Roman,Ian thanks!
Derek thanks ,I really wanted to do the float version but I already had the gun pods glued on and this kit has beat me up enough without adding to the pain. Maybe if some kit maker decides to put out a decent release of this airframe in 1/48 it would tempt me,
Tamiya ,Great Wall ya listening?
Colin M to say I'm relieved would be understating it for sure,this is turning into one of those builds you just want off the bench! Thanks !
Tony you hit the nail on the head it is just one of those kits,thanks as always for the kind words.
Andy,Tony,Colin thanks for the kind comments!
Andygh thanks appreciate the compliment,I ca'nt blame you for pushing this kit off . Mine had been in the stash so long it was growng moss on the north side of the box. Please note I took some liberties with the details so if you're going for a very accurate build mine has strayed off the path. Most notable the seats are from an F-4 and the top wing rescribe has some lines out of place.
The Canopy fit turned out decent enough after I sanded the edges to a bevel on the top join areas and took off some length on the sides and top parts,at least it was too long instead of being short. I also added the small intakes to the port sides of both engine nacelles.
I gave up trying to replicate the tiny vortex generator tabs on the controls and just concentrated on scratching the small actuators arms and control horns along with the mass balancers.
Next I scratched up the aerials
After a shot of some thinned down MM flat grey enamel I wet sanded everything with 1000grt knocking of some of the fiddly bits and having to reglue them in the process . Now its ready for the final coat of light USAF grey and some
decals.
cheers Trey