Monogram F-84F
Cockpit construction
Gun muzzle areas drilled out
Opening auxiliary air intake doors started
Finished opening auxiliary air intake doors
Base coat of Flat Black for Vallejo Model Air paints
Model Air paints applied
Base colors in cockpit
progress in painting the cockpit
wings and various sub assemblies glued together
Wheel wells painting finished
Cockpit detail painting nearly complete
Cockpit painting & assembly completed
Cockpit painting & assembly finished
Fuselage assembled
Test fit of wings
Cockpit installed, looking forward
Cockpit installed, r/s view
Cockpit installed, l/s view
And then it started to look like a Thunderstreak!
Gloss Gray undercoat for metallic paint
Gloss Dark Blue undercoat for metallic paint
Canopy masked and installed
Dark gloss blue undercoat for NMF finished. Gloss gray and blue used on ordnance
AK Real Color Aluminum, topside
AK Real Color Aluminum, underside
Trim and detail painting
Trim and detail painting
Anti glare panel redone into OD. Ordnance and drop tanks painted
Decals begun… hit a few snags, but nothing major
Decals on
Decals on
Detail bits painting… first time trying a Molitow pen for the oleo sections. What a fabulous item!
Just about finished…
Just about finished
Finished!
Finished
Load for Alert
Komentáre
52 2 March 2023, 01:34
JohnIt's a good kit. I know there's been something made of accuracy issues but it looks good to me. I think it has one of the best OOB cockpits of any Monogram kit.
2 March 2023, 03:44
JohnCanopy fit is terrible, FYI, especially the rear part where it meets fuselage. If you want it closed, be prepared for quite a bit of fiddling. Pylon to wing fit also pretty bad and wings/fuselage have some gap issues. Then again, it is a Monogram so you kind of have to expect it!
2 March 2023, 12:25
Carlos CisnerosI am planning on an open canopy, so no problem on that fit issue. I can deal with the rest of the issues as on all my previous Revellogram builds. 😉
2 March 2023, 21:05
JohnI liked that Monogram included the Mk 7 baby nuke. That must have been an interesting mission for the pilot.
27 July 2023, 20:29
Carlos CisnerosI imagine that the mission profile was interesting. After doing the bomb toss and hopefully surviving, I wonder what they expected to find upon return to base? In that scenario all sorts of atomic weapons would be flying around onto every conceivable target.
27 July 2023, 21:47
JohnIf it was in central Europe I imagine you'd be looking for an old abandoned Luftwaffe field or a nice stretch of autobahn. If you did your bit for Uncle Sam I'd say it was every man for himself after that!
28 July 2023, 01:06
JohnI love these markings 👍 The mushroom cloud tells you everything you need to know!
2 August 2023, 18:23
Carlos CisnerosThanks John! Yeah, the Wing badge sure made no secret of their mission. 😉 The red squadron trim and stripes really are eye catching
2 August 2023, 19:00
Carlos CisnerosThank you Guy. I learned long ago from a superb modeler that presentation can make all the difference.
4 August 2023, 02:48
Carlos CisnerosThanks Mark. I was trying out AK Real Color Aluminum for the first time here, and I think the results of using that paint speak for themselves.
5 August 2023, 17:12
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