Many of us probably harbour
delusions of spending a few hours with a Playboy Bunny
now and then, however for most of us mere mortals this
is the closest we're going to get to that fantasy. Hell,
I'd even settle for a few hours with an F-14, but the
odds of that happening are probably on par with those
of hanging out with one of Hef's finest...
Another excellent kit from
Revell. Everything fit as it should and detail is superb
for such a tiny kit. I vacformed the canopy on my trusty
Mattel Vac-U-Form and added seat belts, ejection pull
rings and throttle & landing gear levers to the cockpit
but otherwise it's a bog standard build.
I don't normally hang "things
under wings", preferring the clean look, but in this
case thought the all black airframe would be a bit boring
so I hung the missiles underneath to liven things up a
bit. Decalling these puppies was enough to try the patience
of a Zen Buddhist but hats off to Revell for including
markings for the ordnance nonetheless.
Paint is Humbrol black
and Tamiya white, with the leading edges of the wings
& intakes done in Humbrol Metalcote Aluminium. Exhausts
are Testors Metalizer, navigation & formation lights
picked out in Gunze clear red & green over a silver
base.
Left:
I added throttle & landing gear levers, though
they're difficult to see in the pic.
Nose weight probably isn't needed but I tend to err
on the side of caution. I'd rather not find out when
it's too late that I've got a tail sitter on my hands.
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