Academy 1/72 F-89J "Scorpion" - (mostly) FULL BUILD

A (mostly) complete build of my 1/72 Academy 1/72 F-89J Scorpion. This was a very nice kit overall, hampered though it is with Academy's typical decals.
I don't have much to say in this description. Generally good kit, decent fit, typical Academy model kit decals. I apparently didn't record most of the painting which is unfortunate and why this is only a (mostly) full build.
I wanted to publish this the week I broke 5000 subscribers but end of term stuff started ramping up and I left my microphone at my parent's house and it just didn't work out until now- however, that means I can wish you all a Merry Christmas here!
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[@TheWaggishAmerican]

Not a Christmas special, just happened to finish the vid yesterday.

[@eviltoast2981]

How have I only found this now? Love this plane!

[@richardbreisch8049]

Nice job! cool looking aircraft subject you don't see very often.

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

I've never been much of a jet fan but as I've been looking at these earlier ones there is such interesting variety.

[@robbielloyd5767]

I’m not the only one to start models then forget about them for several years. Have a great Christmas and new year.

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

You as well!

[@tomlavelle8340]

Wonderful build!

[@marciomaiajr]

Lovely build! I'm impressed by the size of this aircraft. It looks huge even on 1/72 scale. Thanks for sharing your build with us.

[@petermathieson5692]

Impressive result

[@phoenixv6190]

Looks awesome. I love the F-89- I've actually got all the kits for each version and am hoping to dig into them this summer. Great work and great vid!

[@PanzermansBunker]

Great job on the 🦂 Scorpion. The brownish pre-shade worked well with the grey top color. Rockets look wicked. Too bad no aircrew figures. Bill

[@HammerheadModelMaking]

Very nice!

[@juanjosezapatagarcia106]

Hola, muy buen trabajo!!! Que referencia de Academy es????

[@siltdoctor3478]

have you ever built gunpla?

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

I haven't. I only really have watched a few gundam anime and no one seems to make kits of the one I especially liked. I did do a blind box gundam head a number of years ago. It should still be on my channel.

[@warbirdgamer]

Academy kits are soo bad

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

I like a few of the kits and they are generally reasonably priced but decals are always awful and accuracy is generally questionable. They seem to do a lot worse with jets than with WWII era stuff- Their 72nd scale P47 and P40 are some of my favorite kits ever, but their A10 is pretty rough fit wise. Here's hoping the F22 and F35 are better, I haven't taken them out of the box yet.

[@stuarthanna2417]

Originally the Hobbycraft kit from 1992.

[@fuckingchina884]

This is a very old kit.

[@stuarthanna2417]

All the way back to 1992, originally a Hobbycraft kit