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Started on this over the weekend - my first Esci kit...



It's a cracking kit, the fit is excellent.

This is where I got to over the weekend.





Cheers?

Never built it but always heard good things about it. I did build the Italeri F-100D.
Not sure if Italeri is a modified esci mold but it was a fun build...

Very cool Stuart! I built the Monogram kit back when I was a kid.

Same here but not the Thunderbirds scheme.

Sweet! Ya got a love the Thunderbirds!

Thanks Gents!

I probably should have said that the kit I bought from ebay didn't have any decals, so I've had to buy a set from Xtradecal - I'll probably do the top scheme.



Also, because ESCI boxed this as a 'Thunderbirds' kit, rather than their standard F-100D, they removed any weapons and didn't even include the inner and outer pylons - just the tanks on the middle wing pylons. Luckily, I was able to buy a set off ebay! They're from a FROG kit, but they do fit and I've drilled the holes in the wing accordingly.



Any suggestions for what to hang from this thing - I'm not very up on Super Sabres.

Cheers!

Kere's a couple of photos. D's in Viet Nam carried dumb bombs mostly, the other photo is a publicity photo of course, with dumb bombs on the ground but bull pups on the wing and I'm pretty sure a bull pup guidance pod on the the outer left wing pylon. The last photo is with a Mk 7 nuke shape although the airplane is an F-100C.

Thanks John - those are really useful. I quite like the idea of some Bullpups and the targeting pod. The Mk.7 is cool - interesting that they hung it from the middle pylon, where the tanks normally go.

Progresssssssss....

Painting done and the decals are going on.



Cheers!

Great looking work Stuart! Very well done!