Revell 1/48 Maverick's Tomcat pretty rough
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That is kinda where I am at overall, maybe a little lean towards the "I'm too old to fight a crappy kit" but I get it.
I'm nearing retirement and am financially healthy, so dropping $100 to $200 USD for a quality kit is actually a paying pennies for my time and effort while avoiding stress. The latter is one reason I enjoy building and painting...stress relief.
That said, when building a kit with 800+ parts, or one of those Zoukei kits with intense complexity, there's something beneficial of the cheapo ki that you can assemble (not counting paint and finishing) in a weekend. It helps keep the mojo going.
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Kinda went with my own interpretation of what wear the variable geometry wing might have on the airframe.....open to suggestions, I have at least 4 other Tomcats on the shelf to perfect the effects.
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Good night from fightertown
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Not totally accurate but if Revell is going to give me injector pins in critical detail areas I'm going to use them....front landing gear wheel bay walls
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Not a lot of building time tonight....we are outta here
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My 6th build since returning, started out great, but one of those builds that towards the end it hasn't turned out quite as well as I wanted. I LEARNED a ton building a awful kit by Revell, my guess is they just wanted to get something out post movie. Hopefully finish in the next couple of days
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I might not know much about aircraft, and even less about model aircraft, but I'm seeing some pretty solid chops in the modeling department!
