Yaks ‘Century series’ in 1/48 part 5 - the Republic f-105 Thunderchief

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All lumps and bumps now removed and filled / sanded / polished . The wings have now been fitted and the anhedral looks a lot better . Next step before priming is to get the canopies on so the cockpit coaming and HUD / gunsight need to be sorted. The coaming on the kit doesnt quite meet the rear of the instrument panel but this area on the real thing is covered by a canvas shroud anyway so i made this from some microporous surgical tape , cut to shape and stuck on with a few creases for the canvas effect . The HUD / gunsight supplied is just a clear part to be stuck on the coaming but im going to scratch some mounting brackets and replace the glass and projector lens with holographic confetti .

[Guest]

More fantastic work!

Your eye for materials makes me wonder what I’m looking at but not seeing. Maybe it’s a mindset :thinking::thumb2:

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HUD now fitted ,this and the projector lens were cut from holographic confetti and the arms from the spares box. Ive masked the canopies and fitted them , the rear only temporarily as its going to be open . The fit in the closed position isnt brilliant so its just as well im having it open , i still had to seal the gaps all round to prevent any overspray getting into the cockpit . Next up is a light coat of Halfords finest grey to see what final touches the airframe needs before the gloss black UMP primer goes on .

[Guest]

I was wondering about this just today!

Good to see it progressing. Love the holographic confetti!

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I was wondering about this just today!

Good to see it progressing. Love the holographic confetti!

Cheers chris , its been a bit of a slow burner , been so busy at work lately that i only really get chance to do a bit sunday mornings , cheers tony

[Guest]

Cheers chris , its been a bit of a slow burner , been so busy at work lately that i only really get chance to do a bit sunday mornings , cheers tony

Sounds familiar!

[scottie3158]

Tony,
Great work so far.

[papa 695]

Just caught up Tony, some cracking work so far, It's certainly keeping you busy.

[adt70hk]

Coming on very nicely Tony.

Andrew

[JayCee]

Excellent work Tony. Looking forward to the finished article.
John.

[Tim Marlow]

More fantastic work. The body preparation looks spot on and the confetti gun sight is a real head Turner....

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Got a little bit more done today . I gave the airframe a quick wipe over with IPA , stuffed some foam in the intakes , front wheel well and up its exhaust (! :anguished
It was then given a coat of Halfords grey acrylic primer straight from the can , once this has dried I’ll be able to see if anything needs further attention before the gloss black base goes on

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
Great job so far. That cockpit is superb. Needed a very steady hand. Well done with the modifications needed. Looking forward to the metal finish. Something I've never done.
Jim

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Gave the grey primer a polish up with a very old , worn bit of 1200 grit sanding sponge . Once the airframe was nice and smooth it got a quick wipe with a lightly dampened ( with IPA ) bit of kitchen roll. Its now had a coat of UMP black gloss primer , along with all the other bits that are going to be silver. Tomorrow i can see if the black needs any bits polishing up before the silver goes on

[Neil Merryweather]

just caught up on this Tony, it's looking fantastic. Jets aren't my thing so I'm not aware of the the Thunderchief but what a beast!