1/72 Academy F-84G Thunderjet, Armée de l'Air

[Creepy Pete]

Hi all,

 

Here's my just finished 1/72 Academy F-84G Thunderjet. I did it as a machine from Escadron de Reconnaissance Tactique 2/33 "Savoie", based at Cognac in the mid 50's. I added a recce pod on the left wing from Model Art. This was a converted Fletcher fuel tank as used on the T-33, to give the straight wing F-84's a basic recce capability. It was first used by the French, and found its way to other NATO Thunderjet users. Decals came from a Berna sheet. Painted with Vallejo Metal Color, Revell, ModelMaster and Tamiya paints.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking, and I hope you like it.

 

Pete

[Thud4444]

Nice looking Thunderjet. Great paint work.

Edited February 7, 2018 by Thud4444

[Buzby061]

She’s a beauty. 

 

Pete

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Im a Sucker for a Thunderjet and yours is very good 👍

[Blackfordhibby]

Yep does it for me, nice bare metal finish, and extra interest with the Recce Pod. You just can't beat a classic jet in all it's glory, and you've done this justice. I'm sitting on one of these Bidon Recce Pods for a Danish A/C. Photographs of these airframes with this Pod seem to be in short supply. Thanks for posting this, may be the impetus I need.

 

Peter

[VG 33]

Hi

 

She's very nice and thank you for sharing her.

This recce bird is the forerunner of the RF-84F in the Armée de l'air, and deserves this nice kit of yours.

 

Patrick

[Learstang]

Very nice Thunderjet, indeed. She looks good in the French markings.

 

Regards,

 

Jason

[Wez]

Great to see a Thunderjet, super nice to see a French one and as others have said, the recce' pod adds extra interest.

 

I've got loads of these kits waiting in the wings and a couple half completed, the fitting of the fuselage sections with or without the auxiliary intakes is always a bugger to fit and something you want to be sure you get right with a NM finish - you appeared to have mastered this aspect an your NM finish is great!

 

Thanks for sharing.

Edited February 8, 2018 by Wez

[T8247741]

Nice to see another nationality, great looking finish

[invidia]

very nice looking thunderjet.

[Uncle Pete]

Nice.  You don't see many 84s, they don't have "glamour" but there's a very businesslike look to them... Like they can get the job done.

[Jackson Duvalier]

Very nice Thunderjet! I really like the Academy kit. Fits quite well aside from the optional E/G fuselage panels as Wez noted above, and even so they seem to even out under a coat or two of paint.  Even with my ham fists and aluminium paint.

[Vultures1]

Lovely job!  Well done

[ForestFan]

Looks great, especially with the unusual tip tank

[russ c]

Very nice Thunderjet there, great job

[Tripio]

Hello Pete,

 

What was your experience with the Berna product?

 

Regards,Laz

 

 

[Creepy Pete]

A very positive one. Everything except the little flags in register, good colours, minimal carrier film, thin but not weak and they settled down nicely.

[F-32]

Very nice piece of work