Trumpeter 1/32 scale F-8C Crusader

[Anthony Leger]

Very nice I look forward to seeing it as well

[Ronv]

Thanks Lee! The scratches on the sills were nicely done, not too much nor too little. Too bad about the lack of detail for the instrument panel.
RonV

[Lee_K]

Hi Ron,

Thanks for the kind words.  The paint scratches on the cockpit sills and on high-wear areas inside the cockpit were indeed done with a silver Berol pencil.  Color photos of the Crusader show a very dull cockpit with almost no color anywhere, so all I did was drybrush the switches with a light gray.  Unusual for Trumpeter, they didn't provide either a decal or an acetate for the instrument panel dials -- just featureless raised circles.  If I had 1/32 scale decal dial faces (Mike Grant makes some, I think), I would have punched them out and attached them, but I unfortunately I didn't.  The instrument panel is kind of buried under the shroud and you have to really stick you face in close to see it, so I didn't bother.

Lee K

[Ronv]

Hey Lee, Very nicely done aircraft!! 
Just a question.........How did you do the scratches on the cockpit edges? With a prisma pencil?
Also I noticed that you did not add much color to the cockpit switches and dials. Was this by choice or did the corsair not have colored cockpit?

Thanks
RonV

[Ronnie Murray]

Wow, US Navy meets NASCAR.    That is the flashiest paint scheme I've seen on any carrier plane.  Good job Lee, that mutha looks fast just sitting there.  I look forward to seeing it in person.

[Bill L.]

Nice!  Another beautiful bird.  Looking forward to seeing it!

Bill L.

[Lee_K]

Thanks all.  The kit provides all the wing fold detail.  In fact, it's pretty hard to build it in any other configuration other than with the wings folded.  I debated the configuration of wing incidence, flaps and slats, and outer panels, based on what period photos show.  In the end, it was a compromise -- the wing is rarely up, other than for catapult and landing, but the feature is so cool I had to show it off.

Lee K

[Bill L2]

Wow! That is awesome Lee. Are the wing folds aftermarket? You did a fantastic job with the decals. Those had to be a pain to put on. I cannot wait to see. 9 months. Thats about right for a 32 scale jet this good!

[Joe M]

Can't wait to see it in person!

[Ryan K]

Very nice....

[ClydeM]

very pretty Lee.

[Lee_K]

This is the Trumpeter F-8E kit backdated to an F-8C configuration using the Fisher Model & Pattern conversion set, which provides a new seamless intake, nose, ejection seat, control stick, wing spine, wheels, metal landing gear, and clear resin windscreen.  Decals come from Zotz and are for an F-8C in the late 1950s deployed with VF-84.  The project lasted nine months, interrupted briefly to build Hawk Hunter's P-51B.  I will be bringing this to the September meeting.













Lee K