CAC/DOUGLAS/ VOUGHT F-5 DU Bushmaster

[sotoolslinger]

I've been running 12+ hour days finishing my new store so  not much  progress lately. I did find the 30 mm cannon pods boring so I hit King's Hobbys a LHS the famous Eddie M clued me into. I stocked up on Evergreen and reworked the guns in the style of JHM's Superbolt(I unabashedly steal design ideas)

Neat huh.  The bulges are the 60 round helical magazines. I will also centrally mount the drop tank to fill the indentation that originally held the dive bomb. The Bushmaster will have a range of up to 1000 miles.
The rest is blending the different parts iow PSR



Before and after (christmas tree)

[Brian da Basher]

Those cannon pods are excellent! Look like they'd blow any adversary to kingdom-come!

Brian da Basher

[John Howling Mouse]

Wow, everything really IS bigger in Texas!  I doubt even a T-55 could've stood up to those cannons!

[Sisko]

I like it!

[Ed S]

Clever idea.  You've done a good job getting those parts fitted together so they look like they were designed that way.  Looking forward to seeing it with some paint and markings.

Ed

[sotoolslinger]

Last day in Austin  I get to go home tomorrow and it looks like I am going to get to go to the IPMS meet next week so I will actually get to meet some fellow whiffers .

Here is some quick work I have done  recently.


First primer coat


Starboard


Bottom


Not too sucko , stuck together with blutac

[John Howling Mouse]

TOONKA!  TOONKA-TOONKA-TOONKA-TOONKA!

(That is Flemish for "Blam! Blam! Blam!"

[sotoolslinger]

I'm  wanting this one to be in period desert camo. I'm thinking either China or Africa for the AO keeping in mind this will be in Aussie markings anyone have any good paint scheme photos?

[Brian da Basher]

I'm always delighted by your updates, Toolslinger! It's fun to watch your projects come together and this beauty is definitely one of my favorites!

I don't have a photo of a good desert scheme, but here's something from the Don Color site that might help:



Brian da Basher

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Been watching this with some considerable enjoyment. Gotta say I really like where this is going. Keep it coming STS.

Ian

[Sisko]

I'm sorry but if it is going to be an Aussie bird. It should be foliage green with a white tail and it should be operating out of dirt strips around Milne bay in PNG.

[GTX]

I hate to say it (well not really), but just as with your Avenger / Skyrocket, that all black looks too cool!!! I'd stick with it.

Regards,

Greg

[sotoolslinger]

Let's just put the effin kibosh on this concept right now IN NO WAY WILL THIS BE BLACK
Now that we have that out of the way , I have not forgotten this just haven't had time to post.
The PSR is ,suprisingly , almost done.

This will probably get paint(DESERT CAMO) tomorrrow


That one spot on the front  and one place where the old tailplane was are all thats giving me trouble
Head on

From above

For merging such disparate elements this one has been good to me

[HOG]

Hi Sts,
Okay okay, if we can`t have black, howsabout very very off white?

[John Howling Mouse]

Yeah, black is so "yesterday."
How 'bout GUN METAL?