PATRICK FROM THE SANDS Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Hello! Today's kit has an history as it is a survivor of my trash bin: I started to build the Tamiya excellent F-84G but, to improve a little bit it, I had the silly idea to adapt an old French resin aftermarket product (for the Heller kit). The result was disastrous and catastrophic, as it didn't fit at all and as a result, I finally broke in two parts the fuselage. Rage rage rage! I threw the whole stuff in the bin but, after calming down, considering the price and not wanting to invest in another one (shipping cost is a killer) I decided to rebuild it. I just dropped the flaps and ailerons, add a vacform canopy and enhanced the wheel wells. Painting was done using various shades of ALCLAD II. I faced another problem with the Aeromaster sheet CH 72-02, the decals have badly reacted to the decal set softener. So I finally painted the fin yellow and added black stripes. Curiously I didn't find any photos of FS-460 even is Osprey Frontline Color 3 so I can't tell about the accuracy of the Aeromaster sheet. By looking to pictures of aircraft of the 49th FBG, I didn't find any evidence of aircraft wearing stripes on the horizontal stabilizers so I didn't put them, as indicated in the Aeromaster instructions. If anybody has some photos of FS-460, I will be very happy to see them to enhance my kit! Photos: ...and, as usual, the little diorama: That's it! Thank you for looking, critics most welcomed! 36 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpoud117 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Nice save! You can be glad you didn't let the thrash bin have this one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred piket Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Man, what a save! Very good that you've persisted, because now you have got a stunning model. Very nice diorama by the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Very nicely done, it turned out looking wonderful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russmeister 101 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Great looking Thunderjet, and a fantastic diorama to set it off!! The finish you've achieved is most enviable, bravo Sir! 🏆👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATRICK FROM THE SANDS Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 Thank you All! My quest to find some photos of this particular aircraft is not over, I still have doubts about its overall decoration. As an example, not sure that the wingtips tanks fin were painted in yellow??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Love the finish on this one, as well as the dio with the marsden mats. Great looking model! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Congratulation to a superbly successful rescue operation! It looks very convincing on that PSP base. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Great work on the Thunderjet, love the realistic finish ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cduckworth Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Beautiful build- glad you saved it from the bin! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Very nice model you got here. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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