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Posted: **Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:37 pm**

Yea, stuff's gonna go here

UPDATE: The Stuff is done, as of 7-28!

cbaltrin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:22 pm
A few mods I made:
1) Master Model brass gun barrels
2) Added a few Quickboost antennas.
3) Scratch build the whip antenna.
4) Added quick boost Mk8 gunsight (modified slightly).
5) Replaced wingtip and tail light.
6) Kit ordnance was used, but I replaced the fuse mechanism on the Mk82's and converted two of the daisy-cutters into standard mk82's.
7) I decided the 'mystery bombs' were Napalm so I painted them aluminum...

Paint is Tamiya Acrylics and Lacquers.

Decals are Cutting Edge.

Now I need to get the one done with a big bumble bee on the tail! Thank you Monogram for this wonderful kit![/size]

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 12:52 pm**

Ok Monogram, let me get this straight... The first step is to attach the tail hook so it can get broken off during the remaining phases of the build?

WRONG!

That's better...

Let's save the Pitot tube while we are at it (and remove those fuselage spine antenna as well -- not shown)

One thing I love about this kit is that there is only one part you really need to install before you glue the fuselage halves together...

So I did that and got the fuselage joined.

A piece of stretched sprue is used to reinforce to upper fuselage seam..

Dry fitting the fuselage tub through the bottom opening. This will be installed much later...

Posted: **Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:43 pm**

I was gonna say that the tail hook was mostly internal after installation in step one. Now the pitot tube on the other hand...

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:03 am**

Cleaning up these gear doors was a monumental task. I didn't even bother with the ejector pin marks. These molds are in really bad shape. If I build another one of these, it's going to be an original boxing..

I finally got the wings together after dealing with the gear doors.

Also got the engine/cowling installed, which was also an adventure!

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:45 am**

Great work on that old kit! Sure ain't the Tamiya kit.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:51 am**

Nic.e work!

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 4:53 pm**

Wow! That's really coming together!

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 6:39 pm**

I'm surprised at how much enjoyment I am actually getting out of this kit. It's building up beautifully. And to think , when I looked in the box a year or so go when I bought it, I almost returned it. The latest release is a horrible looking beast in the box, but it's just a diamond in the rough. I was also very surprised earlier today when I took the clear parts off the tree and cleaned them up--The windscreen fit is perfect (very uncommon for a Monogram kit!)

Stuart wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 4:53 pm Wow! That's really coming together!

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:26 pm**

I got that kit as a white box release and built it probably in 1989 or so. Back then it was as troublefree as can be. I have the AD-6 USN Korean War issue in my stash to build. That one I’m gonna backdate a bit.

Posted: **Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:53 pm**

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:26 pm I have the AD-6 USN Korean War issue in my stash to build. That one I’m gonna backdate a bit.

I have that one too as well as the original release in the stash. Never built the Sea Blue version, but I certainly want to one day. Not going to modify to be an AD though, that's too much work even for me

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