1/72 F-8E Crusader as First 2016 Build

BsYamato · Post by **BsYamato** » Wed Jan 13, 2016 10:34 am

Excellent Monty

I see it on Flickr

Gary Brantley · Post by **Gary Brantley** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:01 pm

I agree with the others! Beautiful work Monty. I loves me a Crusader, the "last of the Gunfighters"!

Gary

CallSignOWL · Post by **CallSignOWL** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:54 pm

outstanding paint work!

what kit was this?

dmminiatures · Post by **dmminiatures** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:02 am

Hi OWL, this is the Academy kit…

RexCag · Post by **RexCag** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 9:47 am

Great looking Crusader, Monty.

I wouldn't worry too much about those 'Winders. Even though it appears that Academy somehow molded them as AIM-9E (a modified B), you've painted them up as Ds. And they look the part, so you should consider that you "did it right".

All of the people that say they "can't see that 1mm" on a model wouldn't be able to tell the exact diameter of a 'Winders nose tip, anyway. You could have painted them as the "fat nosed" Bs and most people wouldn't notice.
Heck, you could build the Academy F-8J OOB, without any mods, and people won't know that Academy gave us F-8E landing gear without any of the F-8J changes.

If you do build a Jarhead version, be sure to post a pic and let us see that, too.

SPA Modeler

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