SPA Modeler

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.

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

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

Nice! Love me some Hobby Boss kits!

The cockpit & instrument panel looks wonderful!

- Kari

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

Cool aircraft and good save on adding in the weights!

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

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

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