F-8 Crusader 1/48 Eduard

[thug626]

I have always like the look of the variable incidence wing on this bird. There was some AM used with this build. Wolfpack cockpit, wheel bays, intake trunk, wing fold and wing bay. Eduard MERs and bombs. The decals came with the kit. Not a shake-n-bake kit, but a fun kit nonetheless.

[kyledehart5]

This is glorious!! So nicely done. And I love the weathering too. Fantastic work.

[keavdog]

Do love the gaping yaw aircraft! And that F8 wing is cool. I have the hasegawa kit in the stash (same plastic I believe )
Nice job weathering and the pit is very nice. Zunis are great looking to. Poking around I found this over on brit modeler - pretty spot on my friend

[thug626]

Dec 4, 2023 23:28:45 GMT -5 keavdog said:

Do love the gaping yaw aircraft! And that F8 wing is cool. I have the hasegawa kit in the stash (same plastic I believe )
Nice job weathering and the pit is very nice. Zunis are great looking to. Poking around I found this over on brit modeler - pretty spot on my friend

And there she is in all of her hulking beauty. I do not believe I have seen that pic. It is the same plastic indeed.
Thank you for having a gander. The Zunis are the kit offering, and they were molded with some painful seam lines. Patient sanding and scraping fixed them.

[Joe Rix]

That is a beautifully rendered F-8 Dave. You nailed the overall appearance of this gorgeous jet. Excellent paint and detailing. I've really got to get around to building either my 1/72 or 1/48. You have certainly given me some inspiration. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[mrt51]

Outstanding!

[deafpanzer]

One of my favorites by you for sure! You nailed it with the weathering to make it look very realistic. The paint job of yellow stripes on the windshield was done perfectly. How did you do that?!? I always liked its odd shaped fuselage especially its nose.

[handiabled]

Gorgeous F-8 sir! I'll second the question, canopy seals,,,, decals or painted? Like the rest of the build they look perfect!

[deafpanzer]

Sorry if you are being interrogated... don't worry we are good cops by the way!

[Tojo72]

Really nice that cockpit looks awesome.

[Steve Zuleski]

That is a beauty of a weathering job, excellent!

[thug626]

Dec 5, 2023 8:13:02 GMT -5 Joe Rix said:

That is a beautifully rendered F-8 Dave. You nailed the overall appearance of this gorgeous jet. Excellent paint and detailing. I've really got to get around to building either my 1/72 or 1/48. You have certainly given me some inspiration. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Thank you kindly. Either scale, build away!

[thug626]

Dec 5, 2023 8:18:22 GMT -5 mrt51 said:

Outstanding!

Thank you kindly.

[thug626]

Dec 5, 2023 9:29:39 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

One of my favorites by you for sure! You nailed it with the weathering to make it look very realistic. The paint job of yellow stripes on the windshield was done perfectly. How did you do that?!? I always liked its odd shaped fuselage especially its nose.

Thank you Andy. The weathering on this one was an exercise for me, especially around the gun ports. As a tip of the hat to the "Last of the gunfighters". The yellow stripes around the glass represents caulking, and its a kit decal. I was apprehensive about them, but they worked out perfectly.

[thug626]

Dec 5, 2023 9:40:57 GMT -5 handiabled said:

Gorgeous F-8 sir! I'll second the question, canopy seals,,,, decals or painted? Like the rest of the build they look perfect!

Thank you kindly sir. The canopy seals are kit decals. I was worried as the two time I have applied decals to clear plastic, look horrible. Not so this time!

[thug626]

Dec 5, 2023 9:43:03 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

Sorry if you are being interrogated... don't worry we are good cops by the way!

No worries Andy. As I recall, none of you were there during the build. It was just me with my voices.....

[thug626]

Dec 5, 2023 9:48:49 GMT -5 Tojo72 said:

Really nice that cockpit looks awesome.

Thank you. It's the reason I had the canopy open. Which by the way requires a little bit of surgery to the fuselage and aft end of the canopy to pull off.

[406 Silverado]

I've always liked the look of these birds as well Dave. Man....there is a LOT going on with this build and I think you may have thrown everything available in the AM world at it. If it weren't sitting on your bench one could take this for the real thing. Fantastic modeling!!

[thug626]

Dec 5, 2023 12:33:08 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

I've always liked the look of these birds as well Dave. Man....there is a LOT going on with this build and I think you may have thrown everything available in the AM world at it. If it weren't sitting on your bench one could take this for the real thing. Fantastic modeling!!

I like the look of these birds as well. Even as a kid. There was a bit of AM associated with this one. I won't say I didn't make jet noises when building this one.

[406 Silverado]

Dec 5, 2023 13:48:52 GMT -5 thug626 said:

Dec 5, 2023 12:33:08 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

I've always liked the look of these birds as well Dave. Man....there is a LOT going on with this build and I think you may have thrown everything available in the AM world at it. If it weren't sitting on your bench one could take this for the real thing. Fantastic modeling!!

I like the look of these birds as well. Even as a kid. There was a bit of AM associated with this one. I won't say I didn't make jet noises when building this one.

You just brought back a childhood memory of mine when I built this kit.




I must've dive bombed about everything in my room back then making airplane noises. 

[thug626]

Joe, I remember that kit!

[stikpusher]

Dec 5, 2023 15:55:45 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Dec 5, 2023 13:48:52 GMT -5 thug626 said:

I like the look of these birds as well. Even as a kid. There was a bit of AM associated with this one. I won't say I didn't make jet noises when building this one.

You just brought back a childhood memory of mine when I built this kit.




I must've dive bombed about everything in my room back then making airplane noises. 

I remember building that one with my dad. I did most of the work, but I remember him painting the pilots... good times!

Mine sank the IJN Coffee Table many times with that dropping bomb.

[Medicman71]

Very nice build!! Love everything about it!

[robbo]

That is really nice, I picked up a Hobby Boss one last year

[thug626]

Dec 7, 2023 13:10:35 GMT -5 Medicman71 said:

Very nice build!! Love everything about it!

Thank you kindly.

[thug626]

Dec 7, 2023 13:17:59 GMT -5 robbo said:

That is really nice, I picked up a Hobby Boss one last year

Thank you kindly. I am curious as to how the HB version build up.

[jeaton01]

Dave, that's a really nice F-8, congrats! The F-8 must be one of my favorites, 23 in the stash. But none built !

[castelnuovo]

WOW, this is just AMAZING!!

[thug626]

Dec 7, 2023 23:20:32 GMT -5 jeaton01 said:

Dave, that's a really nice F-8, congrats! The F-8 must be one of my favorites, 23 in the stash. But none built !

Thank you kindly. Build away my good man.

[thug626]

Dec 23, 2023 0:38:49 GMT -5 castelnuovo said:

WOW, this is just AMAZING!!

Thank you kindly.