ScottsGT

Well, I’m getting in deep building this and thought I’d post a few pics of what I’ve done. First off, Carl offered up a Fisher folded wing and I gratuitously jumped on that offer since the kits fixed wing’s airfoil is molded in upside down. Besides, always wanted to add a folded wing project to the display case. To start off, the very sparse cockpit wasn’t even wide enough to fit inside. I also cut the opening back about 3/16” and moved the headrest back as well. The wing arrived and I started carving away. Remember how the airfoil is upside down? That means the wing saddle is too flat for the Fisher wing to fit even after getting parts out of the way. This is after trimming everything. I filed the top of the wing some where it fits in the fuselage, but stopped when I realized I would be into the wheel wells if not careful. I built up the back of the “saddle” to fill the gap. In retrospect, I should have kept sanding into the fuselage just a little deeper. I was afraid if I went too far I would have ruined the only good kit parts that came in the box. Had a gap at the front I had to fill with Evergreen stock. Landing gear. Ugh….. Paul designed this wing correctly and even the Hobby Crap, err…Craft gear needed heavy modding. Way too short. I cut the receiver holes out of the kit wheel wells and glued them to the struts.

Beautiful Kevin! Glad to see another brought back to life from the SOD.

Anyone know what this small underwing thing is? This question is from a non-model related forum and lots of speculations. looks like a camera of some sort. “ From one article, A-1H of VA-25 is launched from USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) circa 1966.

Eli should start a “Decal of the Month” club like RCA records did back in the ‘70’s where you got a new 8 Track or Cassette tape each month. I’d send in my penny to get the ball rolling!

We need more like you!

I really need to go visit Scotland. Wife wants to travel and Scotland has Scotch.

Just ordered one. Thanks! I remembered you mentioned that to me the other day, but I was searching for the Special Hobby Tempest, not Revell Tempest. Edit to add….Turning out making the kit landing gear work on the Fisher wing is another ball of wax. LG are too short for the Fisher wing since his was designed to work with his gear or the G Factor for his kit which are beyond impossible to find. But I think I came up with a solution. I might have to just start a build thread since these tricks might help someone else some day.

Mine only has one as well.

Wow! What a teaser. But it’s a sign fall is around the corner.

Pretty much, yea. Prop/spinner is wayyy off, no cockpit to speak of, canopy misshapen. Im working on blending the bottom of the wing to the front and rear of the fuselage right now. I could only get the wing seated so high into the fuselage, and it’s still a bit low at the cowl and the trailing edge. Oh well, not putting it in any contests. FWIW, I cannot believe what people are asking for these kits on eBay. Collector value or not, it’s no where near a $200 kit.

Just an update…. This was yesterday afternoon after a storm came through. I was on the mower at 8 am and finished edging and blowing by 10. It was too miserable to run the weedeater by then. Came in showered up, did some work at the bench and fell asleep in my chair after I closed my eyes “for just a few minutes “ Finished weedeating this am. Sitting here cooling down before the shower and the rest of the day is bench time!

Forgot to post this over the weekend. But thanks to Carl I got a genuine Paul Fisher folded wing for my Hobby Crap Sea Fury! Took some careful and slow carving and shaping of the fuselage since Hobby Crap designed it with the airfoil upside down. The kit doesn’t even come with clear wing tip lights or landing light. So I’ve got to shape some out of clear acrylic.

I was reading off my bench notepad. I forgot to double check it against my order. I think subconsciously I just want to place another order a week later. Remember that post about life being boring without a package coming in the mail?

Mike had a few questions about parts placement over a phone call. At the top of the fuselage there is a tiny hole where the cowl attaches and nothing goes in it. But it’s very confusing because it appears as if it would be an attachment point for something.

So how did one $2.99 bottle turn into a $62 order before shipping? 🤪

Doing my typical evening modeling site surfing, I ran across a post on Hyperscale I just had to pass on where someone was looking for certain masks. Clicked on the link and found out he offers the 1/32 F-35 splinter masks and it looks like decals printed off an Alps printer as well. I’ve sent an email asking a couple questions, but I’m in! If you’re looking for unusual painting masks, check it out. Advance Modeling Products From one of the posts on Hyperscale; “Highly recommend AdvModPrds, as Jim Sorenson knows his paint schemes! He's the former F-16 Paint Shop Supervisor at Hill AFB, UT and is now retired.” His product line is mostly jets, but there’s a few prop jobs in there too.

I can’t wait to see what else they bring to market as well.

More temptations for me. Stop it!

Figure out that cowl, engine and fiddly bits details yet?

Still waiting on Quinta to do sets for these. I sent them an email and they said they were planning on it.

Looks good to my eye. Not over done, baked just right. Not every tank the US ever had was a well weathered battle scarred heap in need of a good pressure washer. But agreed, throw some kind of markings on there. A star, something.

I think John should order one for each of his carrier based Corsairs. 😇 I’ll keep these in mind for future builds.

John, once again you knocked it out of the park. Rigging looks great too. What do you use?

Well, that was easy. Hope it doesn’t sit another 8 years before I finish it up.