Believe it or not, I will actually be home for the next couple weeks, so I decided to jump into this GB. I am starting with an ERTL 1/72 F-100D. A pretty basic kit, but it looks buildable.
The back story is that the Czech Republic did not end up as a Warsaw Pack, Soviet puppet state, but as a NATO Member during the cold war. As a frontline NATO member, that were able to get support from the US and in the 50's, the F-100 became their primary day fighter.
Box art
(https://i.imgur.com/nlzGm0Kl.jpg)
Basic parts
(https://i.imgur.com/AxQ57pgl.jpg)
Built that kit years ago. Really not a bad kit. I enjoyed it. Looking forward to seeing this one!
My absolute favourite aircraft when I was a wee squirt, before we moved to England and various RAF types caught my interest. About time I got around to building one.
That ultra long intake gets me every time. ;D
Looking forward to this build Ed.
I was never keen on the Hun until I built one in 1/72 and got to see it from many more angles than those normally photographed.
Good luck with this.
End of day one. Basic assembly finished. It went together better than I had anticipated. Putty and seam filling was minimal. Now ready for primer.
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Quick work Ed. I've nearly bought this kit a few times and passed on it. If I see one again I will pick it, nice, but simple kit.
Moving along nicely..
Put some primer on a couple days ago.
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Painted and ready for decals and weathering.
(https://i.imgur.com/klztLnrl.jpg)
Great minds etc.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4463/24045567728_3c53837120_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CCPPxW)F-100D Super Sabre Equatorial Guinea 12 (https://flic.kr/p/CCPPxW) by Fred Maillardet (https://www.flickr.com/photos/156376527@N06/), on Flickr
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Finished. Not a great model, but not bad.
(https://i.imgur.com/JovDaXHl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/yFDw77bl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/N33KPYVl.jpg)
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Oh that turned out very nicely! :wub:
I love the RDAF style burning on the aft fuselage Ed. You've got that PERFECTLY! :thumbsup:
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I consider that an "If Only ...", rather than a "What If ..." :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I do like that scheme in particular :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
yes, great colors, and yes Kit the burner can looks great- perhaps why I have never take a stab at a F-100! Gotta have the scorched look!
Quote from: Old Wombat on June 20, 2022, 05:38:56 AM
I consider that an "If Only ...", rather than a "What If ..." :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I think the czech would be of the same opinion...
Quote from: sandiego89 on June 20, 2022, 06:51:57 AM
yes, great colors, and yes Kit the burner can looks great- perhaps why I have never take a stab at a F-100! Gotta have the scorched look!
I third that. Impressive!
At the time (in the early 60's), there was some talk about reengining the Super Sabre with the RR Spey. Apparently, the physical changes could be kept to a minimum as the Spey easily would fit in the existing space, and generally, the performance and fuel consumption would have improved. Being significantly less talented with the brush than that displayed above, I wonder whether the rear fuselage scorching would have been sorted too..
Baugher wrote very shortly about a Spey powered Hun here: >LINK< (http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/f100_12.html)
and 15(!) years ago, it was apparently discussed at this very forum, namely >HERE< (https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=15255.0). A few of the current delinquents were present then as well.. ;)
Quote from: Pellson on June 21, 2022, 01:36:14 AM
Being significantly less talented with the brush than that displayed above, I wonder whether the rear fuselage scorching would have been sorted too..
It may have been, as the Spey was a turbofan engine the mil power exhaust should have been cooler than a straight turbo-jet, but hwo knows what the re-heat would do?
Re-heated Spey engined Phantoms didn't have cooked rear fuselages though, so maybe the colours would have stayed pristine?
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 21, 2022, 03:16:26 AM
Quote from: Pellson on June 21, 2022, 01:36:14 AM
Being significantly less talented with the brush than that displayed above, I wonder whether the rear fuselage scorching would have been sorted too..
It may have been, as the Spey was a turbofan engine the mil power exhaust should have been cooler than a straight turbo-jet, but hwo knows what the re-heat would do?
Re-heated Spey engined Phantoms didn't have cooked rear fuselages though, so maybe the colours would have stayed pristine?
This is increasingly starting to sound like another repaint with a good backstory to follow suit..