Borgao Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) Hello All It has been a while since i post here something, so here it is..my recently finished F-84G Thunderjet of the Portuguese Air Force 1953 of the first 25 received via MDAP These Thunderjets formed the 20 squadron ,the first equipped with Jets..and many of them ended their lives fighting in Africa....but thats another story.🙂 It´s the Academy 1/72 kit painted with AK´s extreme metal ,used eduard´s photoetch and decals from various sources. Enjoy, regards from Portugal FBorges Edited October 16, 2018 by Borgao 37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matti64 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Love it! would like to see one in Angola configuration too with the Fletcher tip tanks... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgao Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, matti64 said: Love it! would like to see one in Angola configuration too with the Fletcher tip tanks... Stay tuned.....you may be surprised😉☺️☺️ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Having built about 5 of them I can't find anything wrong with it. Yugoslavia and Portugal were the last F-84G users in the world in 1974. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Really nice F-84 there, looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbus320 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Very nice! Don’t see many models of Portuguese Air Force a/c so it’s a welcome change! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Very nice work. Just painting one of these kits up myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Hello, Great Thunderjet ! Very nice painting ! Angolan next ?? Can't wait to see it ! Sincerely. Corsaircorp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Gosh I can't believe that is 1/72nd scale. It is lovely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Excellent Thunderjet in some rarer markings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 lovely job, good to see a different scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Great work and seldom-seen markings - well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Absolutely lovley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Wwwwwowwwww .........very nice Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Nice to see something different - lovely build. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rui Silva Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Excelente F-84, parabéns! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAMAN Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Very nice indeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loloskymaster Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Wow, excellent work on this Thunderjet!😍 🤗 I love that ! Is there a wip somewhere ? Lolo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borgao Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 Hello all. thank you for all your kind comments...... have very few WIP photos, didn´t post any.. here is a bonus.. Regards FBorges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 great version love the finish I've got one in the stash I hope comes up as well as yours Cheers Bruce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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