russ c Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Howdy all, Just finished my attempt at making an Early Vietnam era F-105D from the old 1/48 Monogram kit Finished to represent an aircraft of the 334th TFS/355th TFW, Takhli RTAFB, Thailand, circa 1964/65 Had to make a few mod`s to the base kit, including: deletion of the gun compartment vents, deletion of the afterburner cooling air scoops, deletion of the fuselage spine, enlarge the tail air intake, removed various scab plates from the air frame, gun camera and nose antennas. Noticed in photo`s that the Aluminium Silver Paint they were finished in didn`t show too many panel lines, so kept them to a minimum Decals came from the stash. Here`s some pic`s of the rest of the family so far........Later model F-105D, `Polish Glider` EF-105F, Early Wild Weasel, `Sinister Vampire` And finally; F-105G, Wild Weasel, `Hanoi Hustler` Hope I haven`t bored you too much with my Thud obsession Thanks for looking, Cheers Russ 68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Attempt?! You nailed it man! Lovel build, great weathering and painting. Cheers, Michael 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teeradej Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Love brush painted(?) polka dots. AFAIK no silver polka dots decals available but you made it by your ways and nicely done. How did you paint those realistic looking exhaust petals and how do you get neat and subtle weathered on the rest of the airframe? Truly enjoy to see as well as your camo ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Hello,RussC - Congratulations on your superb looking builds of your Thunderchiefs.Like all your builds,they're an absolute credit to you.and look resplendent.You needn't apologise for being over-enthusiastic or obsessive towards a certain type of aircraft at all.I might be a little(?) guilty of that myself!?Often this passion of subject is reflected in the finished article and that I certainly shows in your results.Inspirational.All the very best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 That,s a beautiful build Russ,yet again a master class in getting the weathering right,a great collection of "Thud's" too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Just all around perfection. That canopy works really pops. Cheers, Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Love brush painted(?) polka dots. AFAIK no silver polka dots decals available but you made it by your ways and nicely done. How did you paint those realistic looking exhaust petals and how do you get neat and subtle weathered on the rest of the airframe? Truly enjoy to see as well as your camo ones. Thanks 777, Glad you like it, re panel lines and petals; I drew the panel lines in with a thin mechanical pencil, then depending where they were; dry brushed over them with Olive Drab ( both light and dark), or dark grey. The petals, I painted black and then dry brushed gun metal, silver, aluminium and olive drab in various places until I was happy. Hope that makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orlando Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Congratulations! Great model and weathering technique. Dry brush never gets old. Cheers, Orlando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEZ Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Good to see some Monogram F-105s, lovely builds! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janremco Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Great builds these F-105's you have really build a nice set of Thuds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Very cool line up of Thud's. My favourite are the Weasel's in SEA camo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngstROM Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I'm a big Thud fan; this is all I could wish for! The Revell/Monogram kits are also a 'thing' of mine...suddenly I need a few more. That early D is a real treat -and just as I was pondering the rather seductive B ('Xanadu' at Tinker AFB) that appeared on the front page of Cybermodeler the other day. Oh well! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmarchal Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr styrene Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Very nice F-105. Good paint work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 nice work, they both look great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 A top collection of these F-105`s . Wish I would have at least one of it !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Excellent Thuds Russ. A great collection. Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 You can never have too many Thuds! I love the aircraft but have only ever built one example which was a WIF in RAF Raspberry Ripple scheme. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhunter66 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 What a fantastic line up! Superb Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Hi Russ, Excellent collection! Congrats Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Splendid builds, Russ. You can t have too many kits of this fine looking fighter bomber. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik W Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Lovely looking collection of Thunderchiefs! Had the good fortune to visit Spangdahlem AFB a few years back where they have one on display inside the fence, until I was stood next to the thing I'd no idea it was such and absolute monster of an aircraft! Great work! Nik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngstROM Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) In passing, whilst doing a little idle 'net research into the T-Stick II Thuds, I found an extract from Peter Davies' monograph on the F-105 under Google Books: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mqp2Nh2ydxcC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=an/arn-92+loran&source=bl&ots=YQ1kDFGm2f&sig=ZwqPhPmQm6LUbcWY2G3upRu2AJY&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=an%2Farn-92%20loran&f=false Not that I'm too cheap to get the paper version, you understand...ahem. But may be of interest to the afficionados here. Edited September 2, 2015 by AngstROM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Fabulous trio of Thuds! I especially like the bare metal one Great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 very nice family! planning to do this myself someday... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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