McDonnell RF-101C - 45 TRS, 56-0105, “The Iron Eyeball”
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15 8 July 2023, 16:28
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Not going to start on this one for awhile, but just putting this up for now. Going to be quite an undertaking to build this beast! All my favorite planes need conversions 🙄😄
8 July 2023, 16:31
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You do have your work cut out for you. Pun sorta intended. I love old Monogram Century series kits, but they are definitely hard to wrestle with, the F-101 more than most.
8 July 2023, 18:13
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Yeah I have 3 of them, going to build one OOB before I tackle this one. That and also practice with a different resin conversion kit first. This thing with the nose especially is HUGE!
8 July 2023, 18:39
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Definitely seems like some sort of rebar is going to be required to hold that chunk of resin securely! I have a couple in the stash too. Just mulling over a rescribe...
8 July 2023, 19:32
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My gosh, it's a solid brick. Wondering if hollowing it out would be a way to make it lighter. Thinking about the rescribe too, since the resin parts are engraved...so far I'm of the mind that I'll keep raised lines on older kits.
8 July 2023, 19:49
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Normally I would too, it's just a pain to restore the raised line over a seam. Not as painful as a rescribe but still obnoxious.
8 July 2023, 19:55
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I've yet to do such a thing, but Scott on the Model Geeks Podcast says he just takes a new exacto blade and freehand carves into where the lines are missing. Maybe sounds crazy but I'm going to try it on my current Mongram F-8 Crusader build.
8 July 2023, 20:43
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