A great kit to put
together. Oob - only arial and hydraulic wheel hoses added. I started out by
doing the "2 big and too heavy" version but buggered up the nose art
decal so I built the "Flying eight ball" instead. I then saw a
beautiful pic of "Flying eight ball II" so I added the II by hand. The
pic showed a well worn bird and I used oils, enamels and artists pigment powders
to add some "used" bits.
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I used MM Metalizers
- buffing and non-buffing and MM enamels. One thing about Academy kits, their
decals suck! Some of you may remember my posting of "Eileen" some
weeks ago, I had to hand paint the nose checker after trying everything to get
the B....terd decal to obey me - same again with the yellow and black striped
tail on this baby, no solvent or set would soften those vermin, so I was forced
to do another HANDJOB - Eagle Strike from now on. Loved the project though, will
soon be finished with my Hasagawa "MEXICAN P-47". Hopefully my
photography will also have improved by then.
Geoff
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