Yaks 'Century Series' in 1/48 part 1- The NA F100D Super Sabre

[yak face]

Hi all , heres the first in a series of builds that ive been wanting to do for a while. Itsthe 1950's 'Century Series ' jets of the USAF. In total there were six production aircraft, these being - F100 super Sabre , F101 Voodoo, F102 Delta Dagger , F104 Starfighter, F105 Thunderchief and the F106 Delta Dart. Ive managed to acquire all of these in 1/48 and all are Monogram kits .


This one is the F100D Super Sabre , , the tooling dates back to 1980 but its a very nicely detailed kit , the undercarriage and bays especially are superbly detailed but very simple in make up. I built it more or less Out of the box , just adding a few bits (oxygen pipe on the seat, mirror on the canopy and drilling out and extending the jet pipe as it was blanked off about 1/4 " in!)


I used Aftermarket decals as I wanted to do a Nat metal airframe with the colourful schemes common on these aircraft in the fifties. Ialso wanted t try out something new with the heat staining F100's were noted for , and used different colours of baked Eye Shadow applied with a cotton bud for this . Heres the pics , as always comments criticisms observations etc.welcome , cheers tony

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[Guest]

You really have done a wonderful job with this kit Tony.


The heat staining is excellent and that cockpit is to die for. .

[Guest]

Wow!

[papa 695]

Awesome work Tony I realy love this Jet and you've done a fantastic job of it.


I can't wait to see your builds of the rest if this is anything to go by.

[Dave W]

Some great work there Tony. Like you, I love these old Monogram kits. Got a few in my stash. The heat staining looks realistic to me. I look forward to your other century series builds.

[monica]

stunning job with this one Tony real well done,

[tr1ckey66]

That is a beautiful model Tony. Cockpit detail, natural metal finish (with heat colouration), perfect decals.


The Super Sabre looks stunning.


Top work


Paul

[colin m]

It looks great Tony. She certainly has a 'presence' about her and certainly catches the eye.

[Snowman]

Awesome - great build! B|

[Guest]

Probably my all time favourite American jet aircraft.  Superbly done Tony.  This is going to be a fascinating series of builds.

[PaulTRose]

thats really really nice

[Guest]

you have out done yourself sir.


scott

[flyjoe180]

Superb work Tony. I think you've captured the various metal shades nicely, and the heat staining is particularly well done.

[Guest]

I can only echo what's been said already Tony, that's a beautiful build. The heat staining worked a treat & the overall finish is first class.


OOB? You've never built anything straight from the box in your life! maybe the Airfix Tomahawk  -_-


Looking forward to seeing your Thud

[yak face]

Thanks everyone for the great comments , its been a really enjoyable build and this kit defies its age with the great detail.Like graham  I love this aircraft and seeing Ians build of the same kit ( but different boxing) made me look for one , then the idea came to do all the century series , im going to do them in numerical order so next one up is the voodoo. Once again thanks for the positive comments , cheers tony