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Definitely looking forward to this one. =] I've heard all the same and have been dying to do one eventually one of these days...but with a lot of reluctance. I hope you can put that to ease.
On the bench:
Tamiya F4U-1 Kenneth Walsh
Hi guys. For those of you who might be interested...here's the next build on my list. Its the 1/48 Hasegawa F-22A Raptor.
This kit has received alot of bad press because of the out-of-scale panel detail. Because of this many people won't buy it. This doesn't bother me at all. I think this kit looks fantastic and I can say, having built the Academy F-22, that this kit seems way better. Plus, I got it for $24 with S&H! Can't beat that! Anyway, here's the first update. I'm going to install an Aires resin cockpit: This requires a little bit of surgery to the upper fuselage part. All that is needed is to carve out the molded IP coaming and add some shims to the rear sides. I forgot to get a pic of the original IP coaming, though. Thankfully, this has been one of the less labor intensive surgeries I've done: Here's how it looks with the cockpit loosely installed: More to come...
This kit has received alot of bad press because of the out-of-scale panel detail. Because of this many people won't buy it. This doesn't bother me at all. I think this kit looks fantastic and I can say, having built the Academy F-22, that this kit seems way better. Plus, I got it for $24 with S&H! Can't beat that!
Anyway, here's the first update. I'm going to install an Aires resin cockpit:
This requires a little bit of surgery to the upper fuselage part. All that is needed is to carve out the molded IP coaming and add some shims to the rear sides. I forgot to get a pic of the original IP coaming, though. Thankfully, this has been one of the less labor intensive surgeries I've done: Here's how it looks with the cockpit loosely installed: More to come...
This requires a little bit of surgery to the upper fuselage part. All that is needed is to carve out the molded IP coaming and add some shims to the rear sides. I forgot to get a pic of the original IP coaming, though. Thankfully, this has been one of the less labor intensive surgeries I've done:
Here's how it looks with the cockpit loosely installed: More to come...
Here's how it looks with the cockpit loosely installed:
More to come...
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