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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #30 on: May 01, 2011, 07:12:08 PM »
Start painting, first bottom and parts in white and then black nose...
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #31 on: May 01, 2011, 07:13:49 PM »
Nice progress!
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #32 on: May 01, 2011, 07:18:15 PM »
Thank you :)) Maybe I will add few details tonight ;)
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #33 on: May 01, 2011, 08:10:16 PM »
Looking nice. They did a pretty good job on the upper fuselage bay under the wing. I've built the old 1/48 Monogram kit a couple of times but never got around to scratchbuilding the structure under there.
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #34 on: May 01, 2011, 08:13:25 PM »
I understand you completely as well there is everything under the wing  :-eek  :-dal
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #35 on: May 01, 2011, 08:15:23 PM »
My buddy who worked on the F-8 said the hydraulic actuator that raises and lowers the wing was one of the worst things on the airplane as far as maintenance. ALWAYS leaking hydraulic fluid! He said that when you disconnected the actuator to change it you had to support the wing or the tips would keep going down until you damaged something.
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #36 on: May 02, 2011, 10:25:57 AM »
Looks good!! :-clap :-clap
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #37 on: May 03, 2011, 03:06:47 PM »
Thank you for compliments and additional info ;) Here you are more progress, painting made some 20 minutes ago. Note that I paint first black area around the cockpit as well black will stay visible inside and this is frame base interior color...
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #38 on: May 03, 2011, 03:23:39 PM »
Nice :-flo
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #39 on: May 03, 2011, 08:08:51 PM »
Yes, I like it too!
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #40 on: May 04, 2011, 08:33:43 PM »
Thank you for kind words  :-razz Well- I change my minds and decide to do another machine and will use decals from Italeri kit. So I have to paint some things in different way. Sample machine I am going to work is F-8E, BuNo 150909, from VF-194, NM400, April 1966.
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #41 on: May 04, 2011, 09:07:59 PM »
I like this machine! :-love Is this gray and white combination,or...some NMF? :-think
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #42 on: May 05, 2011, 10:43:06 AM »
Nothing natural metal, just white and grey, only natural metal is the tail cone and plate under the horizontal. Here you are image of the slats mounted, my protection tape has gone so I have to go to buy new and paint flaps white and slats will be grey, not white. Spot on wing is my damage, cement spot.
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #43 on: May 05, 2011, 11:07:02 AM »
Ok :-ok
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Re: Academy F-8 Crusader
« Reply #44 on: May 06, 2011, 09:30:19 AM »
White area is completely painted. More or less I have to do all small parts fitting and to prepare it for decals.
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