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Trumpy 1/72 F-107B Finished

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  • Member since
    March 2003
Posted by rangerj on Saturday, December 19, 2015 12:02 PM

WOW. A hot rod Thud. Very cool and creative. There were only 3 F-107s. Two still exsist. One is in the USAF Museum, and the other is at the Pima Air Museum. The 3rd aircraft had a tire blow on a landing and rather than repair the airframe it was used for firefighting practice (what a waist). This aircraft was flown by North Amarican test pilot Scott Crossfield on the day of the accident. Test pilot Bob Hoover said of the F107 that it was the best fighter aircraft he had ever flown. Crossfield was also complimentary of the aircraft. Bob Hoover was flying chase with Chuck Yeager the day the sound barrier was broken. Hoover is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, fighter/test pilot of the 20th century. The contract went to Republic for the F105 because it had a bomb bay and was envisioned to carry an atomic weapon. It never did. The F-107 is indeed odd looking, but it was one heck of an airplane.  The government still asks the aircraft manufacturers to design a fighter/intercepter and later insist that they be able to hang bombs on it.

  • Member since
    December 2006
  • From: N. Georgia
Posted by Jester75 on Saturday, December 19, 2015 11:46 AM
Great looking camo you have achieved there on such a strange looking critter!

Eric

 

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Saturday, December 19, 2015 10:38 AM

Thanks guys!

 

Finished up the painting last night.

Started with black...

Then some white...

Aside from masking (poster tack) the belly, I free handed the camo.

 

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Saturday, December 19, 2015 5:28 AM
I like it. Great tutorial

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Friday, December 18, 2015 5:31 PM

Looks bad, but in this case that's Good!

John

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

 

  • Member since
    December 2006
  • From: N. Georgia
Posted by Jester75 on Friday, December 18, 2015 3:33 PM

I really like that chipping. Yes Gotta try that hair spray method one of these days.

Eric

 

GAF
  • Member since
    June 2012
  • From: Anniston, AL
Posted by GAF on Friday, December 18, 2015 2:53 PM

Oh, neat!  Can't wait to see what you do with the "Maneater".  Big Smile

Gary

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: hamburg michigan
Trumpy 1/72 F-107B Finished
Posted by fermis on Friday, December 18, 2015 2:41 PM

Well, it's been a LONG time since I posted a wip in here..and many, MANY have been built since. I was never a huge fan of the looks of the XF-107, but sometimes, a great deal on a kit is inspiration enough!

The kit is pretty basic, and I'm keeping it that way...mostly! The panel lines were a bit inconsistant, so I rescrbed and threw some rivets at it...

Wanting to try something new...and what better than a cheap kit to experiment on?!!! I wanted to try to replicate the faded/chipped to hell paint on the tail section, like the F-100.

I started with various shades of MM Metalizers...

I coated that with some Suave hairspay, after a sealing coat of clear gloss, and painted some heavily faded and thin base colors

Using a cut off (short, stiff) brush and water, I "brushed" away some of the paint, exposing the metal.

I should have sealed it here again, but got ahead of myself and went straight to another coat of hairspray. Then painted the camo over top...repeated the brush/water process and this is the resluts...

Working on painting the rest, right now!

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