Here's my latest completion. This has to be one of Trumpeter's best 1/48 kits. The fit is almost perfect and the detail is nicely done. No craters for rivets and the panel lines are fine and consistent. Lots of details on the small parts too, such as landing gear actuators and linkages. Wheelbays are nicely detailed albeit a bit shallow. I went with an Aires cockpit and wheels, as those items on the kit are widely inaccurate. I also added a resin exhaust for some wow factor. I wanted a Hun in SEA cammo and the kit decals are widely wayy off!! So I used the markings from an Xtradecal set that preformed perfectly. Only thing is they really neglect the stencils, so I added some from my spares bit, using most on the pylons. Speaking of orinance, I used some Nape tanks and Mk 82s from Hasegawa, and I used some drop tanks from the Monogram kit. I added some lenght to them to represent the 335 gal tanks used in country. A master Models Pitot tube and some scratch building on the canopy to pose it open finished off the kit. Hope you enjoy, and feel free to comment:
