I see stars ... Shooting Stars! T-33As Latin style! No.2

[RidgeRunner]

Here is the second in my line of Latin T-birds. I still have two Platz T-33s in the pile! As you can see she is depicted as “3304” of the Fuerza Aerea Dominicana (Dominican Air Force), and was one of four machines acquired in 1956 and operated briefly (until 1958) by that force. The US Mission withdrew them in 1958 and they were supplied to Brasil. The Dominicans went through the same again in 1967 when they acquired two ex-USAF machines and those, too, were withdrawn by the US for similar reasons.

With the FAD during the time of my model they were operated by the Escuadron Ramfis from Trujillo Air Base. At the time the force operated a wide variety of types, such as ex-Swedish Mustangs and Vampires, Thunderbolts, Mosquitoes, Invaders and many others. They were generally painted in bright colours but sadly this didn’t extend to the T-33 fleet.

Like my earlier Uruguayan build, this is the excellent Platz kit. My model is based on the following image:

 

 

What did I do/use?

1. Platz T-33 1/72 Kit built out of the box

2. Painted with Humbrol Enamels – 27001 Metalcote Aluminium overall, 33 Black wing tank halves, 153 Insignia red/189 Insignia blue/34 White for the tail flag, 60 Scarlet for the nose, 226 Interior green, 147 Grey and a few sundry others. Finished with Humbrol Glosscote and Mattcote.

3. Nose guns from half-round Plastruct rod

4. Wing pylons from plastic card

5. Decals were a mix of: 1) wing and fuselage roundels from a Colorado P-47D sheet 2) Ramfis unit badge from a Hobbycraft P-51B kit 3) home printed serials 5) Spanish language stencils from a Microscale Latin T-33 sheet. 5) wing way decals and red lining from the kit.

6. Panel lined and dirtied up a little with Flory dirt and then a few swipes of Tamiya Weathering sticks here and there.  

 

 

 

I hope you like her.

Martin

Edited December 11, 2017 by RidgeRunner

[Gerrardandrews]

Very nice model 😊 also great back story and list of details on how made😊

[glatisant]

A beauty.Great finish.

[72modeler]

OK, Martin- now you're just showing off! Outstanding T-bird!

Mike

[RidgeRunner]

13 minutes ago, 72modeler said:

OK, Martin- now you're just showing off! Outstanding T-bird!

Mike

 

Thanks Mike. No I can concentrate on the Invader

 

Martin

 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Another Great looking T-33 👍

[Dennis_C]

Nice work! Both three your Latin T-birds look very good!!!

I do have a soft spot for this aircraft too. A great work made by Kelly Johnson. 

[RidgeRunner]

Thanks Dennis and CF4U

 

Martin

 

now on with my next Latin bird .......

[RidgeRunner]

On 12/12/2017 at 1:16 PM, Dennis_C said:

A great work made by Kelly Johnson. 

 

Without doubt, amongst many! F-104s and the U-2 to mention just two!

 

Martin

[Colin1967]

Hello Martin,

 

Another excellent build and Latin American country chosen for us to enjoy Sir !

Best regards Colin.

[RidgeRunner]

Thanks Colin,  did you see my other RFI? 

how are your T-birds coming along? Are you happy with the armyCast set?

 

Martin

 

 

[Mario]

Hi Martin!

Very good looking T-33. You have always very interesting markings schemes on you models. Coincidentally, I´m building a T-bird, too. With the help of fellow Britmodeller Luis Alfonso, I´m doing a "Quetzales" T-33A from Guatemala using the old Hasegawa kit and a Microscale decal sheet.

Have a nice weekend

                                Mario 

[RidgeRunner]

Ah, a Guatemalan machine is one of my future builds. I have two decal sheets for this - Microscale and ArmyCast. Good luck with yours and thank you for you kind words. Did you see my "No.3" T-33 build?

 

 

Martin

Edited December 16, 2017 by RidgeRunner

[stevehnz]

That looks a bit brilliant too. I don't 'spose you have a Bolivian camo'd one on that sheet? I reckon they look terrific for such an old aircraft.

Steve.

[RidgeRunner]

There might be. I'll check tomorrow, Steve.

[Smithy]

I've been really enjoying your Latin American builds Martin, please keep them coming!

[stevehnz]

Reading your intro again, I see your decals are from all sorts of places, great improvisation skills.  I had in mind they were off an Aztec sheet, one of which I think does have Bolivian decals, time to dip into my hobby account I think.

Steve. 

[RidgeRunner]

Hi Steve,

 

yes, a few decals for this and my other two T-33s came from other sources and then I printed the rest on my PC. The serials are generally easy, being standard Amarillo font. The badges are a little more fiddly, needing to be drawn or adapted from online images. I'm glad you like them.

 

Martin

[Fau68]

Another great build!   The finish is nice, but it's too bad the FAD got rid of it's T-33's so early because in the 70's they likely would have been painted in the wild green/tan/grey scheme they did on the F-51's...

[Roger Newsome]

Another beauty, that's just made my mind up to get one. 😄

[RidgeRunner]

1 hour ago, Roger Newsome said:

that's just made my mind up to get one.

excellent! Thanks for your comments Roger . Regarding the Platz (viz your other post) I have to say that it builds very nicely, as I recall. A few things are a bit clunky but can be modified. It is basically "shake and bake", though. 

 

8 hours ago, Fau68 said:

Another great build!   The finish is nice, but it's too bad the FAD got rid of it's T-33's so early because in the 70's they likely would have been painted in the wild green/tan/grey scheme they did on the F-51's...

Thank you, mate

 

Martin

 

 

[Wulfman]

Another great build and colour scheme !

 

Wulfman 

[Terry1954]

And another one! Love the way your T-Bird's come out.

 

Terry

[kapam]

As a fan of the T-33 and 1/72 scale, I am extremely impressed with your work.

Brilliant!

[Lightningboy2000]

Excellent work! Looking very smart!

 

Martin