My first Hasegawa
VF-1S 1/72 form the anime Macross or Robotech in the US. 1st think I was not
happy with the standard paint scheme (all white)... So I went a "TOP
GUN" F-16 3 grey pattern using Twobobs sheet #72-209 as a starting
point. I used Model Master Lt Grey FS36495 as the base color. MM Med Grey FS35237
and Tamiya XF-18 Med Blue for FS35109. MM Gun Metal was used on the exhaust
and muzzle of the gun pod. The load out is based on a combat training
configuration we flew at the 388FW HILL AFB, UT. The 370 fuel tanks,
pylons, AIM-9 launchers and TER-9A are from some sort of F-16 kit (spare
parts box). The SUU-20, rocket pods, ACMI and AIM-9(CAMT-9) are all from
Hasegawa aircraft weapons kits.
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The kit
decals are kind of thick. Hasegawa Macross Option #2 decal sheet #65760 are nice
and thin. I also used a microscale sheet #72-321 to mark it as a red tail 34th
FS "Rams" aircraft. By the way this was the last Squadron I was a USAF
loader/Load crew team chief(2W1/462) with before I became a full time Weapons
Expeditor (now retired). I did find it odd that there is no under wing
Macross kite/flag are called for or included, like are found on most modern aircraft.
Thankfully there are plenty of them on the option sheet and one piece not
the like the kit supplied two piece i.e. white circle base, red over
lay. I used some evergreen square stock and plastic card to pose the
canopy open. For some reason I closed off both upper intakes with more card
stock. I just don't remember, I started this kit 6 years ago in which I
stationed back in Korea for 2 of those years...