Hi all , heres the first in a series of builds that ive been wanting to do for a while. Itsthe 1950's 'Century Series ' jets of the USAF. In total there were six production aircraft, these being - F100 super Sabre , F101 Voodoo, F102 Delta Dagger , F104 Starfighter, F105 Thunderchief and the F106 Delta Dart. Ive managed to acquire all of these in 1/48 and all are Monogram kits .
This one is the F100D Super Sabre , , the tooling dates back to 1980 but its a very nicely detailed kit , the undercarriage and bays especially are superbly detailed but very simple in make up. I built it more or less Out of the box , just adding a few bits (oxygen pipe on the seat, mirror on the canopy and drilling out and extending the jet pipe as it was blanked off about 1/4 " in!)
I used Aftermarket decals as I wanted to do a Nat metal airframe with the colourful schemes common on these aircraft in the fifties. Ialso wanted t try out something new with the heat staining F100's were noted for , and used different colours of baked Eye Shadow applied with a cotton bud for this . Heres the pics , as always comments criticisms observations etc.welcome , cheers tony
This one is the F100D Super Sabre , , the tooling dates back to 1980 but its a very nicely detailed kit , the undercarriage and bays especially are superbly detailed but very simple in make up. I built it more or less Out of the box , just adding a few bits (oxygen pipe on the seat, mirror on the canopy and drilling out and extending the jet pipe as it was blanked off about 1/4 " in!)
I used Aftermarket decals as I wanted to do a Nat metal airframe with the colourful schemes common on these aircraft in the fifties. Ialso wanted t try out something new with the heat staining F100's were noted for , and used different colours of baked Eye Shadow applied with a cotton bud for this . Heres the pics , as always comments criticisms observations etc.welcome , cheers tony
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