1/48 Hobby Boss F-84F Thunderstreak FINISHED-ish - Ya DONE!

[keavdog]

This is my first Hobby Boss kit and I'm pretty impressed. Nice plastic and really subtle detail. I had a few issues getting the nose gear well/splitter combo in but finally got it - mostly luck and a lot of weldon. I've always been a fan of the open mouth birds - F-8, A7, F-100 and this one with the really different canopy articulation. So here we go - a few pics.
Cockpit is nice - includes some PE for the seat belts.

Decal for the really busy instrument panel


More PE for the flaps - the kit also includes PE for the speed breaks.

After fighting with the nose gear well - which the instructions indicate you need to add the nose gear (I didn't - figure that out later but for painting my thoughts were...NOPE) I finally got her buttoned up.

So far its been a really nice kit outside of the nose gear well issues. I'm doing this one in NMF so lots of clean up to do.
Crazy thing was the wings had a significant step joint at the root. The fuselage had the same, complementary, step joint. Normally I would have scraped and sanded them and cursed a bit, but after test fitting, it seems Hobby Boss did it on purpose. The wings slid in perfectly. Never seen anything like it.

[LyleW]

Nice! One of those subjects you don’t see as often.

[Stikpusher]

I always like the look of the Thunderjet... a shiny brute!

[Medicman71]

Nice! Love me some Hobby Boss kits!

[KSaarni]

The cockpit & instrument panel looks wonderful!

- Kari

[keavdog]

Thanks. I've always like the lines of this plane. So here's tonights work, or re-work
In wrestling with the nose gear bay and closing up the fuselage I completely forgot nose weight (none is mentioned by the way. So I hacked up the the panel under the windscreen, dropped in a bunch of superglue soaked fishing weights and put a thin piece of evergreen over to seal it up. Probably a bit of work to do on the windscreen - but hey, like I said - my hobby is fixing my mistakes

[pzl66]

Cool aircraft and good save on adding in the weights!

[tempestjohnny]

I'll be watching this. I remember building the Monogram kit back in the 80s

[KSaarni]

Took this picture a few years ago in Hermeskeil museum in Germany.
Pity this and tens of other planes stand outside, without any protection..



- Kari

[BlackSheep214]

Just caught up on this thread. I agree. The Thunderstreak is a lovely aircraft with such nice lines.