Hobbyboss 1/48 F-105G

Lol, thanks Silver wow that's incredible The F-100 was one I remember as a kid being one of my favourites, it's cool to hear first hand accounts did you ever have any photo's of your planes? The F-105G I have is hopefully going to be made as accurately as I can, with the exception of decals and the occasional seat I have never bought any other resin parts so I'm a novice with that type. The decals for the windows have given me some thought, I think I will mask and paint the inside sealant in the lime green rather than use the yellow, but having said that I could do a relatively new aircraft. Hmm I usually weather them, I'll be making it next month so I'll decide before then.

Also what did you prefer to fly? F-4 or F-105?

Wow Silver you flew these? That's incredible! How long would the yellow stay yellow?

I have his kit and intend to build it in February, do you recommend any after market stuff? I am assuming the seats, but the cockpit too?

 Looks pretty dang-darn realistic.

...The mighty Thunderchief! The triple threat:

They can BOMB you they can SHOOT you or they can FALL on you!

Well done model there. Your weathering is purrrfect!

Didya know it still holds the speed record for single engined, single seat, under 15,000 ft? That sucker, moves!

el_jere wrote:

[snip] It mustt be a big bird in 1/48 right? [snip]

Certainly is. The Thud was not a small aeroplane. Over 440mm long in 1/48. Think in terms of almost 2 1/2 Spitfires or P-51s.

Here's the model after receiving its first primer coat:

Not yet fitted with nose cone and airbrakes. Note the Badger 150 airbrush, q-tip and supermarket milk container top for scale.

Cheers,

Chris.

rjkplasticmod wrote:

Looks great from here Chris.  Nice build . Regards,  Rick

I think too it looks great, like the cammo job!

It mustt be a big bird in 1/48 right?

best regards

Jeremias

Looks great from here Chris.  Nice build .

Regards,  Rick

Hi guys,

here are some more piccies I took outdoors this morning, outside in daylight. any improvement?

Cheers,

Chris.

Very nice work Chris. Another beauty for our viewing pleasure.

...Guy

I've just dry-brushed the tan camo areas with the base colour. Although the contrast is still there, it's much reduced, and, I think, looks better. The overall tan shade is also lighter, because the dry-brushed tan hasn't been darkened by four coats of Future and three coats of matt varnish.

I'll post new piccies tomorrow, when I can take piccies in daylight. Flash photography always seems to exaggerate shading effects.

Cheers,

Chris.

HawkeyeHobbies wrote:

You're right considering the contrast between the yellow on the canopy and the rest of the aircraft. If you could tone down or fade the yellow...[snip]

Gerald, I take your point entirely about the yellow sealant strips. However, this is a review build, and I thought it important to show the readers what they would be getting in the box, bright yellow, over-thick, sealant strips and all.

If I were building it for myself, I'd be brush-painting much thinner strips in a more creamy sort of yellow.

Cheers,

Chris.

KJ200 wrote:

Chris, nice looking build. Love the SEA camo scheme really suits these birds. Just a suggestion based upon your comment, are you able to tone down the weathering with a light overspray of Buff? Karl

Worth thinking about, Karl, but I don't really want to have to mask the transparencies and other non-camo aresa, especially after they've been decalled. Might try a light dry-brushing of the base SEA tan, to reduce the contrast.

Cheers,

Chris.