"Happy Birthday Buck" Thunder Fighter (1:32 scale)

Rhaven Blaack

Rhaven Blaack

!!!THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!!
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Greeting to all,

It is time for (yet) another Thunder Fighter build. Now, I know that many of you are saying "You just finished the QUAD TF in 1:50, so why are you building another one?" The answer to that is simple. A very good friend (and former colleague requested that I make one for him. I agreed to his request and am now making the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUCK" version for him.

Yes, I will be greebling this out as much as I can. However, I will not be posting a ton of photos (especially since I have built this model many times before and have posted details build thread in the past).

Here are the parts for the cockpit interior.
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The seat is assembled.
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Since this is a single seat plane, the cockpit interior is assembled.
As you can see, I have raised the buttons and control panels.
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I have started on the main body of the Thunder Fighter.

Here I assembled the main framework.
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I added the skins and greebles.
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The main halves are finished.
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Here is the bottom rear panel and internal formers.
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The bottom rear panel and internal formers are attached in place.
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Both halves are joined.
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I added the mid-section of the sponsons.
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Here are the parts for the top panel section. I attached the cockpit tub to the panel.
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The top panel is attached in place.
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I attached the rear intake.
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These are the parts for the front console section.
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The front console section is attached in place.
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I completely detailed the rear end.
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Here are the engine exhausts.

I have added as much detail as I possibly could in an attempted to make them as close to being screen accurate as possible.
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One exhaust is finished.
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Both are now finished.
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I have attached to exhausts to the main body of the plane.
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