Straight
out the box! (As you'd expect from me :-) But boy! I loved building this
kit. It's really tidy, with far
more detail than you'd expect from a 72 kit. Not that I'm saying I did
anything special with it; but I simply can't take my eyes off it - it's
sat on my mantlepiece right now and has already made me late for work once
;-) It's a heck of a graceful bird. I have a bit of a thing for carrier
based jets and the Crusader has to be one of my favourites.
The
build was fairly easy, though I tried to integrate some techniques that
had been practiced on earlier builds (all of which on ARC). This kept me on
my toes. However, purists will note that the plane lacks the bare metal
finish that should surround the area where the elevators meet the
fuselage, but I swear - the reference pics I was working from did
not show this. On completion of the build I discovered another pic that
showed them... *cue dismal silence from me*
...one
day I'll get it right ;-) Anyway, I aint gonna beat myself up, I feel like
this build was a proving ground for me and most of it turned out pretty
handsome.
Tim
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