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1/72 - Republic F-84F Thunderstreak by Sword Models - released


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On 1/4/2023 at 9:28 AM, colossusfr said:

Good news. At least a modern kit for this iconic fighter.

 

About the "La Fayette" scheme, the red arrow should be green for me.

 

Alain.

 

 

I don’t think we should take the profile drawings to be accurate - the Armee de l’air one still has ‘USAF’ on the wing!

59 minutes ago, LanceB said:

Just for my own curiosity/clarification, with the French F-84Fs EC2/4's squadron color was green, and EC1/4 was red, then?

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Dutch Decal did sheets for the Streak way back when, but they are nowhere near the quality you would expect nowadays. With the Flash being rereleased as well I would expect them to do a new set this year, they are generally pretty good following new Dutch kit releases.

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3 hours ago, sroubos said:

Dutch Decal did sheets for the Streak way back when, but they are nowhere near the quality you would expect nowadays. With the Flash being rereleased as well I would expect them to do a new set this year, they are generally pretty good following new Dutch kit releases.

Here's hoping! 

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1 hour ago, RidgeRunner said:

Hmmm .....  I now see the multitude of great colour options for Dutch ‘streaks :)... I reckon on an aluminium 316/314/313  sqn machine :)... So many choices :)

Well.. just to wet your whistle...  ;) 

 

https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/en/aircraft/aircraft-r/578-republic-f-84f-thunderstreak-uk

https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/en/aircraft/aircraft-r/577-republic-rf-84f-thunderflash-uk

https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=748&catid=77&Itemid=574&lang=en

https://www.thunderstreaks.com/category/f-84f/dutch-f-84f/

 

I apologize in advance to your credit card.  ;) 

 

Cheers,

 

Andre 

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On 1/15/2023 at 9:12 AM, RidgeRunner said:

Hmmm .....  I now see the multitude of great colour options for Dutch ‘streaks :)... I reckon on an aluminium 316/314/313  sqn machine :)... So many choices :)

@Hook Andre and @ruudster I now have five on pre-order and looking out for the DD72105 decals ;) 

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  • Homebee changed the title to 1/72 - Republic F-84F Thunderstreak by Sword Models - box art+schemes+sprues - release February 2023
  • Homebee changed the title to 1/72 - Republic F-84F Thunderstreak by Sword Models - box art+schemes+sprues+decals - release February 2023

Yummy! Not bad at all as long as you expect it to be a Sword and nothing more elaborate! ;) It'll work for me! At least they remembered to include the fin tip lights and rudder balance! The decals have pretty much the right colours too!

 

Martin

 

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Nice as always!

 

The only thing I'd like Sword to start doing - add decals for instrument panel and seat belts. Sword used to supply kits with PE frets for interior and some exterior elements. Ok, I get it adds cost. Now they do quite detailed plastic instrument panels and provide resin seats. But these parts would strongly benefit from small decals. Techmod prints very crisp decals so should not be a problem to add instruments and seat belts in SH style. 

Hope, Sword guys, you read it :)

 

Otherwise great subject choice and I believe good molding for short run technology. 

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