F 104 and P 51

[Uncle Pete]

It's been a while since I've offered anything new in the Shepherds Bush Air Force and, since I've already broke down my workshop in preparation of moving house, it will be a while longer before I can get the new Bat Cave up and running... 'Fraid cat flaps and wheelchair ramps take priority over sticking bits of vaguely plane-shaped plastic together.  I'd just picked up four kits when we stumbled on the new house but managed to get 2 of them completed before folding the tent.  First was the 104, a Revell if I remember correctly, that came with German, Italian and French markings.  I have no reason to believe the Italian and French versions and pilots were in any way inferior but the German markings look a lot badder so I went with that.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/142507118@N04/48075179077/in/dateposted-public/

 

Got a bit creative with the armaments, too.  It came with the inevitable Sidewinders but not much else so I added a pair of Sparrows I had kicking around.  After scrolling through innumerable pictures of Aims looking for suitable paint schemes I found the choices so dizzying I came to the conclusion they could be any colour I liked!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/142507118@N04/48075179487/in/dateposted-public/

 

At first I'd been thinking of putting more weapons on it till I read up a bit and discovered the pilot basically had a choice of carrying enough fuel to reach the target or carrying enough bangy stuff to do any damage when he got there so the wingtip tanks won the argument.  The build was going quite well (by my standards) until I realised the starboard fuel tank had gone on a bit squint and it was too late to fix it without major surgery so I have to be careful with camera angles.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/142507118@N04/48075112428/in/dateposted-public/

 

And the other was an Airfix 'Stang.  Having recently seen the movie "Red Tails" I really fancied the paint scheme and when I did a bit of reading and uncovered the squadron's remarkable record I thought these blokes deserve a bit of shelf space.  The kit didn't come with the appropriate markings so I enlisted the help of my old friend Mr Google Images and busked it, even managing to scavenge letters out of the name "Rose Marie" that came with the kit to give a tip of the hat to the lovely missus.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/142507118@N04/48075216887/in/dateposted-public/

 

The sides of the fuze were straightforward for lettering... There is none!  Once again I dug into the spares for appropriate numbers.  I dare say the font and size are off but managed to get the Moira's birthday on the side

https://www.flickr.com/photos/142507118@N04/48075220352/in/dateposted-public/

 

The underside.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/142507118@N04/48075118356/in/dateposted-public/.

 

And a profile.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/142507118@N04/48075119726/in/dateposted-public/

 

Thanks for looking.  It may be winter before I get to build again and redesignate the SBAF as the Flintshire Air Force.

 

(EDIT... Don't know why the pictures didn't come up but the links to Flikr work)

 

Edited June 16, 2019 by Uncle Pete

[Dr. Quack]

Looking good Pete. I've had similar Flickr problems, and for some reason found that changing browser from Firefox to Chrome sorted things.....no idea why. Kids aren't around any more to keep me right....

Quack.

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

Nice work Pete

 

I just copied the 'BBCode' link from you images, works for me!

 

IMG_1865 by Pete Hadden, on Flickr

 

IMG_1955 by Pete Hadden, on Flickr

 

 

[exdraken]

Nice work and good luck with the house!

[Uncle Pete]

19 hours ago, Dr. Quack said:

Kids aren't around any more to keep me right

I'm a bit cyberphobic, too.  I have found, however, a laptop s just the right thickness to steady the short leg on the kitchen table.

19 hours ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said:

I just copied the 'BBCode' link from you images, works for me!

I have no idea what a BBCode is but I'll defend to the death your right to confuse me.

 

14 hours ago, exdraken said:

good luck with the house!

The house IS the luck!

 

Thanks, lads.

[jean]

Hi Pete,

 

good looking models! Well done!

Re the 104, the French never used the Starfighter, but indeed the Italian did.

Cheers

 

JR

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

On 6/18/2019 at 3:50 AM, Uncle Pete said:

...

I have no idea what a BBCode is but I'll defend to the death your right to confuse me.

 

.....

 

Thanks, lads.

Pete,

 

A quick tutorial on posting images from Flickr

 

1. Open the image in Flickr you want to post a link to. At the bottom right of the screen you will see 3 icons.

2. The centre one is a 'Share Photo' icon in the shape of an arrow with a curved tail.
3. Clicking this opens the sharing options. You will see 4 of them: Share, Embed, Email & BBCode

4. Click BBCode to reveal a link like  ht t p s://love.staticflickr.cam/65535/48075118356_ac87bd6dcf_b.jpg......
5. You will also see under that link a drop down with size options. Select the size you want. BritModeller forum Admins like images around 1024 x 786 which is a 'Large' size in Flickr

6. Click the link which will be highlighted, right click it and select 'Copy'

7. Go to you BritModeller post and right click and select 'Paste'. The BritModeller forum software will recognise the link as an image and then display it in your preview window.

8. Finish the post, add more pictures, etc and hit Submit!  There you go!

[RidgeRunner]

19 hours ago, jean said:

French never used the Starfighter

Just imagine the NMF schemes if they had!

 

Martin

 

[Mark Joyce]

Two nice builds there, Pete.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

[Uncle Pete]

On 6/18/2019 at 5:52 PM, jean said:

French never used the Starfighter

That's odd... I wonder why they'd put French markings in?

8 hours ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said:

 

A quick tutorial on posting images from Flickr

Thanks for that, I'll give it a whack next time.  I'm not very good with computers... Cyber things tend to make my brain curl up into the fetal position and suck its thumb.