Vought RF-8A ( F8U-1P ) Crusader BuNo 146889
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28 9 January 2022, 14:30
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Happy New Year mates, after a short creative break, the "Photo Crusader" project started at the beginning of the year. Here are the first pictures ...
9 January 2022, 14:36
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Looking forward to this one! Take a seat here!
It looks like fun 😬 what you are doing here!
9 January 2022, 16:18
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Thank you mates , after a bad cold I will finish the cockpit this weekend and load up some current pictures 😉
27 January 2022, 05:56
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Got to watch this - I love the F-8 in all its shapes and forms! And what a conversion project.
27 January 2022, 06:10
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ESCI's cockpit is poorly equipped with just 4 components, so I replaced the ejection seat and the joystick, added a pilot and also used Eduard's photo-etched parts
29 January 2022, 19:19
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Lots to do with Cyanoacrylate, Liquid Surface Primer Tamiya 87096 and Vallejo Plastic Putty because of the many inaccuracies 🙁
5 February 2022, 20:03
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Bonding of the inaccurate , transparent parts using COLOPLAST Brava modeling strips and MODEL MASTER Clear Parts Cement and Window Maker.
12 February 2022, 10:06
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After priming in FS17875 white, the masking followed, the next step is painting in FS16440 light gull gray and designing the anti-glare protection in front of the cockpit and the camera in front of the front landing gear in FS37038 overall flat black.
26 February 2022, 10:38
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Thank you Cuajete and Bernd👍 Very much appreciated mates 👍I've uploaded a few more photos 😉
27 February 2022, 10:02
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After some problems with the main landing gear and the position lights, the wet decals soon follow ...
6 March 2022, 13:38
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An unpleasant déjà vu like with the Northrop F-20 Tigershark "Demonstrator". Not only that the distances on the decal sheet are very small, unfortunately they also tend to crumble when removed in water that is no longer lukewarm
10 March 2022, 19:36
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Luckily, with foresight, I had a full-size backup copy of the decals ( RVHP 1:72 No. 7263 Vought RF-8A F8U-1P Crusader ) scanned in and printed out in color on a paper sheet so that I could replace decals that were no longer usable.
11 March 2022, 06:10
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Such a pity on the decals, I feel you pain! Are you planning on printing your own or will you hunt for third party decals? By the way, what a beautifully organized workspace, picture 55 is a very satisfying view (at least for me with a slight OCD).
11 March 2022, 08:12
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Hello mates , now my Photo Crusader is finishd and I am quite happy about that, because this was a really demanding project !
12 March 2022, 08:59
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Well it turned out be be a butiful build but yes I see there was lots of challenges
12 March 2022, 13:14