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All the kit parts
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Closeup of main gear doors
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Closeup of fuselage halves
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Closeup of cockpit parts, the fiddly bits tree
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Wing, horizontal stabilizer, AIM-9 Sidewinders, gear doors and struts, aft fuselage underside.
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Clear parts
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Minicraft made-in-USA kit decals, by Microscale.
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References always help
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Assembly starts by painting things- white, black, gray, sliver.
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6 piece cockpit- seat, stick, instrument panel, floor/consoles, fuselage sides. Instrument panel enlarged, surface details added
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cockpit sidewall detail bits
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Cockpit consoles and instrument panel added bits
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IMG_5558
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Hasegawa 1/72 Grumman F11F-1 Tiger - cockpit
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scratch-built cockpit sidewall details, Hasegawa/Minicraft 1/72 F11F Tiger.
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polychrome drybrush: F11F cockpit tub, instrument panel & stock Grumman style ejection seat
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IMG_5570
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IMG_5574
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IMG_5575
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IMG_5576
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IMG_5577
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IMG_5578
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Hasegawa's not-unreasonable 1/72 F11F-1 Grumman ejection seat
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IMG_5581
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IMG_5583
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Stock Grumman ejection seat becoming Martin-Baker Mk 5
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Hasegawa 1/72 F11F-1 ejection seat, incorrectly "improved" by meIMG_5587
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IMG_5589
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IMG_5590
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IMG_5592
