Two more finished . . .

Loverly! I tend to build models of ships and aircraft that I've had some experience with, so I suppose an F-100 is one I could consider. Sometime around 1959 or 1960, aviation enthusiasts in my small home town of Silver City, New Mexico decided to have an air show. It wasn't much of a show. I don't even remember any notable aircraft on display, but I was looking forward to an advertised fly past by an F-100 from Biggs AFB in nearby El Paso.

I was looking at the display at a USAF booth when suddenly the world "ended" with a boom. By the time I "recovered" from the surprise and rushed out away from the booth to see what had happened, the F-100 was climbing away — thunderously — from the airport. But the "fly past" wasn't over.

The F-100 returned in a couple of minutes, but that time the pilot had lowered his landing gear and just crawled past the crowd of perhaps 100 people at no more than 50 feet altitude. He tucked up his wheels, put the pedal to the floor, and climbed away to begin one more circuit. It was spectacular. He came back to the airport "on the deck," well over Mach 1. He must have covered the length of the airport's one runway in about three seconds, pulled up in a vertical climb, afterburner blasting, and just disappeared in the deep blue sky. Wow!

Bob

Nice bare metal finish on those Frank!

Tojo72

Those are some bare metal beauties, great work.

 

Thanks, Tojo. More to come.

fotofrank

 

 

rocketman2000

love the F-84!  I had intended to do one years ago after reading a book (forget the title) by a now famous author, whose name I forget- aging problem.  Anyway, he wrote Johnathon Livingston Seagull.

There is still time- this thread may be the boost I need.

 

 

 

 

Don, the author was Richard Bach and the book is Stranger to the Ground, 1963. A terrific read. You can probably find the book in a used book store.

 

 

Yep, that was the one.  I have all of Bach's other books in my collection.  I'll try to find a used copy.  Thanks.

rocketman2000

love the F-84!  I had intended to do one years ago after reading a book (forget the title) by a now famous author, whose name I forget- aging problem.  Anyway, he wrote Johnathon Livingston Seagull.

There is still time- this thread may be the boost I need.

 

Don, the author was Richard Bach and the book is Stranger to the Ground, 1963. A terrific read. You can probably find the book in a used book store.

love the F-84!  I had intended to do one years ago after reading a book (forget the title) by a now famous author, whose name I forget- aging problem.  Anyway, he wrote Johnathon Livingston Seagull.

There is still time- this thread may be the boost I need.

jeaton01

Most excellent, Frank.  I'm sorry to hear that the F-100 was a lot of work because I'm sure there are several in my future.

 

It's just the way the fuselage halves go together to trap the wings in place. Even with raised detail, this kit is still the most accurate F-100 available in 1/48.

Nice work Frank!

Most excellent, Frank.  I'm sorry to hear that the F-100 was a lot of work because I'm sure there are several in my future.

Thanks, everyone. Two builds that are now done and I'm glad. Especially the Revell/Monogram F-100. A pretty difficult build, trying to preserve raised detail. Sandwiching the wings between the upper and lower fuselage halves and then trying to hide the seam line wasn't easy. Hoo boy.

Beautiful pair.  I've never done the straight wing  F-84 but love the look.  Ditto on the heat discoloration on the 100 - really nice.

WOW!  Great builds especially the metal discoloration on the F-100.   Just goes to show you that in the hands of a true craftsman an old Monogram or a Revell kit can be turned into a gem.

TJS

Your F-84 looks great. I love the colors.

Nice work.  The F-84 and F-100 have always been among my favorites of the early jets, along with the F-86.

stikpusher

That is a beautiful pair of fast movers Frank! Bravo!  I really love those markings on the F-84. Did you get pre made masks for the painted markings or make your own? In either case, it's very impressive work.

 

Stik, the black and yellow squadron markings were all done with Tamiya tape trimmed to width with an Infini Easy Cutting board. The USAF and the buzz number were done with stencils made on a Sillouette Portrait cutting machine. The only reason the national insignia weren't painted is because I'm stilll trying to figure out how to register three colors correctly with stencils.

One of these days I'm going to figure out how to do things like the chevrons on the nose of the F-100.

That is a beautiful pair of fast movers Frank! Bravo!  I really love those markings on the F-84. Did you get pre made masks for the painted markings or make your own? In either case, it's very impressive work.