F-84G USAF Korea 1/72eme Part 2

[PATRICK FROM THE SANDS]

Hello Everybody!

I showed you in a previous post a Tamiya F-84G I have saved from my bin after a moment of rage... So here is his brother, same fabricant, with a lot of aftermarket inside to make this kit more accurate and attractive. Markings reflect the colorful, well known and well documented FS-454, the 58th FBW CO bird. I used the Aeromaster decals sheet 72-170 "Thunderjets over Korea" rather than the Kit  decals which I found too thick. However, I struggled with the Aeromaster product which has some inconsistencies and was not so easy to apply. I didn't put too much weathering, as it is the Boss Bird!

Here is the result:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the little dio: The tractor comes from aftermarket with a lot of enhancements, the ladder is scratch built:

 

 

 

 

 

And to finish, a family photo:

 

 

Thank you for watching! 

 

[Toryu]

Nice pair - they both look gorgeous! Great dio, too.

[noelh]

Very  nice indeed and a very realistic base.

[Sky Keg]

The base serves as the perfect frame for the work of art F-84. 

 

Mike

[Russmeister 101]

OOOOH!! That's something else!  Great NMF and striking markings!

Bravo!

[stevej60]

Alway's great to see a beautifully built and finished F-84 and here we have two.

[Vultures1]

That's very nice work! Great finish and a colourful set of markings...and a nice diorama too! Well done 

[Wulfman]

Lovely looking Thunderjet and vignette , great modelling !

 

Wulfman

[Bertie McBoatface]

Excellent modelling. Good work on the NMF in particular.

[Spitfire31]

I can't say anything about the accuracy, being an F-84 ignoramus. I'll take your word for it.

 

But the attraction is certainly there, and in spades! Wonderful model in a very convincing setting.

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

[RidgeRunner]

That is very nice, Patrick. It is always great to see an F-84 of any variant :). Yours is built beautifully.

 

Martin

 

[PATRICK FROM THE SANDS]

Thank you All! I built these kits sometimes ago and I think that there are still the best on the market for an F-84G...but not the cheapest! As I said, I put a lot of goodies (AIRES etc...) inside but, at that scale, the model can be easily built OOB, with a very good result. Highly recommended.

 

[Mr T]

Nice model, and a very nice paint and decal job. The USAF did allow for some colourful schemes on their aircraft at that time. A bit different from what the RAF would tolerate (probably for some very good reasons).