HobbyBoss F-105D Thunderchief

[Ben Hartmann]

Still scared witless about uploading anything here.

 

Ingredients:

 

Reskit centreline MER pylon

Master Pitot Probe

Monogram ALQ-87 (From F-4C kit)

Hasegawa MER + ordinance

LP models 3D printed ladder

Armory mainwheels

Eduard photoetch set + RBF tags

Quinta 3D cockpit

Aires Ejection Seat

Twobobs decals

 

Was it worth it? Probably not.

 

Enjoy folks

 

Ben

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CJP]

A lot of work but you ended up with a very nice F105D in that camo scheme - especially like your sunset photos

 

Chris

[Vultures1]

Very nice work Ben! Great build, fab camo scheme, a nice setting, and atmospheric photos - top job 👍

[Charles68]

Beautiful!, Great Photography also Well worth the effort.  Love what you did in bringing the rarely seen F-105 in  Euro One to the table .

Edited July 6, 2024 by Charles68

[billn53]

Lovely! And, in a nicely-busy diorama. Where did you get the figures and ground equipment?

[Chrisj2003]

Extremely nice end of era paint job.  
 

Chris

[binbrook87]

Absolutely superb! Great to see a Thud in Euro 1 colours for a change. Great work on the build and the diorama 👏

[Ben Hartmann]

4 hours ago, billn53 said:

Lovely! And, in a nicely-busy diorama. Where did you get the figures and ground equipment?

Ground equipment & figures are a mix of Hasegawa & Esci 

 

Best Rgds

 

Ben

[Doccur]

Excellent always - the Hartmann diorama recipe never fails to disappoint. 
 

Ash

[Airbusboy]

Absolutely fantastic ! I would have been scared witless carrying that into the garden to be photographed 😲 

[Farmerboy]

Great looking model, keep them coming!

[Ben Hartmann]

20 hours ago, Airbusboy said:

Absolutely fantastic ! I would have been scared witless carrying that into the garden to be photographed 😲 

In Blu-Tac we trust! 
 

 

[Andy Dyck]

Superb ! These sunset pictures are very delicious! Very very nice !

 

Andy 

[Ben Hartmann]

2 hours ago, Andy Dyck said:

Superb ! These sunset pictures are very delicious! Very very nice !

 

Andy 

Thanks Andy, its amazing what you can do with a sewing box and an old tree stump these days! 😂

[Mattlow]

On 7/6/2024 at 1:16 PM, Ben Hartmann said:

Still scared witless about uploading anything here.

Your post would suggest your fears are groundless...

 

Looks really good. Never knew this type flew in that camo... Thanks for sharing.

 

Matt

[dnl42]

Bravi! Very nicely done, all of it! 

 

Nice to see camo other than SEA, too.

[Lightningboy2000]

Was it worth it??? Hell yes!

Fantastic work especially with the other airfield furniture! What scale?

[Pete in a shed]

Superb looking diorama. Yes, definately worth it.

Pete

[72modeler]

Yowzah-nice Thud and a very realistic diorama; reminds me of the one at the USAF Museum! 

Mike

[Ben Hartmann]

21 hours ago, Lightningboy2000 said:

Was it worth it??? Hell yes!

Fantastic work especially with the other airfield furniture! What scale?

I should of put it in the title. Its 1/48th. Trumpeter do the 1/32 & 1/72….yet the HB kit is pretty much a rescale of both of these. So I don’t get that. 
 

But in all seriousness, never again! I’ll stick to Monogram for all future Thuds, life is too short!

 

ATB

 

Ben

[Ad-4N]

As someone who lived five miles from Hill AFB at one point, I always appreciate F-105s from Utah.  Used to see them fly over the house all the time.  However, by the time they were sporting Euro One paint schemes, I was long gone having been stationed at Ft. Lewis, WA.  Superb work.  

[Ben Hartmann]

29 minutes ago, Ad-4N said:

As someone who lived five miles from Hill AFB at one point, I always appreciate F-105s from Utah.  Used to see them fly over the house all the time.  However, by the time they were sporting Euro One paint schemes, I was long gone having been stationed at Ft. Lewis, WA.  Superb work.  

Correct me if I’m wrong, but from what I can find out this was the only one to receive the European 1 paint job. The other were wraparound SEA, and the one-off ‘Desert Fox’ in a 3-tone brown  scheme.

 

Rgds

 

Ben

[Ad-4N]

4 hours ago, Ben Hartmann said:

Correct me if I’m wrong, but from what I can find out this was the only one to receive the European 1 paint job. The other were wraparound SEA, and the one-off ‘Desert Fox’ in a 3-tone brown  scheme.

 

Rgds

 

Ben

Not certain.  I only saw those that were painted in SEA with very light gray bottoms and the SEA wraparound.

 

Your sunset photos could easily pass for the Hill AFB flight line looking west over the Great Salt Lake.  

Edited July 10, 2024 by Ad-4N

[wellsprop]

Magnificent build 😁

[Ben Hartmann]

On 11/07/2024 at 07:27, wellsprop said:

Magnificent build 😁

Thank you!