Kit's at some point need to be build,..



When I bought this MBC kit, I think I remember it was the only one of it's kind or most likely the only version with Dutch Air Force Decals I could buy from my allowance money but the time past by it ended up in storage and when I came back to modeling some years back I had this still in my stash, most likely sentimental reason as I sold off a bunch of models anyway I actually starter this build the with the intend to enter it in the "Edgar Brooks Memorial Spitfire Campaign" however I changed my mind after I tested one of the 25 year or so old decal that where included in the box and they seem to be OK to use so with this I could build one of the Dutch civil spitfires that one flew from the Dutch island Texel as target tugs


The kit from the 90's needs filling but the really downside is the canopy that is to thick and deformed, aftermarket is available but I think the kit with raised panel lines is not really worth it in this case so i used the one with the kit and with some floor polish,...it's looks sort off ok





A bit of pre-shading applied and the guns cut off as these where removed from the civil Spitfires



Easy color scheme almost so typically Dutch,... Orange



Decals on hopefully the large registration decals will not stick out as it's 2 layers




The final result, showing PH-NFO





The real PH-NFO ex Dutch Air Force H-28 & 3W-14 and RAF MK475 crashed on take off from Texel airport 04-06-57 the pilot "Ben de Geus" miraculously survived

Hello,

I've extended the rear and re-attached part of the tail gate.



Made seats out of Apoxie Sculpt. It turned out quite thick and lumpy so I've sanded it down after these pics were taken.





Now working on the frame for the canopy.

Cheers,

Tat

Hello,

I've put up the frame, and made a cardboard mock-up of the canopy that I'll use as template:







At a certain angle the step board seem out of sync. Will take a look again and adjust as need be.



The passenger seats still need further sanding work.

Cheers,

Tat

Welcome Jan!
Nice to see some scratch building in this campaign Tat!

Thanks for your comments

Now I´m going for the box,

Hello,

As I'm not that adept on working with wires, I was quite happy that the styrene rod cooperated into the the bend I wanted:



This solves my major challenge with this build.

Cheers,

Tat

Here I´m going to add some details to the seat,

I'm going to build this for the campaign, Aoshima 1/32 Hino Oil Tanker.

Welcome to the campaign Lap Man.
Nice to see all the builds coming along.
Must get my build dusted off

Here's an update to my NASA Crusader build. I now have the gloss white paint on and dried plus the bare metal exhaust and ant-glare panel on the nose. Next step - Decals (adding some color)!







Have fun modeling
Mike

Calling her done. I'll do the weathering on a later date.









Thanks for looking

Beautiful work, Raj. I like your sunset photo too.

Best wishes,

Ian

Raj

Great work!! I like the way your finished model looks. The wings give the model a nice real world look with the dropped flaps. Well done!
Have fun modeling
Mike

Great work Raj!

Ian, Mike & Richard

Thankyou for your kind words

Here is my entry for the campaign. It is Boeing's T 38 Talon chase plane.



Here are a two photos of the actual plane.

Here I continue with the details on the seat of the Ford,

I like the result Daniel, what wire gauges did you use? Tat

Daniel nice details,keep up the great work.
I will post update photos of my build this weekend.

Hello,

Started the paintwork today:




Cheers,

Tat

Tat-----Your conversion looks really good.

Daniel----Great work regarding the springs in the seat. Looks really good.

Best wishes,

Ian

Thanks Ian! I have the canopy partly built but will need to get the interior done before moving on to the external stuff. Cheers, Tat

Here's an update on my NASA F-8C build as I head into the homestretch. The model is now decaled, clear coated and is sitting on my bench looking like this:







I made a tactical mistake and held off adding the ejection seat and canopy until the end. I usually have my canopies open and this is an easy way to do it. I just tried putting on the canopy and it does not fit well. I am going to need same sanding and filling followed by touch up with the paint. Ah well, another learning experience!
Have fun modeling!
Mike

What a fantastic scheme Darrell!!! This would be a modeling subject that I would love to do. Are you making your own decals for this as the lettering seems straightforward? The masking and the painting might not be!

You might already know this but the Hasegawa 1/72 T-38A is actually their F-5B kit. There are several easy mods that need to be done to improve this kit to be more like a T-38A. I have the list of mods buried somewhere in my files but they should be easy to find with an internet search.

Good luck with your build, this is such a cool project!
Have fun modeling
Mike