Nice display!

Mike

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Beautiful collection! Hard to imagine the USAF having that many fighter aircraft types these days.

Beautiful work. I always loved the Century Series.

Nice display.  Always loved the 106.  When I was a kid we were down south Jersey and had a Dart come up behind our car and buzz us.

Whose markings did you use on your 106?  It looks like it might be the Commander's aircraft from the 318th but I can't tell.

Very nice job on all the aircraft!

Toshi

Beautiful work, by a Master Modeler.  

PaulBoyer

These six aircraft are considered the original Century Series fighters of the U.S. Air Force. I guess adding the F-4 (once-designated F-110) and F-111 wouldn't be out of line, but these six were neatly encapsulated as designed, built, first flown, and issued to operational units in the 1950s. Missing from the scene are the mockup-only Republic F-103, North American F-108, and Bell F-109, and the three-built North American F-107.

 

The models are the F-100C Super Sabre "converted" from an Esci F-100D; the Revell F-101B Voodoo; the Meng F-102A Delta Dagger, the Revell F-104C Starfighter, the Revell F-105D Thunderchief; and the Hasegawa F-106A Delta Dart.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Beautiful work on each of them and a fantastic collection all together. 

Congrats on a great looking display of the Century Series fighters.

However, correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the presumption that the original versions/models were the F-100A,,F-101A, F-104A & F-105B.While we are on the subject, what official USAF contact or source would have the serial numbers of the jets photographed from one or more angles from above?

F-100 John

By "original" I mean not the "extended" Century Series which some consider going to the F-110 and F-111. The rest of my meaning is explained in my "original" caption. I do have an F-101A, an F-104A and an F-105B in Thunderbird markings (almost done) in the collection, but I wanted to do the ones with the nose pitot booms all converging and the most colorful ones in the pic.

I don't understand what you are looking for in your second question.

F-100 John

Congrats on a great looking display of the Century Series fighters.

 

However, correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the presumption that the original versions/models were the F-100A,,F-101A, F-104A & F-105B.While we are on the subject, what official USAF contact or source would have the serial numbers of the jets photographed from one or more angles from above?

 

F-100 John

 

Joe Baugher, USAF Museum, Wikipedia? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joe Baugher, Wikipedia for your question?

Lovely, Paul.  I'm old enough to remember when these birds entered service, as the latest and greatest, so I really appreciate the collection.

Awesome collection and builds!  Have you considered looking at the Anigrand kits for the F-107 and F-108?

Eric

I have the Trumpeter kit of the F-107 in the stacks, as well as the Anigrand resin kits of the F-103, F-108 (partly built), and F-109. They aren't built yet, so not ready for pictures!

Man, those are gorgeous!

-BD-

The century aircraft at the time, and even until they were retired in some cases were kept very clean and glossy.

Even when they had to go camoflaged, the guard units kept theirs clean.

When they could, the squadrons in S.E.A. tried to keep their aircraft looking good.

Beautiful job on all Paul.The Century series of jets still rank as my favorites of all time.

I'd really like for somebody to produce a kit of the F-105 where you could pose the doors of its internal bomb bay open.

Well, that would be cool, but the internal bomb bay was seldom used to carry anything but an additional fuel tank. I think I've maybe seen a single photo of the bay open and it showed the fuel tank inside. It may have been used to test drop nuclear "shapes" in early development, but was not used operationally or in combat.