ghodges Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) Started this somewhat simpler project the other day.... The kit only comes with a display stand, and no gear of any kind. I decided to put it on skis as seen in the cartoon, so I scratchbuilt the skis and cut out and built up rudimentary gear wells. I've also built some gear doors (not pictured). This kit only has about 13 parts, so it builds up fast. More pics after it's been painted. Cheers! GIL Edited April 9, 2015 by ghodges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregWise Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Always been a Jonny Quest of the original series. Nice little kit and so simple, I did the IPMS review on it. Awesome work on the gear down can't wait to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmorrissette Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Still nice.. Where's Bandit?????? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philp Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 I just finished this one. Went strictly oob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted March 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Nice, Phil! Hoping mine looks half as good. GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted April 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Got 'er done! Tried using some oyster white nail polish to paint it, which went on fine, but lost all of the "luster" in such a thin coating. Replaced the nose probe with tubing and a needle and added some screening to the intake. The exhaust flame holder was painted Tamiya clear red to add a little color.Built a base for it, as it seemed to need the sand to justify adding the skis. Just used a sheet of fine sandpaper, held in place with a spray adhesive and then added a few dots of white glue and static grass to give it some life. I'm guessing that the model is about 1/200 scale, as the cockpit windows (painted black) seem a bit smaller than the cockpit windows of my 1/144 airliners, but without published dimensions for the "real" craft; who knows?Anyway, this was a fun build and it feels good to knock one out in less than a month, even if just for the sake of nostalgia! Questions, comments, and critiques welcome, as always. Cheers! GIL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philp Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 Looks good on the skis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClareWentzel Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 A good looking model. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGronovius Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 My favorite cartoon growing up. Now you need to add little Zulu warriors throwing spears at the plane as it takes off from the desert; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UibxjQevEas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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