sheets. The vertical fin lightening bolt isn't 100% correct in shape but was the best I had to work with. Paints are MM Enamels shot with my trusty Paasche H and the white was from a Tamiya rattle can. I made several improvements to the kit. The clear fuselage windows didn't fit at all so I used the late Bondo-Phil method of clear packing tape and clear resin. I added the nose pitot tubes from needles, added the port side cargo door and handles, filled and re-scribed the baggage door on the forward front starboard fuselage to the correct location, added the astrodome to the top of the fuselage, added landing lights from Krystal-Kleer, drilled out various intakes in the wing leading edges, and drilled out the engine exhausts and used portions of a soda straw for the tubes. I replaced all the smaller detail parts since the kit's were very crude and soft detail-wise. The engines were replaced (ironically) from a scrapped Mach 2 C-123, the props are a white metal set from Aeroclub, and the gear is a wonderful white metal set from Welsh Models. I'd love to do a T-29 with a belly radome also but I'm not sure I could get through another one of these kits. I think they are a test in stamina and patience but the reward is something not seen too often build up. I can't figure out why I keep eyeing the Mach 2 AJ Savage I have in my stash, I must be a real glutton for punishment hahaha! Thanks for looking, -Derek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted January 7 Wow! looks great Derek, glad you persevered with it. I have Welsh model CV440 on the shelf of doom with self-inflicted paint issues. What is the Bondo Phil clear tape and resin method? Sounds like something I could do with me current 1/72 P-8A build Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
viking73 Posted January 7 11 hours ago, Trojan Thunder said: Wow! looks great Derek, glad you persevered with it. I have Welsh model CV440 on the shelf of doom with self-inflicted paint issues. What is the Bondo Phil clear tape and resin method? Sounds like something I could do with me current 1/72 P-8A build Thanks Trojan Thunder. I too had several paint issues with this kit but didn't give up. I always seem to have trouble with large areas of white paint for some reason. It's one my least favorite colors to spray. Here is where I first learned of the way to make clear windows: http://kits.kitreview.com/anigrands2067reviewpb_1.htm Scroll down to almost the end. It's under the "Clear Parts" header. I tried this method and it worked great for my Convair. The only thing that you have to be careful about are air bubbles forming. You can poke them with a toothpick while the resin is still wet to break them up if you have any issues. Before I poured the resin I thinned the fuselage sides around the windows with my Dremel tool: Good luck and let us know how it goes if you try this method! I think this is much easier than say filling the windows with clear plastic and then sanding and polishing it clear. -Derek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted January 8 Thanks Derek, I will take a look Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted January 17 Very cool - thanks for sharing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
viking73 Posted January 17 3 hours ago, KursadA said: Very cool - thanks for sharing! Thank you Kursad. This wouldn't have been possible if it were not for your decals sir! -Derek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
