1/48 Mitsubishi F-2B "21Sq 40th Anniversary Detail Up Version"

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It's been awhile since I posted any updates. I've been working on a few parts ahead of time - cockpit and the landing struts.

The cockpits... front office. Seat harness are PE.

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Rear cockpit...

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Both offices...

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The next series of photos are the landing struts with PE wiring. God, they are a biatch to do. All three took days to do since my last post.

Main struts with 1 PE wiring harness. Showing only one since both left & right sides are identical.

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Nose strut... ThIs consists of gluing four different PE wiring.

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And finally the wingtip AAM-3 air-to-air missiles. I chose to go with the Inert missile scheme over the boring all Grey live missile.

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Oh damn... Tom caught some AMS... :giggles:
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LOL @ Carlos.

Doing those wiring on those struts can make you go blind with insanity. But I did it.
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:hmm:
BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:45 pm LOL @ Carlos.

Doing those wiring on those struts can make you go blind with insanity. But I did it.
It all starts with a little bit of wiring… then comes brass, foil, resin, and Evergreen styrene… :shocked:
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Nice! I'll use super glue, get the wires in place and then hit it with some insta-set.
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Yup. My go-to super glue is usually Gorilla Super Glue. Insta-Set I don’t have. Nor I have black CA. Hoping this weekend, I’ll hit my local HobbyTown and see if they have any in stock. I’m pretty sure they have the accelerator for super glue.
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Insta-set is your friend. Best addition to CA since CA
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WOW, never heard of an F-2 :hmm: So it looks like Mitsubishi got hold of some F-16 plans and copied them, but got the scaling wrong on the photocopier?

Great start Tom, and sorry to hear about your back.
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You’re adding some cool details there. It’ll be a sweet looking jet when done. Going to look forward to your paint job!
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Fuselage buttoned up, Wings and vertical tail rudder are on.

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