Here are a couple of fotos of my
just completed back-dated F-105D in 1:32 built from
Trumpeter's late version of the Thud.
The cockpit is from Black Box and
is indeed a model in the model.
When I started this
project nearly 6 months ago, no aftermarket conversion sets were available, so I
had to scratch-built my favourite version of the Thud and covered the whole
model with simple kitchen foil to create a nearly realistic natural metal finish
used on early Thud versions. Later versions of the F-105 received under
the project Look Alike an overall paint of silver lacquer to seal the
entire surface and this brought the natural metal era to an end.
Meanwhile RC-Resins in the UK has
released a nice conversion set to convert Trumpeter's Thud into a
back-dated D-version. The instruction sheet gives you all the information
which parts of the kit have to be changed. Telling the truth, it's a lot of
work, but the final result is worth it. The order-number of the
RC-Resin-Set is RC 32006. More details on RC-products can be
found on www.rcresins.co.uk.
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I have decorated my Thud with
computer created decals, using Super Scale decals in 1:48 as a pattern.
I've chosen an aircraft of the 4 TFW/ 335 TFS homebased at Seymour Johnson AFB.
Peter
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