1/48 Hobby Boss F-84F FINISHED? YES!

Ive built a few HB kits now and I've had great luck with them. I certainly won't hesitate to get more. I'll be tagging along to see how this one goes.

BK

Office came out really nice!

In wrestling with the nose gear bay and closing up the fuselage I completely forgot nose weight (none is mentioned by the way).   So I hacked up the the panel under the windscreen, dropped in a bunch of superglue soaked fishing weights and put a thin piece of evergreen over to seal it up.  Probably a bit of work to do on the windscreen - but hey, like I said - my hobby is fixing my mistakes :)

Looking good so far

Is that the kit cockpit? What aftermarket parts have you used. I have this kit, but I have not opened it. Thanks for the warning on the nose weight. Intersting trivia on the articulation of the canopy. Pilots were warned NOT to rest their arms over the side of the fuselage with the canopy open. A canopy slammed shut on a pilot with his arms over the side and he lost both arms from just below the elbows.  I want to do a T-bird. 

Yes,  that's all from kit.  I'm building this oob.   Theres a small pe fret with belts, spoilers and speed breaks.

Nasty business about that canopy

Little more work on this one tonight.  Bit of sanding and polishing getting ready for the BMF.  Got the horizontal stabilizers on.  Almost time to paint.

Paying the price for my "noseweight fix"....

Looking really good.  Have you built the Monogram verson, and if so, how does it compare?

John

I have the monogram kit but haven't built it.  Test fitting a few parts looks like excellent fit.  Crisp clean molds.  Typical era raised panel lines and rivets.  

The HB kit has very fine panel lines, nice detail, a PE fret and multiple canopy options.  

I built the F-84F straight wing varient in the Pro Modeler line and it was an excellent kit. I do like the swept wing varient more though, it looks better. Your kit is coming along nicely.

BK

Nice work. I think that Hobby Boss makes some fine kits. 

My first thought was “wish i could get a cockpit to look like that”. Really nice.  Did you anneal the PE belts? 

 I did my first HB kit just months ago, similar in that it was the F-84G. Details on their kit was impressive. Not overdone in my opinion. Looking forward to watching this come together.

Thanks guys.  Mongoose - I kinda just pushed the belts into place with the fat end of a toothpick then tacked a bit down with spots of super glue.

dupes

Somehow I missed this kit coming out?

And somehow I missed the whole thread so far.

Looking real good, John....and I agree on the cockpit.

I too have never done a HobbyBoss kit yet and appreciate the positive feedback from you and the others.

BTW, not familiar with the F84. That sure is a nice-looking little aircraft. I look forward to seeing it all shiny-ed up.

I'm liking this one John.  I've been looking for the Monogram kit but this one is very nice.

Thanks.  It's a nice kit.  Would like to see if anyone else struggles with the nose gear bay or if was just me.

Greg, the straight wing f84 was the first aircraft use by the Thunderbirds.  Tamiya makes that kit with the markings.  The one I'm building is the swept wing F model was the most numerous and has an interesting canopy articulation.   And I just love the 50s era airframe.

keavdog

the straight wing f84 was the first aircraft use by the Thunderbirds.

That is a fun factoid!

keavdog

And I just love the 50s era airframe.

Agreed. It's like an art-deco design airframe.

I have a couple Hobby Boss kits in the stash, A-7 Corsair, and the F-105.  Haven't built one yet though.  Hopefully they are the same quality as your F-84.  Looking good so far!

A bit of sanding.  The gloss black shows some scratchs so a bit more polishing but happy with the outcome so far

Got her all cleaned up - Novus polished, washed cleaned dryed.  Shot Tamiya gloss black and seeing some disturbing eyefish/pooling.  Perhaps it will level out - we'll see.  

The paint turned out fine all except the right wing.  Perhaps I didn't get all the soap off.  Ah well, I'll sand and respray.

Sanded down and repeated.  Same effect.  Not sure what the issue is but moving on...call it wing stress/damage lol

That's fisheye, John.  Not sure what really causes it but its like the paint isn't wetted out enough.  Better to get all the way back to bare plastic when that happens.  Or whatever the substrate is.

John fisheye is from an oil or lubricant that is in it on the surface of the plastic. The paint is unable to adhere to that one little spot or spots and pulls away leaving a fisheye.

Layed down the Alclad tonight

Progress - she's got legs