1/48 Vought F-8J Crusader VF-211

Gallery Article by Martin Doman,SVK on Dec 12 2011

 

1/48 Vought F-8J Crusader VF-211,Hasegawa+extras

Hello.  This is my Hasegawa's F-8J Crusader VF-211 "Fighting Checkmates", pilot CAG Paul Stephenson, USS Hancock 1974.  The kit have Aires/Eduard cockpit, Aires wheel bays, Eduard landing gears details, Aires exhaust nozzle, Wolf Pack air scoops, lower section of fuselage between main landing gear doors and missile rails.  Deck section is from Hasegawa's F-8E with "bonus item" stickered box from e-bay.

 

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Colors are: upper surfaces GSI 315 aqua, lower surfaces Revell Semi Matt White 301, landing gears, doors too.  Decals are combination of Aeromaster Colorful Crusaders pt. IV and from Hasegawa's box.  For painting of the windshield and canopy I used Eduard Express Masks.  Some parts, mainly in wing bay are handmade.  First and second fixing layer of cote is Tamiya Gloss, third finish layer is Humbrol Satin Cote.  Wash is Mig Production Neutral Wash.  

Building of this kit has running fine, except work with canopy in open position, it's thin for the back of fuselage, very bad work, and completed wing with slats, flaps fixed into wing bay in open position.  Effort with kit has been.  In my opinion, many of the older 1/48 Hasegawa kits are better.  And in my opinion too, the kit ratio price/details/technology of parts/construction of kit/decals is for me 80%.  Crusader is my no.1 US plane, I'm very glad about them, that I finished them to this form.

Thank You.

Martin Doman,SVK

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