Construction - F3H-2/F-3B Demon

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August 29, 2021
Cockpit is ready, harness from Tamiya tape + some leftover PE is out of sight.
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August 29, 2021
The plastic does not hold well with Mr Cement S, but Revell Contacts seems to do the trick. Pieces need to be fixed together for a while, otherwise they easily come apart again.
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August 29, 2021
The fuselage was a few mm smaller than the front part (containing the cockpit and wheel well) that had to be fit inside it. Thus, yet again the whole fuselage came apart and needed to be reglued. Luckily the engine stayed in, if that came out, it would be an extra hour of work.
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August 29, 2021
There are some details, here the PE in intakes
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August 31, 2021
The manual doesn't mention it, so I realized too late this could become a tail-sitter. After experimenting with struts where the landing gear will be and confirming, tried to close holes around the cockpit and pour some "liquid weight" or what the tiny pebbles are called. It didn't work, it all got out and would be visible in the cockpit or fall out through the tail. Had to pick in up the razor saw and find another way.
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August 31, 2021
It came back together reasonably well, but will need some filling and sanding. And I won't be able to avoid rescribing.
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September 5, 2021
Filling and sanding is going along, but as it's quite boring, decided to take a stab at the wings. While there are some super glue traces, where they shouldn't be, I think it looks pretty good!
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September 7, 2021
Coming all together - there are some spots that could have been sanded better, but I think it's time to accept and move on.
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October 3, 2021
Primed and pre-shaded.
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October 24, 2021
Now with proper color, getting ready for decals.
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October 26, 2021
Loved the decals - maybe a bit thick, but Mr Mark Softer/Setter worked wonders, they didn't tear and were a pleasure to work with. More like this, please!
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November 13, 2021
Weathering the bottom
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November 13, 2021
All attached, I think I'm ok calling this one done. Shame about the cockpit that doesn't fit and I wish the engine nozzle looked a bit better, but I'm glad I've finished my first short run .
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37 24 August 2021, 08:43

Palo M Szerző
I think this is a shortrun and the first one I've ever built. The plastic is more in difficult to work with, e.g. Mr Cement S does not hold it together. Fit of some pieces is bad - there are large gaps or pieces just don't have enough space.
There were also a few sink marks, but they were easy to fix.
Also, don't expect any guiding holes/pins.

29 August 2021, 17:06

Cuajete
Well done so far. Following!

29 August 2021, 17:19

Palo M Szerző
Thank you, Cuajete. Definitely a new experience.

29 August 2021, 18:02

Sergej I
Count me in, got this bird in the stash!

31 August 2021, 14:36

Palo M Szerző
Welcome Sergej!

31 August 2021, 15:16

Oleg Bogolei
Following!

3 September 2021, 14:14

Maciej Bellos
Watchin'

3 September 2021, 15:14

Palo M Szerző
Welcome, Oleg and Maciej. Still filling and sanding the fuselage, both in the front near the cockpit, as well as the line along the fuselage. I'm also replacing the tail, as there are two versions in the kit and the other one seems more correct for the version I'm building. Next photos once filling and sanding is done.

3 September 2021, 19:40

Slavo Hazucha
An F-3 is the first step en route to the F-4 😉

PE seem to help a lot - you could clean up the affected areas with a brush & debonder - I bought a bottle, mainly for separating me from various surfaces/materials, which it does, but it also helps removing CA excess quite nicely...

5 September 2021, 20:14

Palo M Szerző
Yeah, debonder is coming up. There are some parts where I'm using the CA glue as filler so have to be careful.

5 September 2021, 20:45

Maxim Malparte
Have one in my stash, following.

PS. About the de-bonder, I would use them very cautiously if I were you. The one I've been using sometimes also melts the kit plastic.

6 September 2021, 05:25

Palo M Szerző
Thanks HammerMax, will test first.

6 September 2021, 07:31

Slavo Hazucha
Watch out for "Schrödingers plastic & colors" behaviors 😉 😉

6 September 2021, 12:24

Palo M Szerző
Seems to come together after all, with the exception of the cockpit. Unfortunately, even after trying to gently bend and sand the pieces, there is just no way to make the cockpit closed, a big gap stays.

3 October 2021, 19:19

Maxim Malparte
I'm not going to have the canopy closed but still surprised by the large gap. Clean work till now, though.

4 October 2021, 16:41

Palo M Szerző
I'm impressed with the decals - they are a bit thick, but are easy to apply and react well to magic potions to follow panel lines etc.

26 October 2021, 11:58

Palo M Szerző
And finished. Proper photos still coming, but was fun to build my first short-run. I expected worse, Sword was a very nice surprise. Shame about the ill-fitting cockpit, everything else went great.

(And don't expect to use the thin Mr cement, it doesn't work)

13 November 2021, 19:36

Cuajete
Very nice result, Palo 👍
Congrats!

13 November 2021, 21:07