Subject: Re: ARC submission
From: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 16:22:01 -0800

Hi Leslie,
Thanks for sending in your F105G article. It looks excellent.  I'm catching
up on a backlog of e-mails....sorry for the slow response.  I'll e-mail you
when your article goes on ARC.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Choy" <[email-masked]>
To: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:52 AM
Subject: ARC submission

> Hello Steve
>
> This is my contribution, completed recently. Sorry if the file is too
> big.
>
>
> Trumpeter 1/32 F105G Thunderchief: (pic1)
>
> I build this kit O.O.B. with some slight changes. Begining with the
> cockpit, using Squadron Walk Around as reference, I assemble and spray
> Gunze 317 (FS 36231) cockpit gray the instruments black. I deviate here
> a bit by replacing the both cockpit radar scope, using clear plastic
> over spray with clear orange and punch it out with Waldron punch.(pic
> 2,3)
>
> The engine and M60 vulcan cannon was assembled before I put the fuselage
> together. Some filler and sanding thereafter. From reference pictures,
> there are latches at the side of the cockpit when the canopy is left
> opened. Here, I removed some plastic slightly and add the latch later.
> (pic4)
>
> I've some problem getting the wing's control surfaces to work, therefore
> I glued it to up position. I operate the trailing edge flaps during
> sanding and spray painting to over come some difficult corners, was left
> at up position after everything was done and was spared from being
> glued. The tail plane, various scoops and air intakes are then put
> togehter.(pic5)
>
> Due to the shear size of the Thud, the fuselage and the wings were spray
> painted seperately (pic6). Gunze 303,309,310 and 311 were used. The
> kit's paint reference do not match up with the Walk Around paint
> reference, therefore alot of cross checking was involved during spray
> painting. I masked and spray black on various antennae. The tail tip was
> masked and sprayed gray. The whole model was coated with Future, decal
> and sealed with another coat of Future. Panel lines and details were
> highlighted with a Raw umber wash. Gunze flat coat was sprayed over  the
> next day. The exhaust was sprayed with silver and blend with clear blue
> and smoke. (pic7)
>
> After fitting the Thud's undercarriage, it was left over night for
> drying.(I've heard of some reports of  it's weak undercarriage). The
> next day, it gave way seconds after it was left on its weight breaking
> some of it's parts. I've replaced all the undercarriage linkages using
> K&S (M52) brass rods. As for parts I1 and I2, I sandwiched a 0.5mm brass
> sheet with 2 plastic sheet matching the thickness of the original part.
> The base of the undercarriage was also widen with plastic sheet. Finally
> it stood on its own weight. (pic8,9)
>
> I could not resist to further add on some details to the radar dish and
> radome as in the F105 Walk Around.
> (pic10)
>
> Lastly the canopy latches.(pic11)
>
>  I choose to arm it up with AGM-45 ,  M-117 bombs and drop
> tanks.(pic12,13) even though theres no reference whether there's such a
> configuration to the Thud.
>
> The whole project took me about 21/2 months to complete.
>
>
> Leslie
>

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