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    Italeri 1:72 F-100F Super Sabre

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    On 12/07/2022 at 01:05, The Spadgent said:

    Lovely measured and detailed work as alway my friend. I’ll tag along if I may.

    Thank you Johnster, you’re always welcome! The detailing wasn’t intended - but it’s great to try something new. 😉

     

    On 12/07/2022 at 15:33, AdrianMF said:

    Nice work on the intake tube, in particular, and the other fettling looks good too.

    Thank you Adrian, now the intake trunk looks less toy-ish.

     

    There’s a lot of other work here, so I’ll notify you about some updates later. Thank you for having an interest! 🤝

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    From Russia With Love. MI-24A HIND. 1/72 by Zvezda RFI

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

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    On 11/07/2022 at 15:24, corsaircorp said:

    And hat of for @Nikolay Polyakov for that great gift !!

    Thank you CC, much appreciate it! 🤝

     

    On 16/07/2022 at 10:48, The Spadgent said:

    Thanks Nikolay. I think we did these aircraft proud. You’rea kind soul. 😇

    I think the idea of «back-to-back» build was interesting! We had the same kits with the same aftermarket parts, and even the same paints... Now we’re both finished our Hinds with our own style - ‘twas amazing, Johnny! 👏

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    RF-101C Voodoo 1/48. +++ Finished +++

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    32 minutes ago, Rob K. said:

    So far I like the kit besides a few issues here and there.

    Yes, it’s an excellent and lovely kit.

     

    32 minutes ago, Rob K. said:

    I will have to pause the build for a while, because my regular work is calling and am tied up till October. So a little pause, but thanks for your help thus far.

    Please let us know when you’ll be ready! 😉

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    Camouflage and custard. Dual Tiger Moth Build. 1/48

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    Top notch work with an «E Z Line», Johnny! 👏 This double-build is absolutely fantastic.

     

    On 02/07/2022 at 12:09, The Spadgent said:

    I’m a one Aeroplane at a time man after this. It’s like having two wives. Who wants that? 🤣

    I think it’s not that cool, handling two builds at the same time is much easier than handling two wives! 😹

     

    Keep up the great work! 👍

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    Italeri 1:72 F-100F Super Sabre

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    On 27/06/2022 at 16:14, billn53 said:


    I want to see how you do this. I sacrificed a Trumpeter intake trunk for my ESCI F-100D, a method that doesn’t need a donor kit would be helpful.

    It was just a yogurt plastic bag rolled into tube. I sealed the one end, while the other was inserted into the nose kit part and some TET was applied to:

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    Also the White Acrylic Putty was used inside the tube to make it smooth.

     

    Just before joining the fuselage halves I made an opening for the cockpit insertion, because I decided to paint it later:

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    Cutted pieces of plastic were used to slightly reshape the forward fuselage part:

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    I think the single-seater kit doesn’t have these problems because of its short nose. Next will be sanding...

     

    Thanks for watching! 😜

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    RF-101C Voodoo 1/48. +++ Finished +++

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    On 30/06/2022 at 18:52, Rob K. said:

    Paging @quangster and @Nikolay Polyakov with the question how you dealt with this?

    An RF-101C and F-101B kits from Kitty Hawk has a missing locate tab on one horizontal stabiliser, but F-101A/C that I’ve built kit aren’t. The fit was excellent. Luckily, all the drawings show you the right angle and it’s not a problem to find a proper stabilisers’ position.

     

    Excellent progress on the Voodoo, Rob! Thumbs up! 👍 The tail light looks superb.

    Italeri 1:72 F-100F Super Sabre

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    12 hours ago, RidgeRunner said:

    Does anyone out there know if the Italeri D-model of that era has the same level of detail? 

    The «D’s» cockpit has the same issue with an IP and looks similar to what we’re having for «F». I’m glad that you’re in, Martin! 🤝

     

    12 hours ago, AdrianMF said:

    PS: nice work on the cockpit!

    Thank you Adrian! 🙂

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    RF-101C Voodoo 1/48. +++ Finished +++

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    13 hours ago, RidgeRunner said:

    It interesting that Kittyhawk got the Taiwan machine wrong. It was an RF-101A!

    They’re not knowing about its modifications, despite it’s a lovely kit. This kit is a mixture between all the Voodoos... 😉

     

    13 hours ago, Rob K. said:

    I have seen your posts adding to the Quangster thread and made full use of them.

    Also you can find some useful information in my own thread here:

    Italeri 1:72 F-100F Super Sabre

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    On 14/06/2022 at 12:57, Whirly said:

    Hi Nikolay,  I built this Italeri boxing a couple of years ago, please note how the seats provided are a bit wide: if you plan to use the kit supplied canopy (which is quite thick), you will have issues because the seat rails clash with the inside.

    Hello, there were my first thoughts after lifting the cockpit floor. I sanded some plastic off the seats to reduce their height, also removed plastic under the seats with the help of chisel to have more space for the canopy:

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    Now the cockpit fits great and looks finished, but not 100% accurate as you can see 😼:

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    The rear IP I’ve made is too wide along with its shroud, so I decided to put a «spacer» on top to imitate its height.

     

    On 14/06/2022 at 12:57, Whirly said:

    At least in my case, I had to nearly demolish the seat rails to fit the canopy.

    I removed nearly 1/3 off their width and now canopy fits really well:

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    Guess what?! I decided to open an intake and make some tubing inside it... Will show you later. 😎

     

    Thanks for looking at! 👋

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    "The Year I Was Born" F-100D Super Sabre

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    19 hours ago, billn53 said:

    I was able to use Eduard's detailing for the wing slats (after all, I'm using the Trumpeter slats).

    Looking good! 👍 

     

    19 hours ago, billn53 said:

    I also decided to go with bare metal for the underwing tanks:

    Can’t take my eyes off these beauties! 🤩

     

    19 hours ago, billn53 said:

    That's it for Sunday evening. Tomorrow, summer session begins at the University so my time available for building will be substantially reduced.

    There’s no need to rush. Have a nice academic week!

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    Legendary Blackbird - Part 5: SR-71A "Blackbird" (1:48 Revell + 3D Printed Parts)

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    7 hours ago, Serkan Sen said:

    From the arcforum link I mentioned in my previous post I got all the dimensions of the pitot tube and I had a chance to improve the model.

    Looks like one of these guys have a real Blackbird Pitot tube... 😬

     

    3 hours ago, Serkan Sen said:

    ... and 75% thinned black was sprayed onto entire aircraft.

    Looks amazing, I’m really glad to see how the painting takes its place! Excellent progress so far. 👏

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    Italeri 1:72 F-100F Super Sabre

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    30 minutes ago, Serkan Sen said:

    Nice introduction Nikolay.

    Thank you Serkan, welcome aboard! 🙂

     

    30 minutes ago, Serkan Sen said:

    I have many F-100 kits in 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 scales. Who knows, maybe one day I can build at least one of them 🙂

    I think you’ll build a few at once, according to your current projects! 😉

     

    Meanwhile, I started to rework the cockpit. The seats were assembled and slightly modified, the pilot’s IP was partially scratch-builded and co-pilot’s IP is waiting for its shroud:

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    The nose wheel well already attached to the starboard fuselage half along with some supports for the cockpit tub:

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    The fuselage moulding has a slots for the pilot’s IP that were filled with the Sprue Goo. Thin plastic on both fuselage sides was melted and I added some plastic chip... Practically the same issue as @billn53 showed us earlier.

     

    Thanks! 😎

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