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The Duke's Second Aircraft in December

Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:30 am
by Duke Maddog
Somehow I managed to finish another aircraft model this month. This is the Heller 1/72 scale F-94 kit I got as a bagged kit for free. I apologize for the poor photography; I can't seem to get my camera or phone to take decent pics no matter what I do. These are the two best pics I can show:


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Hopefully I'll get some better pics later, until then comments are welcome, thanks for looking in.

Re: The Duke's Second Aircraft in December

Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2023 1:00 pm
by Stikpusher
Nice finish Mark, and congrats on getting one more in before the end of the year! :shoutout:

The nose radome should either be in flat black or off white fiberglass instead of NMF like the rest of the airframe

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Re: The Duke's Second Aircraft in December

Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2023 1:35 pm
by jeaton01
I like it Mark, but yeah, touch up that radome. I watched a youtube video the other day comparing the relative effectiveness of the F-86D, F-94, MiG 17PF, and several other interceptors defending against a TU-16 and though the F-86D got there first, the F-94 was more likely to get the kill because of the two man crew and how that aided positioning for the intercept. This was before the DEW line was built if I understood it correctly.

Re: The Duke's Second Aircraft in December

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 4:02 am
by tempestjohnny
Looks good. Those old Heller kits were nice. Lacking in detail but lots of subjects

Re: The Duke's Second Aircraft in December

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:12 pm
by Duke Maddog
Thank you Carlos! Amazingly enough, the instructions never mentioned painting the radome. I'll get right on that.

Thank you John! I will touch that up, I didn't know it should have been painted. Great information about the intercept; I love reading things like that!

Thank you Tempest Johnny! Yeah, I decided to dive right into this old Heller kit since it was so fast and (relatively) easy to build.

Re: The Duke's Second Aircraft in December

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:41 pm
by Medicman71
Great work Mark!! :shoutout: :shoutout: