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Another fantastic job! Love the NM and the red- they both look perfect.
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
The downward firing ejection seat was later replaced with a conventual upward firing seat. Unfortunatley, that was after there were several unsuccessful ejections. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
John
Nice!
Chasing the ultimate build.
Bossman Whoa Grant ! That is very impressive. Nicely done. She looks incredibly fast just sitting on the tarmac. Chris
Whoa Grant ! That is very impressive. Nicely done.
She looks incredibly fast just sitting on the tarmac.
Chris
That she does! Beautiful model, too.
I guess I never knew that the the ejection seat in the F-104 fired the pilot downward (and I'm building one, too). Great idea, let's have the pilot crash to earth at high speed added on to Earth's gravitational pull.
There's a reason why the term "military intelligence" is often considered an oxymoron, in this case, emphasis on the "moron."
"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"
Very nice job on the F-107. There are two of the three aircraft produced still surviving, 1, at the USAF Museum as mentioned, and one at the Pima Air Museum as mentioned. The third aircraft was damaged when a tire blew on landing. The pilot was Scott Crossfield (of (X-15 fame). The aircraft was burned and used for firefighting practice. Bob Hoover, a test pilot who flew "chase" for the Chuck Yeager sound breaking flight, and was according to Chuck Yeager, one of the finest pilots he ever met, call the F-107 one of the best fighter aircraft he ever flew. That's saying something. Yes, ejection was a concern. The Republic F-105 beat out the F-107 and the rest is as they say history. Nice build. I put a Cobra Kit cockpit in mine and it is a nice addition to the kit.
Bossman Kinda wondering . . . Would ejecting from one of these be a concern with the intake right there ? Chris
Kinda wondering . . . Would ejecting from one of these be a concern with the intake right there ?
"Concern" would be a massive understatement, and the F-104 had already proven that downward-firing seats weren't such a hot idea. One of the major reasons development of this aircraft was stopped.
Kevin Johnson Ypsilanti, Michigan USA
On the bench: 1/72 Fujimi Ki-36 J-BAAR
Whoa !
Did they build it upside down ? Seriously , A very interesting looking aircraft and a Beautiful model . T.B.
Very nice!
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Wow, the model looks great! I always have to show one of the two left, in this case the one at the USAF Museum in Dayton. I think the other other one is in Pima, Az. It was cool to walk up to it after reading about it years back. Anyway good job!
Max
Well done build.
Every time I see that aircraft, all I can envision is a Goblin shark for some reason.
This is my second build of this kit, I love this aircraft and aircraft of this era. Just an OOB build, I used Vallejo Metal color (Dark Aluminium for main colour and different shades in selected panels), and the red is 50:50 Tamiya flat red and Vallejo fluorescent red. Weathering is just the minimum, with some Flory dark dirt wash in panel lines.
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