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1/48 Vietnam Scooter; 11/2 - Like the Mets... I'm done
Posted by wing_nut
on Thursday, October 15, 2015 11:03 AM
The memory is going. I can't remember if I started a thread on this build after finishing the Corsair. I'm gonna go with no. Picked this kit up at the Nats in Columbus. It's a re-pop of the Hasegawa kit with some added goodies, including a letter sized sheet of markings. I am going with a "Blue Tail Flyer"
Krystal Klear fills the holes in the IP and dries, as the name says, crystal clear for the glass instrument faces.
It was pointed out that the LG is uneven due to mounting pints of different heights. The thing to be careful about fixing this is not doing a "Little Rascal" haircut. Going back and forth from side to side trying get it even. Ask me how I know. Thankfully it was just back (no forth)1 time.
Starting to look like and A4. Needed to do some shimming. Made a cannon with nickel and aluminum tubing along with a supplied PE muzzle.
The USPS stopped as usual but this time with something other than a mountain of junk mail and bills. MER's, Mk.82's and... the coolest looking missile ever...the AGM-12Bullpup. The MER's have the pipes molded on so those were removed and replaced with solder rolled under a very coarse sanding stick to give is some surface texture.
For the load out I decided I wanted both fuel tanks on the inner pylons. Then I went with the MER with 6 Mk.82. That left just the outer pylons. Once I saw the 1st photo online with the AGM's out there... decision made. I just to assemble and prime one of them 1st right away. When I opened the box I thought I ordered 1/32 scale by mistake. Then I looked at more photo and then the stats. Didn't realize the thing is over 13' long. Just more bad@$$ to me.
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