A Tale of Two Crusaders

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As I'm winding down my ST21 build (finally), I figured I'd jump back to an earlier time period and do the F-8H build that has been on my list ever since the F-8S turned out so well.  So here goes.

The "kit":

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Mostly 3D-printed, but the AIM-7 is left over from my Revell F-15C.

I also have an ESCI F-8E on the way that I'll be building alongside this F-8H when it gets here.

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Progress so far.  Fuselage and wing sections are together, PSR started on joints, and mounted the y-pylons.

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My original plan to drill gun ports didn't work out as intended, so I 3D-printed a pair of gun packs from an F-8 model that I got online.  The only problem is that I cut holes in the sides of the nose to install them, only to realize that I mounted them too far back andthe cheek Sparrow stations are in the way of the lower pair of guns!  Fortunately the gun pack configuration wasn't exactly accurate to begin with, the guns weren't staggered, so I think I'll just extend the lower one and maybe leave the barrel exposed.  If that doesn't turn out right, I have a spare nose section that I can use to fix this mess.  I may decide to re-work the backstory to have the Vulcan installation get introduced on the F-8H instead of the F-8S.  That would make my job a lot easier since I have already figured out the Vulcan installation with my F-8S build.