Reini78 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 #27/2021 And my dad has finished another one. This time a French Thunderstreak during the Suez Crisis in 1956, using the Italeri boxing of the Kinetic kit. The fuselage stripes come as decals. There are also decals for the blue wing tips but they didn´t fit. So my dad painted them, the black lines are decals from the sparesbox. Nose and exhaust ring are painted with AK Xtreme Metal Dark Aluminium, the rest of the model with AK Xtreme Metal White Aluminium. As you can see, the kit has rather crude panel lines, therefore my dad did only a subtle panel wash with a light brown wash. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235100131-opération-mousquetaire148-republic-f-84f-thunderstreak-armée-de-l´air/ Aircraft of EC 1/3 "Ardennes", Akrotiri AFB, Cyprus in October 1956 DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0016 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0018 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0019 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0020 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0021 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr 55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Very cool! It turns out excellent! Superb photography too! Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Looks really good! NMF is perfect! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Looks gorgeous ! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Sehr schön! Grüsse Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Fantastic work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 We have seen many of your Dad's models. This is surely one of his best. It's wonderful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Magnificent! What a stunning finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Gorgeous!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 So nice! Great result from ol' Dad! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loloskymaster Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Very nice Thunderstreak ! Happy to see french colors. Congrats to your dad 😉 Lolo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Very, very nice! Everything looks spot-on perfect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 That's magnificent work - very nicely done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 very nice! I totally missed this! one question: I would have expected some weapons on a Suez Crisis jet, or at least empty pylons! did they operate like that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 That is beautiful! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 On 11/20/2021 at 12:56 PM, Andy Dyck said: Very cool! It turns out excellent! Superb photography too! Andy On 11/20/2021 at 4:10 PM, Vesa Jussila said: Looks really good! NMF is perfect! On 11/20/2021 at 4:25 PM, Remus389 said: Looks gorgeous ! 👍 On 11/20/2021 at 5:10 PM, GiampieroSilvestri said: Sehr schön! Grüsse Giampiero On 11/20/2021 at 5:19 PM, RMCS said: Fantastic work On 11/20/2021 at 7:00 PM, Bertie Psmith said: We have seen many of your Dad's models. This is surely one of his best. It's wonderful! On 11/20/2021 at 7:27 PM, stevej60 said: Magnificent! What a stunning finish. On 11/20/2021 at 9:35 PM, RidgeRunner said: Gorgeous!!!!! On 11/21/2021 at 6:01 AM, Gary Brantley said: So nice! Great result from ol' Dad! On 11/21/2021 at 7:41 AM, loloskymaster said: Very nice Thunderstreak ! Happy to see french colors. Congrats to your dad 😉 Lolo 20 hours ago, billn53 said: Very, very nice! Everything looks spot-on perfect. 14 hours ago, Vultures1 said: That's magnificent work - very nicely done! 12 hours ago, exdraken said: very nice! I totally missed this! one question: I would have expected some weapons on a Suez Crisis jet, or at least empty pylons! did they operate like that? Only found few pics of Suez F-84, some have rockets in the outer wing area. The kit has only the standard outer wing pylons and additional fuel tanks, no weapons. Here´s the only pic of 3-VS I found, possible it has ther outer pylons mounted but definitely no ordnance. http://jets.for.ever.pagesperso-orange.fr/Pages/F-84 F Fr.htm 12 hours ago, keefr22 said: That is beautiful! Keith Thanks a lot for your comments, appreciated! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Perfection! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 On 11/22/2021 at 4:25 PM, F-32 said: Perfection! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Great looking Streak! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 On 20/11/2021 at 10:21, Reini78 said: As you can see, the kit has rather crude panel lines Well I have to say I cant see anything resembling crude in this build, its lovely. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 On 11/24/2021 at 12:35 PM, PhantomLover said: Great looking Streak! On 11/24/2021 at 3:30 PM, Pete in a shed said: Well I have to say I cant see anything resembling crude in this build, its lovely. Pete Thanks a lot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymfen Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Are you sure the nose intake is lemon shaped? This is a serious flaw of the kit. It is possible to get the right shape of the intake simply by sanding. Otherwise a nice done model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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