First decision of the build - do I include drop tanks or not? I'm kinda tempted cos they look so big and chunky....
Because of all that lovely weapon bay detail, and because I may not build another of this model ever again I'm going to open them all up and give it a full weapons load
The 4 x AAM-4s are from the Hasegawa weapons sets, the AAM-5s on the other hand...
I'm planning on modifying the IRIS-Ts from the Revell 1/48 Typhoon. The plans below are slightly overscale....maybe 1/45.
I'm not looking for absolute accuracy here, just good enough that you can't tell from a cursory glance. Its a 3 stage process as far as I can tell
1) Replace rear fins with correct shape and move them back
2) Reduce span of main fins
3) Remove nobbly bits on nose
4) Move main fins forward slightly. I may not do this due to the way the missile body fairs into the gap between the fins. That and I'm inherently lazy :whistle:
Surgery has also been performed on the cockpit coaming to allow the Wolfpack part to be inserted
L-R: Kit part, resin part, WP instructions
I decided to go the old "chain drill" route using the point of my knife
Connect the dots, et voila!
A bit of scraping and fettling later and the replacement part slots in.
Simples!
As usual, all questions, comments, advice etc gratefully received.
