Special Hobby F-80C saved from SOD

[JohnB]

1 hour ago, Peterpools said:

John

Egad, first a senior moment forgetting to put the nose weight in and then the broken windshield. Never a dull moment.

Just seems to go with the kits well-earned reputation.

Indeed Peter. This one is now on the SOD.

[JohnB]

This one is another refugee from the SOD that I decided to resume work on while my computer was down. Lots of progress.

[KevinM]

Looking good John.

[Peterpools]

John

Welcome back. Glad to see the FG-80 has left the SOD and is back underway. Some mighty nice progress on fixing all those horrendous seams and gaps.

[JohnB]

Coming along well now. I hope to have it finished in a day or two.

[JohnB]

Ready for some Alclad Duraluminum. 🙂

[JohnB]

Alclad applied!

[BlrwestSiR]

Nice job with the intakes John. Even nicer job on the Alclad finish. 

[JohnB]

47 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Nice job with the intakes John. Even nicer job on the Alclad finish. 

Thanks Carl. So far it's coming along okay after getting the intakes squared away. I expect to start decaling soon but first I want to see about some panel shading although after perusing some photos it appears the F-80's hardly showed any. Makes it easier for us model builders! 🙂

[CANicoll]

Wow, that is fast progress. Agree with Carl - nice job on those intakes and the Alclad.  Pretty shape to that aircraft, too.  You are making the most of it, as usual.  Glad to hear it was only a computer problem that kept you off line.  Whew.

[Peterpools]

John

Holy Smokes .... looking brilliant and the NMF: perfectly done.

[JohnB]

11 hours ago, CANicoll said:

Wow, that is fast progress. Agree with Carl - nice job on those intakes and the Alclad.  Pretty shape to that aircraft, too.  You are making the most of it, as usual.  Glad to hear it was only a computer problem that kept you off line.  Whew.

It's coming right along Chris. I'm glad I could rescue it from the SOD and finally finish it off. Hopefully in a day or two. With the new hard drive on my computer it's much faster than before. That's a good thing! 🙂

[JohnB]

2 hours ago, Peterpools said:

John

Holy Smokes .... looking brilliant and the NMF: perfectly done.

Thank you Peter. I expect to start decaling later today. 🙂

[JohnB]

Decaling under way. I'm going to leave it over night so I don't bugger up anything! Those decals are thin and easily marred.

In the mean time I'm working on a Revell 1/32 Bf-109G-10 Erla. I'll start a WIP thread shortly.

[Peterpools]

John

Decals are looking mighty good. Nice idea to let what you have done dry overnight to just be on the safe side.👍

 

[JohnB]

24 minutes ago, Peterpools said:

John

Decals are looking mighty good. Nice idea to let what you have done dry overnight to just be on the safe side.👍

 

They are very thin and fragile so I think giving it a break is a good idea. Nice decals though. 🙂

[JohnB]

Finished decaling. Now adding the landing gear, gear doors, tip tanks, napalm tanks etc.

[JohnB]

All done.

https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/20260-special-hobby-f-80c-rfi/

 

[Peterpools]

John, Awesome F-80 - beautifully done