Subject: Re: 102nd Fighter Wing / Massachusetts Air National Guard Legacy Project Part 1
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ken Middleton" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:05:17 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

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

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ken Middleton 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:36 AM
  Subject: 102nd Fighter Wing / Massachusetts Air National Guard Legacy Project Part 1

  Hi Steve,
  Here is Part 1 of a 3 part series
  Thanks
  Ken

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  102nd Fighter Wing / Massachusetts Air National Guard Legacy Project 

  Part 1 

  by Ken Middleton
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  Here is part 1 of a 3-part article on the 102nd FW Legacy Project I recently completed. Some of the decals were available in commercial form, and some I had to create. All models are 1/48th scale, and will be donated to the unit for display at Otis Air National Guard Base.

  P-51
  For the P-51, I used Monograms' P-51D kit. It was a simple and quick build. I made the numbers and letters on the computer and printed them. The green trim is Testors small bottle gloss green.

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  P-47N
  I used the Monogram Pro Modeler P-47N kit and Pro Modeler decals for the P-47N. The light blue cowling, seagull badge decals and painting instructions are incorrect based on references I found. I painted the cowling Insignia Blue, but used the seagull badge as that is all I had. Due to my lack of proper test fitting, one wing was left with a large gap on the upper surface against the fuselage. It took quite a bit of fitting with plastic and putty.

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  F-94B
  Finding a 48th scale kit and decals for the F-94B proved to be a challenge.  Fortunately, I found a Hobbycraft F-94A for sale on the ARC boards by "dann" (thanks dann), and ended up using the Superscale 72nd markings for the seagull badges and white/blue lightning bolt. I used wing-tip tanks from Testors T-33 kit. I made the letters and numbers once again, and had some silvering issues under the homemade decals.

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  F-86H
  The 102nd flew the F-86H variant of the Sabre, and I decided to use ESCI F-86E kit instead of the only available H model kit by Collectaire. Thanks to Darren Roberts, as he sent me 2 copies of the decals from the Collectaire kit that had the green clover leaf markings of the 101st FS, which cannot be found in 48th otherwise. 

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  Part 2 of the project will include the F-84F, F-100D, F-106, T-33 and "old school" F-15A. Part 3 will be a single model article.an F-15 depicting its launch on 11 September 2001.

  Ken

  Photos and text © by Ken Middleton