The fuselage went together without too much trouble. I re-scribed most of the fuselage as lots of the detail is pretty soft. Not surprising considering the kit’s age.
After cleaning up the seams I fitted the Wolfpack nose. Fit of this was pretty good. The nose does need some re-scribing and a couple of coats of primer. I’ve also added some of the Eduard PE.
Next job was to cut out the area for the upper red light, and replace it with some red resin which was then sanded and polished to shape. The upper pitot probe was replaced with brass tube.
I added some wire and stuff to busy up the area behind the rear IP.
A bit of black and then some dry brushing and it’ll do.
True Details Pylons
Typical TD quality (i.e. average) I had to re-scribe all of them but they do look slightly better than the anaemic kits ones.
Tmurph says
The commemorative schemes on the Japanese Phantoms have always stood out because of the stunning colours and choices.This is a brilliant example and your ability to bring out the best of the kit and decals is tribute to your skills Calum. In a word superb.
Calum Gibson says
Thanks Tmurph. It’s hard to miss n the cabinet