Revell 1/48 Maverick's Tomcat pretty rough

Recurve said:
I just finished a Tamiya 1/48 tomcat, after doing that and a meng f18,...the revells and monograms just don't do anything for me
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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.
 
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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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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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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