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Northrop Scorpion FAW.2 - F I N I S H E D !!

Started by Ian the Kiwi Herder, January 30, 2010, 12:35:22 AM

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nev

#15
January 31, 2010, 12:39:05 AM
So, who wants Andy Murray to win, for British pride?  And who thinks he's a whinging scottish git?

Ooops!  Sorry Ian ;)
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PR19_Kit

#16
January 31, 2010, 07:16:22 AM
You may have been overtaken by events Nev........  -_-

Perhaps he was stung by a SCORPION which spoilt his performance?

[How's that for getting back on thread then?  -_- :lol:]
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

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Dork the kit slayer

#17
January 31, 2010, 07:42:12 AM
Quote from: The Rat on January 30, 2010, 11:36:54 AM
Quote from: Ian the Hunter-Gatherer on January 30, 2010, 12:35:22 AMIt's been around since the early nineties - almost twenty years - ...

Does that make anyone else feel positively ancient?  :blink:

Not me old chum...I had the original Revell S box Scorpion .......................about 1958. Now that is positivley  er what was I saying....................have I had my tea.???
Im pink therefore Im Spam...and not allowed out without an adult    

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Ian the Kiwi Herder

#18
February 01, 2010, 12:00:22 PM
Work goes on apace. Got the fuselage halves together this morning, and brought both this puppy and my Rafale into work with me this evening to work some more on the both. My Homeez on the Watch are cool with it, they just treat me like some weird old uncle that sits in the corner for a couple of hours and sticks his pudgy old fingers together.

Depending upon how much I get done this evening, I'll post some progress pics tomorrow..... or not  :wacko:

Ian
"When the Carpet Monster tells you it's full....
....it's time to tidy the workbench"

Confuscious (maybe)

Ian the Kiwi Herder

#19
February 03, 2010, 01:38:25 AM
See, I told you I'd be adding piccies !!









Cockpit is all decals, not too bad, eh ?




Yikes !! - looks like I'm going to have to put some serious time in with the filler on this one.

Here's a size comparison with the Rafale. B I G innit ?



Thanks for looking

Ian
"When the Carpet Monster tells you it's full....
....it's time to tidy the workbench"

Confuscious (maybe)

Weaver

#20
February 03, 2010, 05:44:40 AM Last Edit: February 04, 2010, 01:43:34 AM by Brian da Basher
Nice one Ian!  :thumbsup:

Don't know why exactly, but I love that "marbled" silver plastic some old kits are made from.... :wub:

"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

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 - Indiana Jones

Howard of Effingham

#21
February 04, 2010, 01:15:42 AM
filler! arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!

hmm, good so far ian.

oh! given the F-89 could carry various early AAMs, will this recieve a pair of firestreaks under the wings?
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Brian da Basher

#22
February 04, 2010, 01:43:54 AM
Quote from: Weaver on February 03, 2010, 05:44:40 AM
Nice one Ian!  :thumbsup:

Don't know why exactly, but I love that "marbled" silver plastic some old kits are made from.... :wub:



It'd be neat to see someone keep the "natural" plastic (as a stand in for NMF) and just weather it a little as the final finish.

Looking good, Ian! Those cockpit decals work very well!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Brian da Basher

B777LR

#23
February 04, 2010, 02:14:27 AM
Quote from: Brian da Basher on February 04, 2010, 01:43:54 AM
Quote from: Weaver on February 03, 2010, 05:44:40 AM
Nice one Ian!  :thumbsup:

Don't know why exactly, but I love that "marbled" silver plastic some old kits are made from.... :wub:



It'd be neat to see someone keep the "natural" plastic (as a stand in for NMF) and just weather it a little as the final finish.

Looking good, Ian! Those cockpit decals work very well!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Brian da Basher

With more and more plastic planes taking to the skies, perhaps one day we might not have to paint the models ;D

Mossie

#24
February 04, 2010, 07:09:56 AM
Bring back Matchbox multicoloulred sprues! :thumbsup:

Looking good so far Ian, never realised the F-89 was such a big bird.
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The Rat

#25
February 04, 2010, 07:37:09 AM
It's got that quintessential 1950s look to it, and anyone who says that aspect isn't way cool is off my Christmas list!  :wacko:
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Weaver

#26
February 04, 2010, 09:00:56 AM
Quote from: The Rat on February 04, 2010, 07:37:09 AM
It's got that quintessential 1950s look to it, and anyone who says that aspect isn't way cool is off my Christmas list!  :wacko:

No dissent from me - I love the "Heavy Metal Aeroplane" era: all bare metal and hot oil...... :wub:
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Ian the Kiwi Herder

#27
February 04, 2010, 12:34:14 PM
Yeah B*tt Ugly doesn't really cover it, does it !! - Wings going on as this is being typed.

Ian
"When the Carpet Monster tells you it's full....
....it's time to tidy the workbench"

Confuscious (maybe)

kitnut617

#28
February 04, 2010, 12:54:59 PM
I find the F-89 oddly attractive for some reason, I built this one a few years ago



It's a Hobbycraft kit of the F-89A/B and after I finished this one I bought one of all the other versions Hobbycraft make.  I think the Revell kit you are building Ian, is a re-box of the Hobbycraft kit ('course I could be wrong)
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bobbo

#29
February 04, 2010, 01:51:11 PM
Quote from: kitnut617 on February 04, 2010, 12:54:59 PM
I find the F-89 oddly attractive for some reason, I built this one a few years ago

I have to agree. . . sort of so ugly it's cute.

bobbo



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