EF-111A Raven 1:72 (Revell)

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February 18, 2025
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February 18, 2025
Over the holidays my workspace was relatively limited. It's a work in progress.
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February 18, 2025
splish splash, always wash your sprues!
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February 18, 2025
Teachable moment: never let your sprues dry like this unless you want water stains. Always dry sprues upright!
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February 18, 2025
Raised panel lines? How about raised copyright marks on outward-facing parts? Revell has you covered.
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February 18, 2025
The cockpit seats have molded on seatbelts, but otherwise the cockpit tub is not very detailed.
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February 18, 2025
The instrument panel comes with a decal, which is surprisingly good.
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February 18, 2025
You'll never guess who forgot to remove the masking tape around the wheel well before assembly (it is me)
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February 18, 2025
The F-111 is a rather large specimen, even in 1:72
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February 18, 2025
Gaps. Quite brutal. I blame the tooling for this fit, I tried my best. Time to apply generous amounts of putty.
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February 18, 2025
NSFW: More fit issues.
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February 18, 2025
Black primer, I decided against grey primer and black preshading because of the raised panel lines.
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February 18, 2025
Pre-shading all the main parts
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February 18, 2025
Vallejo USAF Light Grey for the underside
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February 18, 2025
I think the used and washed-out look translated pretty well
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February 18, 2025
Top side got a few layers of Dark Ghost Grey. I was expecting it to be more...blue?
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February 18, 2025
I am a little bit worried that the contrast might not be strong enough once that masking tape comes off. Stay tuned!
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February 18, 2025
Test assembly without glue, putting the fuselage and the moving parts together smoothly is going to be difficult.