VT Red Sox Fan

Martin--you have an awesome build going there--believe I looked at it when I decided to a Thud after finishing my F-102. I love the F-105 in the early un-painted and silver lacquer schemes-- yours is turning out AWESOME!!!! To be honest, I was a little daunted in my lack of knowledge in modifying either a Revell or Trumpeter to be an early Thud. That said, I was very interested in how a NMF/silver lacquer F-105 would look like next to the glossy grey F-102. I am thinking after building 2 F-105s roughly OOB while comparing builds like yours will make me ready for the challenge. FWIW, pics of some of my recent builds are in my intro https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235041064-getting-started/ Look fwd to tracking your build--I have a few more wickets than you before I get to RFI --VT RSF

One other question for the F-105 fans here--I have seen multiple threads on Britmodeller and other sites indicating the interior of the intakes was the camo color on the outside--ie one side could be tan & one side could be green. I also saw a picture of a camo bird on Craig Baker's w/ all white intake interiors. This generates 2 questions in my mind--1) Was there a time frame when the intake interiors switched from white to camo or are white intake interiors throughout the entire intake a one off king of deal & 2) is it possible to have 2 different colors in the intakes i.e. left green/right tan--thanks for the help & apologize if this has already been answered else where & I missed it

This weekend marked 2 big steps in this build 1) Deciding to go for an aftermarket cockpit--both the Revell & Trumpeter seats are the weakest points of the kits--Bill's after market seats were to good to resist--when I went to purchase, all I could find was the cockpit and seat for sale, so I took the plunge for the entire set. Set me back about a month (the pace of this hobby is a lot slower as an adult in reality but a kid at heart). 2) I finished casting the parts I will use from the Revell kit on the Trupmeter--Wheels, Main gear doors, afterburner intakes. For reference I included pics of the OOB cockpits--Trumpeter includes Eduard photo. Revell seat on left, Trumpeter seat on right--planing on putting in a pilot in both, so not too worried about belts, but the most noticable part of the seat (head rest) is fully exposed--I believe the poor detailing of the head rest areas in both kits represent the weak points in both kits Revell cockpit on left, Trumpeter cockpit on right w/ Eduard phot etch--believe that even w/ the photo etch the Revell nudges out the Trumpeter (w/o phot etch Revell crushes its newer cousin from Trumpeter in this area--at least in my opinion--no doubt there is talent out there that will disagree and that it is totally cool--I learn something here every day) Eduard instrument panel on left, Revell on right--believe Eduard nudges out Revell in detail, but crushes my painting techniques Will be using the photo etch panel on the actual build for sure

Thanks Chris--got 1 in my 'stash--but will likely be like you and clear out a few ahead in cue after this

Revell afterburner & flame holder: Trumpeter afterburner & flame holder: On both of these I put down a base of Tamiya Glass Black spray, Allclad 2 Duralumin, Hot Metal Sepia, & Jet Exhaust followed by a simple graphite pencil to bring out the detail... On the Trumpeter, I will attempt to use the Eduard photo etch for the tube, but may go back to the original kit part--the ridges look more detailed and I can live with seam in a very dark part of the airplane

Had a great response for my pings on the drag chute compartment--based on the folks on here who seem to have a bench deeper than I could hope to have on the Thud, Always looking for input--will be posting some photos of the 2 cockpits once I put some future on the dials this week--thanks again Bill for the inspiration...

Bill, no problem--your build is simply AWESOME! Based off it, I started purchasing a bunch of Monogram F-105G, Revell F-105D off of eBay, along with the Trumpeter model--wanted to cross cue your work on the Trumpeter w/ the older models--I think I will be short the Aires cockpit--used the full Eduard cockpit interior, the landing light lenses... will attempt to cast the main gear doors, and rear air scoops from the Revell--really looking fwd to assembling the main gear wells.. will also be opening the drag chute bay on the Trumpeter--easy to do OOB on that version vice the Revell

Inorder to replicate I 1st used foil--the inside of the afterburner petals were the "matt" side of the foil--the exterior of the after burner petals were done as follows--center matt, edges shiny--I then used hot metal sepia too tone down contrast and jet exhast over the foil. Revell's parts are to the left & Trumpeter's to the right

Really wanted to try out a multi-media solution NMF--foil & Aclad 2--frankly from the pics below taken at the Air Museum in Warner Robbins Georgia, USA, I could not think of another way

Inspirational blog/build:

Hello all--decided that I am going to take a crack at posting pictures of a WIP in progress for the 1st time. Inspiration for this particular build came from Blin53 & his "Old Dog, New Tricks" Wont follow it to the letter & wanted to use this as an opportunity to go step by step to compare the new and old kits. I am leaning heavily on the Eduard photo interior & exterior frets for Trumpeter's kit--the Revell kit is out of the box and holding it is own. Always open to more ideas on how to improve my skills--this forum is an awesome community of talent!

Hello Corsair—I have 2 favorite baseball teams—the Red Sox & whoever is taking down the Yankees I did marry a girl from NY though

Nocoolname--thanks you are on target--thanks for the help!

& rightfully so, my first post is a Spitfire on Britmodeller

Ok--looks like I need to get back to the loading pics from Flickr tutorial--MTF--;-) success!

Hello everyone--been enjoying reading Britmodler for a few years--figured I would try upload some of my recent creations to demonstrate my "British slant" from across the pond Really appreciate the feedback on my F-105 question and plan on taking pictures of that build & posting. Quick question--having trouble updating my profile pic, is that something I need to reset w/ Mike or is it me fat fingering flickr ? Hopefully these pics come through--1/72 Airfix Spitfire, 1/72 Airfix A6M2 Zero, 1/72 Airfix P-40B, 1/72 Revell Lancaster, 1/72 Airfix Hurricane, 1/72 Italeri B-57, 1/72 Meng F-102

Mike, Awesome & thank you for the info! Will get some WIP photos uploaded when I return home—I am really thankful for the info—will be doing mine in interior green w/ the door interior in NMF leveraging the dull Eduard photo etch—your info coupled w/ Haydn’s FB & Corsair’s photo were convincing—have to say everyone’s post played a part—looking fwd to posting the foil afterburner petals (will be a WIP—plan on Alclad for jet exhaust & the like). Also need to get smarter on the switchology to post pics—will get there!

Ben, Mike & Corsair—1st thank u for the wonderful & informative input—will post pics of the build as I move fwd—working on both a 1/72 Trumpeter F-105D & the old 1/72 Revell F-105D together—leveraging the Eduard interior & exterior for the Trumpeter—will post some of my more recent builds, 1/72 Airfix Hurricane, Spitfire & BF-109E—on a Cold War jet kick right now & just completed the Meng F-102 & Italeri B-57–back to the F-105–just completed the initial foil of the Revell afterburner petals—hope that wasn’t too much info—will probably go interior green for the drag chute compartment—again, thank you all for input—Erwin

Hello forum--this is my first post on Britmodeller after reviewing the works posted here in awe! Had a question that regarding the the color of the F-105 brake Chute compartment--reviewing pictures on the internet I believe it & the interior of the drag chute door would be interior green--but figured I would ask the forum for thoughts given the awesome pool of talent. Thank you for the opportunity to participate and I apologize if this question has already been answered on another thread. Looking fwd to posting pics of my build!