Loving the look of this one. I find the early Cold War jets to be much more interesting than the later stuff....I’ll keep an eye out for you next few builds...
Cheers
Tim
Cheers
Tim
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The underside, and wheel wells etc are all white. I always have problems with spraying this, and today was no exception! Nozzle Blocking, Splatter etc. I had to add some retarder, and more water than normal ( maybe the high temp? ). A few thin coats, and it looks OK
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Topside, the control surfaces have also been sprayed white, ready for masking. I used Vallejo ModelAir White for the underside. I will use Mission Models Light Gull Grey for the upper surfaces, a new maker to me. I have read good reviews on this, so I will see...........
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Progressing well Dave.Comment
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I forgot to take pictures of the masking! The Mission Paints Gull grey sprayed OK, but didn't cover very well - I don't think that it has any advantage over any other paint that I've used.
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The masking still lifted the base white coat in a few places, despite using a low tack tape - maybe I should have let the base dry for a few days, to really harden off. Next stage will be an overall gloss varnish, before decalling and a few panel washes. There won't be any weathering, USN jets of this period were always immaculate
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After an overall gloss varnish coat, I masked and painted the leading edges of the wings/tail aluminium - then onto decalling
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The decals are quite thick, and the top wing star is in 3 pieces, one either side of the wingfold, and one over the top of the wing fence - which I haven't been able to get to sit down ( yet ). When I've finished the decals, I'm going to seal everything in with a Satin varnish coat
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Nice. A plane that I have to confess I hadn't heard of. Then to cap it all, War Thunder (favourite video game) are introducing the FJ-4 as well.Comment
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The rapid development of jets produced some short lived aircraft - I'm still waiting for a modern 1/48 version of this[ATTACH]304120[/ATTACH]
By all accounts a poor aircraft - the Vought F7U Cutlass, but what a looker!
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Nice work Dave and fast too.:thumb2:
Good luck with the remaining decals.
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Decals completed - the nose decals aren't particularly a good fit, and I will have to try and match the paint to touch up. Next is a satin varnish coat & final assembly.............[ATTACH]304176[/ATTACH][ATTACH]304177[/ATTACH]
At this stage, my mind has turned to what to build next............ I'm going to go for a tank
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Looks very nice, apart from the tracks - 2 part individual little links -130 of them!
I'll be starting this, on completion of the Fury
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Luckily I found a good match to the blue on the nose, Vallejo Ultramarine. Undercarriage on, air brakes added. Just a few more details, like lights, undercarriage doors and the underwing stores.
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For some reason, the cockpit canopy won't sit down properly - I'll have to sort that. I think the next pics will be in the 'completed' section!
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That looks great DaveComment
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Nice! Looking forward to the completed pics , cheers tonyComment
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I came to fit the undercarriage doors................HB will have you fit them all open. I thought that they looked so vulnerable to damage on carrier operations. I went on YouTube and found a video that shows that the doors were all closed on the ground, engine running. I assume that engine stopped, the hydraulic pressure bleeds off gradually, and the doors will gradually drop open ( like the P-51 Mustang, another North American product! ). Anyway, easier to fit them closed!
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Nearly didn't finish this - I broke the pitot tube off no less than 4 times during the final stages - BP rose, and it nearly had a test flight into the bin. Half an hour and a nice latte later, the pictures are now in the 'completed' section.
Many thanks for dropping by, the likes and the comments!
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