FAR T-33A 1961-1/48 Academy

[spruecutter]

Here is the replacement 1/48 T-33A for the now defunct Testors kit. Same subject, Cuban Revolutionary Air Force T-33A during the Bay of Pigs in 1961.

 

[Jim62]

I misread the title I thought it said FART 33 A

 

[Pantherman]

I misread the title I thought it said FART 33 A

Is that decibels or wind speed !!
Pantherman

 

[spruecutter]

Moving right along, cockpit done and in right side fuselage. Now to order resin seats.

 

[Down Time]

Nice restart

 

[spruecutter]

Thanks, I have the fuselage together with 17 grams of weight in the nose. I can't figure why Academy left a gaping see through hole behind the 2nd pilots seat by the headrest. I saw a build elswhere and the modeler blanked it out with card stock. Also I don't think the back seater's seat is going to fit with the ejection rails on the seat. They made the rear seat area much smaller than the front. This should be interesting. See 2nd picture below for an explanation.

 

[Down Time]

Sailing ship I did had a big gap, cut and shaped in a piece of balsa wood. Chose balsa for the wood texture.

 

[spruecutter]

Here is a picture showing the seats in without the ejection rails or headrests in. The front seat area has room the rear is very questionable.

 

[spruecutter]

Downtime thanks but it's a plane not a sailing ship, I will use plastic card stock.

 

[Pantherman]

Here is a picture showing the seats in without the ejection rails or headrests in. The front seat area has room the rear is very questionable.
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Could you reduce the back panel just enough for the ejection rails and extend the plastic card infill?
Pantherman

 

[Down Time]

Downtime thanks but it's a plane not a sailing ship, I will use plastic card stock.

Card stock is the obvious choice, just stopped short of putting that in the post, didn't want to get to wordy.

 

[spruecutter]

Could you reduce the back panel just enough for the ejection rails and extend the plastic card infill?
Pantherman

Why? And no. I am not ripping apart the fuselage to re engineer the rear seat.

 

[spruecutter]

Card stock is the obvious choice, just stopped short of putting that in the post, didn't want to get to wordy.

What's "wordy"? Is that like "shirty"?

 

[Down Time]

What's "wordy"? Is that like "shirty"?

Sure, I held back explanation and opinion on a possible and obvious choice for a material to be used as a filler or to build a separation of a gap inherent to the fault of this model due to poor engineering by the manufacturer.

 

[Jim62]

Is that decibels or wind speed !!
Pantherman

A little bit of both

 

[smokeriderdon]

Some of the Academy kits are complete shite as well. The 1/48 F-16 comes to mind. That sucker flew right into the trash not even half way through. Hopefully that gap is the only issue with this one

*edit*

I just looked this kit up. It is actually the old HobbyCraft kit from 1991. So a reboxing on Academy's part.