US Navy | Vought F-8J Crusader | Hasegawa No. 09868 1/48

Started 01-12-2023 | Finished ...

Cleaned up the bench...new project, stay tuned!

Small progress with my Crusader, removed all injector pin markings and sprayed the intake smooth with Mr Color white. Since I'm probably going to make a J-version, I can now easily place the longer ECM 'blister' on the vertical tail after sanding off the smaller one.

Started to sand the seams of the intake and filled it with Vallejo Plastic Putty. I will also rivet the wings with a 0.75mm and 1.00mm wheel, as I find this look best for 1/48 scale.

The rectangular bleed air exhaust heat shield on the right fuselage side is not correctly rendered. Hasegawa have moulded it as raised 'plank' when in fact it is much more subtle and blends into the fuselage rather than butts out from it. Some sanding and scraping can help tone down this panel to more realistic finish.

All wings were riveted, I've fitted the Aires cockpit into the fuselage plus the resin exhaust. The Eduard Brassin exhaust is then covered in Gloss Black base from Alclad as a good smooth surface for the Metal colors.

The Aires cockpit has been successfully installed. The two fuselage parts are glued together, despite Hasegawa's always reasonably good fit, I now had some problems with it. The wing parts have also been installed, the only thing I want to do is to upgrade the inside of the wing section in the fuselage with extra wiring and tubes using lead wires from ASK.

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