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Last of the Red Hot Scooters

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  • Member since
    October 2006
  • From: Tucson, AZ
Posted by Archangel Shooter on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 11:30 AM
It is a pretty good kit. it does have some very nice features and it left out some obvious ones too like the wiring assembly attached to the nose gear. The two catapult hooks were small and looks like they came from a 1/48 kit. With the exception of painting the intake trunk white and the engine silver, I didn't detail the engine since I planned of cementing the fwd and aft fuselage halves together for a tighter fit. Had some issues with the slats roller assemblies not wanting to fit into the wings and had to cut them back to fit. I used the kit supplied metal landing gear and considering the weight of the resin drop tank, I'm glad I did. I first attached the tank to the centerline rack, for added support I drilled a hole into the top center of the tank, inserted a cut paperclip into it then repeat it for the rack. I glued the two together with superglue then when ready, to the plane. I have the 'E' version in the stash and if Zotz re-release their VMA-211 decal sheet, I will move it up on the 'To build list'.

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  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 10:45 AM

Even with some of the minor obstacles you mentioned, you did a great job in building this project!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

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  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Piscataway, NJ!
Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 7:53 AM
Always love a good Scooter. That's a good one.

Marc  

  • Member since
    October 2006
  • From: Tucson, AZ
Posted by Archangel Shooter on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 12:31 AM
Had to tweet a couple of pics here for photoshop to display them. Guess I can't move them from folder to folder without disrupting the images here.

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  • Member since
    July 2007
Posted by scorpr2 on Monday, January 4, 2016 10:44 PM

She's a real beauty!  Very nice paint job and a great job on the decals.  Keep up the good work!

 

  • Member since
    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Monday, January 4, 2016 9:10 PM

Nice looking Scooter you got there.  I can see the problem with the canopy you were mentioning. 

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    November 2003
  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Monday, January 4, 2016 8:47 PM
Very nice, indeed!
  • Member since
    October 2006
  • From: Tucson, AZ
Posted by Archangel Shooter on Monday, January 4, 2016 7:26 PM

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  • Member since
    November 2015
Posted by The Migrant on Monday, January 4, 2016 7:15 PM

Looks very good indeed, Scott. What scale is it?

Mike G

Western Canada

  • Member since
    October 2006
  • From: Tucson, AZ
Last of the Red Hot Scooters
Posted by Archangel Shooter on Monday, January 4, 2016 5:20 PM

Other than a little clean up here and there, this one is pretty much finish.

The Zotz decals are excellent though the tail modex letters appears smaller than shown on the real bird. The resin 400 gal centerline is by Fisher model and is excellent and is heavy too. An improvement over the kit tanks.

I used 4,000 grit sandpaper for the top of the boarding ladder and the steps. Like some other trumpeter jet kits I heard about, this one too has issues with the canopy not fitting in the close position properly. I will later fix it in the open position.

Over all it was a fun kit to build but there are a few accuracy problems with it. And note...the Master Details jet pilot figure will not fit into the seat, the seat is just too narrow for the figure.

 

 

 

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