Subject: Re: F-8 Crusader
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Sakis Georgiadis" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 11:20:30 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sakis Georgiadis 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 5:38 AM
  Subject: F-8 Crusader

  1:72 Academy, F-8F Crusader 

  by Sakis Georgiadis
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  Hi fellow modelers for one more time! This time i want to share with you Academy's 1:72 scale, F-8F Crusader. One of the designs that i like  lot. It is a very good kit, with a lot of detail and very good fit. There is also the possibility to have the wings in the upper position, but i choose to have them closed as i didn't want to spoil the aerodynamic shape of the aircraft. The only improvement that i did was the use of a resin ejection seat from Aires. I drybrushed the control column which has raised detail and used the decals for the side consoles which have raised detail too. I also used the canopy masks from Eduard (which i find them very handy). The yellow lines are from the decals.

       

  In the photo with the ejection seats, the seat on the left is the seat of the kit, and on the right the resin seat from Aires. For the colors, i used Mr Hobby acryl H315 for the upper surface and H316 for the rest. Also for the wash on the panels i used Mig products' dark wash. For the smoke in front of the guns i used the powder from a pencil with a brush with a little help from Tamiya's acryl thinner. The exhaust is Alclad's Stainless Steel (i don't know if its right but it was what i had available at the time for a metallic finish)

  As the specific colors from Mr Hobby are glossy i applied the decals, which gave me some problems while i was applying them. Later on i found out that Academy had another issue of the aircraft from the Vietnam Era with decals from Cartograf! I will get in the future and built it again! Finally for a mat look i sprayed Mr Hobby's flat clear with a small drop of flat base. I built it while i was building the A-7E Corsair (another aircraft that i am a fan of), so i put some fotos of them together. I want to thank Steve Bamford for his work, and the chance that is giving us to show and communicate about our favorite hobby! Hope you enjoy it as i did.

  Cheers

  Sakis Georgiadis