F-8e Crusader 1/72 Academy

[Honza K.]

two weekend work on this fantastic kit...

Build only for fun...

Edited February 2, 2010 by Honza K.

[hazza]

WOW nice resin

[~Dan~]

Yep, thats what I was gonna say. That is some nice resin!

[Honza K.]

Thanks!

Little progress...

something for repair.....

[Julien]

Hi,

looking good, you might want to increase the angle of the leading edge, this is more what you are aiming for;

Julien

Edited February 12, 2010 by Julien

[Ale85]

Is the fitting of the resin parts problematic? Or it goes well???

ciao

Ale

[Honza K.]

Is the fitting of the resin parts problematic? Or it goes well???

ciao

Ale

Absolutely well....

Julian: I will must look for some other fotos, but you are right....

some progress....

Progress....

Edited February 6, 2010 by Honza K.

[~Dan~]

Very sharp and crisp.

...it's just a shame it doesn't have a propeller on the front.

[Honza K.]

Thank you!

[Mike]

Some very nice resin packed in there... good work

[Honza K.]

Thank you Mike! Littlebit of preshading...

[FZ6]

Fantastic job so far on the build and the painting.

The resin looks very nice too.

Overall it looks like a neat little kit.

[Honza K.]

Thanks!

base of underside...

[Skii]

Looking fantastic Honza, can't wait to see the upper surface paint

[Honza K.]

Thank you Skii!

Here is it, start of upper surfaces....

[Skii]

Awesome

[coolhand]

Hi,

Great job so far

Are you planning to use the kit decals? I have found that Academy's can be a bit difficult to work with.

[Honza K.]

Thanks guys! Academy decals are really bad. I will use Aviprint decals....

[Honza K.]

better fotos....

[Honza K.]

Decals by aviprint... 80%...

[Kagemusha]

Just came across this, very nice work, really coming alive with the decals on.

Edited February 28, 2010 by Kagemusha

[shark 64]

Flawless paint work. Great build. Talented modeler you are my friend.

Oliver

[Honza K.]

Decals done...

[David H]

This is cool, Honza!!

VF-162- Neat!!

Tom Weinel flew with -162, IIRC. He's a model builder and posts stuff from time to time. He's definitely an authority on the F-8 and all the kits out there. Hopefully he will see this.

This kit has GOT to be easier to build than the Hasegawa F-8 i'm struggling with.

BTW- what are the two things in between the main gear wells? I have never seen those before.

Thanks for posting. So nice to see an F-8 without red and white checks on the tail.

Cheers,

david

[Honza K.]

Many thanks David! I saw your build and you have nice strart on it. keep going in this style.

And about the two things behind main wheelbay.... sorry, but I don´t know....

here is some little progress, wash

Edited February 27, 2010 by Honza K.