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F-105G Thunderchief 1:48 x2

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  • Member since
    June 2013
Posted by bvallot on Monday, July 22, 2013 9:00 AM

Beautiful Thuds!!

I've been working my way up to the Cold War...but there's so many! =] I'm afraid I'll never get there.  I haven't really given much thought to trying a F-105 until just recently.  Now I think I'd say it's just a matter of when.  Great job here!

On the bench:  

Tamiya F4U-1  Kenneth Walsh

 

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, July 20, 2013 4:33 PM

The F-105G came about in the late 1960's, post Rolling Thunder, off the top of my head. I want to say, 1968/69. They were basicly an incorporation of lessons learned in the F-105F during Rolling Thunder.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

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    May 2004
  • From: Mount Bretherton Model Aircraft Observatory
Posted by f8sader on Saturday, July 20, 2013 11:04 AM

stikpusher

Beautiful work- one nitpick though. The F-105G never flew in NMF. It came into being long after the SEA camoflage had been adapted by the USAF on tactical aircraft. Same with the Standard ARM.

Stik,

From the "book" Thud, by Lou Drendel, F-105s began coming out of IRAN in 1965 painted in camouflage. 

The silver Thud above is clearly a F-105G model as indicated in the same book as having the AN/ALQ-105 jamming pods mounted on the lower fuselage sides.  Do you or does anyone else know when the F models were converted to G models?  I didn't see that in the text.

Lon-ski

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Friday, July 19, 2013 7:02 PM

Beautiful work- one nitpick though. The F-105G never flew in NMF. It came into being long after the SEA camoflage had been adapted by the USAF on tactical aircraft. Same with the Standard ARM.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Friday, July 19, 2013 6:39 PM

I really love the paint jobs, and the yellow piping on the canopies. It's not the builder's fault, but the blue on the stars and bars decals look a little too light. I'm surprised the decal manufacturers got that wrong.

Glenn

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Thailand
Posted by Model Maniac on Friday, July 19, 2013 2:37 PM

Gary - thanks for your kind comments.

cnq - thanks for your kind compliments. But these are not excellent, I'd give only 8.5 - 9.0 out of 10.

There are gaps between the canopy and the fuselage, and the line where they meet on top is uneven.

It's fitting problem that should have been corrected by sanding off the canopy. My regular plane builder

(Nipon) would have done a better job in fine-tuning every detail and come up with better result.

Geezer - thanks. After watching the movie, you should also listen to this song. The 105 was doing the

same thing as the Phantom in Vietnam:

soundcloud.com/.../sky-pilot-long-eric-burdon-the

Pawel - thanks for your kind words. I'm near critical with display space now.

Impressive Songs:

All 10 Playlists that I created on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ModelManiacThailand/playlists

Pan Flute Music (300 songs) (Most Popular, over 100K views):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUNb2zPxGTZO7alagEPsEMzgBkWt4-vKV

El Condor Pasa (Top 50) (World's most famous and my most favorite song):

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUNb2zPxGTZOLKHbju350mLle4HkMhsb8

  • Member since
    May 2004
  • From: Mount Bretherton Model Aircraft Observatory
Posted by f8sader on Friday, July 19, 2013 2:22 PM

Nice Thuds!  The NVAF would be shaking in their boots...or licking their chops...well...maybe...anyway, great "shading" wash on the details, makes them really pop as they say!

Lon-ski

  • Member since
    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Friday, July 19, 2013 1:54 PM

Yeah, they look very good. Congratulations on extending your collection!

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

  • Member since
    October 2012
  • From: Mt. Washington, KY
Posted by Geezer on Friday, July 19, 2013 1:02 PM

might nice. Just watched the Great Planes episode on the Military Channel last night on the 105.

www.spamodeler.com/forum/index.php 

Mediocraties - my favorite Greek model builder. 

 

cnq
  • Member since
    March 2013
Posted by cnq on Friday, July 19, 2013 12:57 PM

Excellent builds. I love them both.

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Cameron, Texas
Posted by Texgunner on Friday, July 19, 2013 10:46 AM

Very nice models!  I like the overhead shot of the two together best.  Cool.Yes

Gary


"All you mugs need to get busy building, and post pics!"

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Thailand
F-105G Thunderchief 1:48 x2
Posted by Model Maniac on Friday, July 19, 2013 10:17 AM


Hobby Boss's F-105G Thunderchief 1:48 (Silver) - by "Arthit Sukthavon":

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Hobby Boss's F-105G Thunderchief 1:48 (Camo) - by "Arthit Sukthavon":

There are more images in my latest page:

http://falconbbs.com/model70a.htm

Have fun!

Impressive Songs:

All 10 Playlists that I created on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ModelManiacThailand/playlists

Pan Flute Music (300 songs) (Most Popular, over 100K views):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUNb2zPxGTZO7alagEPsEMzgBkWt4-vKV

El Condor Pasa (Top 50) (World's most famous and my most favorite song):

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUNb2zPxGTZOLKHbju350mLle4HkMhsb8

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