Those are such cool looking planes [Y]
Turns out the red color called out in the instructions is way too dark to match the red on the decals. So I added some yellow to the red and repainted the stabilizers.
The decals for the BD-J fit pretty well, but solvent is a big help especially for the fuselage ones as they are a little on the thick side. The excess clear should be trimmed away, (counter what I would suggest for modern decals).
All the decals are on them…
Those look great!
Thanks! Fun little kits too…
I used Warbird (Scale-Master) Decals white stripes for the meeting edges of the canopies, the rest of the frames were hand painted with Tamiya white. The canopies don’t fit too bad, (or all that great), and there is a slight difference between the jet and prop versions so it’s advisable to keep track of which plane they go on during assembly.
The pitot tube is a steel straight pit cut and filed down to size. While the ½ gram in the nose was enough to keep the nose wheel on the ground, the pin doesn’t hurt especially with the prop on the rear.
The BD-5B is done.
The BD-J is done.
Both look great!
Nicely built.
Gee! That almost looks like the one I flew. Only difference? The stripes and stuff were Green. For a Pusher prop plane it flew well.
Very nice!
Actualy the canopy was 3d print as well, so I just used it as a plug to pull a canopy over it. cheap man’s vacuforming.
John
Makes perfect sense, thanks.
Those 2 little birds are way cool!