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1/48 Monogram F-100D |
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Super Sabre |
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This is my F-100D Super Sabre model. I used the old Monogram's Thunderbirds Sabre as the base model. Markings My intention was to build a Vietnam war veteran aircraft, so I picked up some spare decals and painted the model with the South East Asia camo pattern. The SM letters of the tail was made by a friend and fit the model well.
Cockpit The cockpit was built out of the box with no aftermarket resin or photo etch detail items. Opened Hatches I opened some hatches of the plane and I installed some pipes and wires inside it. The covers were done by aluminum from Coke cans and placed on the plane wing, to simulate in-progress repair work. Gun Bay One cannon hatch was opened too, revealing the cannon barrel.
Fuel Tanks I painted one of the underwing fuel tanks silver. My objective was to simulate a tank originally from a silver F-100 still not painted with the SEA cammo scheme.
Pitot Tube and Bombs The napalm bombs are from Monogram's A-10 model. Painting and Weathering The paints used was Tamiya Acrylics and the metal scratches were done with a silver paint roller pen. Marcelo
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Photos and text © by Marcelo Ribeiro
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