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Hobbycraft 1/48 CF-105

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Hobbycraft 1/48 CF-105
Posted by jeaton01 on Saturday, May 28, 2022 12:37 AM

 

I think this one is done enough for me, it's been a lot of work on a kit that gives you less to work with than it could.  It is the second kit Hobbycraft released of the CF-105 in 1/48 and is an upgraded version of the first.  Which is to say that it has parts that often do fit to each other, unlike the first kit which I also have.  That one has parts that just don't meet the part they are supposed to and is generally just a poorer molding in many respects.  I added a resin canopy set, ejection seats, wheels, and burner cans from Iroquois Models.  The burner cans were too shallow so I extended them with tubes to deepen the ducting.  The canopy set afforded open hatches, although I did use some of the kit clear parts for the front windscreen and the second seat hatches.  Decals were made for the instrument panels and side consoles based on photos from some books in my library on the Arrow.  I made intake ducts from fiberglass moldings as the kit ducts were only 1/4 inch deep.   Iroquois has announced an improved landing gear for this kit, but it is not yet produced and I have my doubts about that happening.  If they do I might replace the main gear with them, but in the event I just added some rib detail in the gear bays and added some two part epoxy here and there.  I shortened the main gear considerably to get the proper nose high sit for the model, I may have also lengthened the nose gear but may not have.  I did lower where it fits in the nose gear bay, as a part of establishing a place to mount it securely as the pins on the strut were too short to reach the appointed spots.
The decals were from Canuck Models and worked very well.
The CF-105 was supplanted by the Bomarc missile, and it's spot was also filled later by CF-101B's.  It was a big airplane.  The F-101B is pretty large itself, but especially from above the CF-105 looks much larger.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    May 2011
  • From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Posted by Real G on Saturday, May 28, 2022 1:04 AM

YesYes  So purty!  Funny how the CF-105 has not attracted the modern kit makers' attention.  I have perused an unbuilt example of the kit and it looked like a beast.

I wonder why the designers thought that the canopy halves should split like that?

“Ya ya ya, unicorn papoi!”

GAF
  • Member since
    June 2012
  • From: Anniston, AL
Posted by GAF on Saturday, May 28, 2022 1:06 AM

For such an ill-fitting kit you sure did a bang-up job on taming it!

Gary

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Saturday, May 28, 2022 7:28 AM

Looking real good there.

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Saturday, May 28, 2022 12:49 PM

You put a lot of work into that one John and it sure paid off.  What a beauty.

Thanks,

John

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, May 28, 2022 12:58 PM

YesYes

Gorgeous build John! Such a big elegant looking beast! I wonder what sort of scheme these would have worn had the been produced and served operationally? 
Very nicely done sir!

Toast

 

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Saturday, May 28, 2022 2:29 PM

Thanks, everyone, you are as usual too kind.  The model does have some areas I would like to have done better, since it is big and it's white and I always mess up because I forget the gloves!Embarrassed

I suspect the canopy design was a try at some protection for high speed ejections, just my guess.  It wasn't likely to make it easier to get in and out on the ground.

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

cnq
  • Member since
    March 2013
Posted by cnq on Monday, May 30, 2022 2:37 PM

Beautiful work. 
I built the two below for my collection

 

 

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Monday, May 30, 2022 2:44 PM

Thank you.  Those are both very nice.  I think I will stop with one, though.

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

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