F-8 Crusader 1/48 With Variable Geometry Wings

[G.Marcat]

today applied a layer of tamiya white primer

the result of two layer of putty to blend the lines



and the primer applied

[Mossie]

Great!

At the risk of making more work for you, how about a full update with side intakes and large nosecone?

[Jesse220]

How come Vought never thought about it?

[PR19_Kit]

That's looking better and better. 

[Captain Canada]

Nice. Love the Crusader and this looks awesome.

Not a bog fan of the intakes and larger nosecone idea...that would take too much away from the VG aspect of it and pretty much make a whole new aeroplane.

[DogfighterZen]

Beautifull thing... It's coming along really nice!
Can't wait to see it finished! 

[G.Marcat]

Also this Sunday I have done something on  the Variable Geometry Crusader.

The past week I have cut out the hump from the Monogram's Crusader Wing assembly.



The wing assembly is now put aside for to be used in another Crusader Whatif! 

Glued the Crusader Hump on top of the new Variable Wing assembly.

Today done a series of refinement on the shape of the VG new assembly and then applied a big blob of MRSurfacer 500.

This enourmous amount of Surfacer should to cover all the surface's  imperfections.





Already today glued the engraved ESCI's TORNADO TAILPLANES.

I was ready to glue on the Crusader's original tailplanes but they look a little undersized, out of place, when compared to the upper view of the new Crusader's appearance, so I choose the TORNADO's tailplanes.

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At the risk of making more work for you, how about a full update with side intakes and large nosecone?

Today casually I found in the my pc this image:



Probably You mean a Crusader that look like this one.

I admit it's look very beatiful.

[Steel Penguin]

that is looking good 

[Mossie]

It's coming along very nicely, looks fantastic so far.

Today casually I found in the my pc this image:



Probably You mean a Crusader that look like this one.

I admit it's look very beatiful.

Something along those lines, definitely.

[jsport]

super over awesome idea can't wait to see.

[McColm]

That second window could do wqith a seat added.
Great work on the model.

[Jesse220]

That's nice

[Sauragnmon]

A Swing-wing Crusader... very interesting to behold, looking forward to seeing more of this.

As an aside, I'm not sure I like the side intakes on that one design.. they seem... odd with that layout, perhaps with full-width intakes it might not look so odd..