New project I decided to start, a raffle prize from Orangecon, with some decals I picked up for this and another Hun.
One of the first things i did was attach the center gun panel as i figured it would be easier to do now than later.
Next was painting what was almost 75% of the cockpit in this kit.
Seat attached to the floor.
Once set it was glued into the painted fuselage side.
The fuselage all buttoned up and waiting for the glue to set.
Been a few days since starting and made some progress.
First up I got the instrument panel decalled and the front portion painted black.
The instrument panel was then glued in place.
Next did the drop tanks, assembling the two halves on the sprue before cleaning them up off the sprue. Not pictured is the results of adding the tails.
Started getting some exterior parts painted, using different metalic shades to break up the uniformity.
Lastly, the Sidewinders. I found these to be in fairly poor condition. Initially i considered replacing them with either some from one of Hasegawa’s weapon sets or Eduard’s resin ones. This was scrapped however due to both being unavailable. So will have to make due with these.
Those purple markings are so eye catching. Many years ago an aftermarket sheet with those markings convinced me to attempt the Monogram 1/48 Super Sabre. My skills at the time weren’t up to the NMF challenge and it didn’t end well, but I did manage to at least sell the decal sheet again, recouping some cash. Looking forward to seeing what you can do with this one.
Nice work! For comparison go to Scalemates and compare Hasegawa’s 1/72 F-100D cockpit against Italeri’s 1/72 F-100D cockpit. HUGE difference.
Wow, you are not kidding on that level of difference.
