LSP_Paul Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Great stuff Paul ! She is gonna be one bad a$$ bird.....Harv Thanks Harv, It's hopefully going to be TWO bad ass birds! more progress pics shortly. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Ok, So I got the Wheel wells sorted.. the next thing that to me is majorly important is the Zacto nose. If you take your time and remove a bit of material from the internal intake, and carefully sand the pour stub from the Zacto nose, you end up with a perfect joint. I use a piece of 320 sandpaper and water to remove the resin pour stub from the Zacto part, and my Xuron Cuters and 400 sandpaper to remove the excess plastic from the kit parts until things match up perfectly. going SLOW and removing the intake material from the kit parts is the key...I also use a grinding stone to help get rid of some of the bigger parts of the plastic. At low speed the stone actually makes dust out of the plastic and doesn't melt it, this makes it very easy to get close to the lines Ive drawn for the final sanding to length. Read the Zacto directions so you get a great fit.. take your time and dont remove to much material or leave any extra and end up with a poor fitting nose.. Here I have put a black wash in the panel line where the new Zacto nose will go. I then rough cut the plastic off with my Xuron cutters. I then taped my two parts of the internal intake structure together, marked the cut line with black sharpie, and roughly ground down the plastic to get close to the line so I could get them sanded evenly to fit up inside the back of the new resin nose. Then I marked the areas of the new resin nose to be removed with a sharpie so I knew where to stop grinding. That pour stub has to go so things fit well. These are the Dremmel Tool tips I use to do this kind of work. They produce the lease amount of dust and really save time. Here is the part before the final sanding step with the excess removed Here is the part wet sanded , I hold the part firmly and on top of a piece of 320 wet/dry sand paper, press down while moving the part in a figure 8 pattern for a few passes, then turn the part in my hand and repeat. This should give you a nice flush surface on the back of the new part. More... dmthamade and EmperorKai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Don't forget the removal of material from the internal shelf that sits in the fuselage behind the nose, if this is not straight or is left to long your new nose wont fit correctly.. If you do all of these steps carefully, you end up with this.. and yes it fits perfectly on both sides and will need little if any filler once installed. Thanks for looking in on my build, and now you can say you've watched a nose job surgery! Paul dmthamade and EmperorKai 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 As for me: Yeah, what he said!! Paul, awesome work, dude! I'm obviously waaaaaaaaaaay behind you due to vacation, lack of my kit and stuff being here, etc, etc, but go git 'em, I'll catch up when you have a few work trips one after another! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Don't worry Ern, I am waiting on my Wingman. The main thing with this kit and all this resin is obviously prep work. Once I got all the resin to fit the way I wanted it, and the internal intake trunking seam smooth, the rest of the modifications are all external. Glad ya like mine, your's should be smooth sailing too! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I'm steaming in your wake, brother, so I hope I'll have an easier time of it all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 WOOT!!! I likey. LSP_Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 WOOT!!! I likey. Thanks Harold! I appreciate the Enthusiasm and Support, hopefully Ernie and I can turn out a nice pair to go with Barry's F model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) OK, Since I got all my resin to fit and I'm waiting on my wingman to catch up a bit.. Lets look at some amazing F-100 facts that a lot of folks don't know about.. Perhaps reading this will change your opinion and appreciation for this great aircraft. F-100 FIRSTS May 25, 1953-First operational aircraft operational aircraft operational aircraft to exceed Mach 1 in level flig to exceed Mach 1 in level flight to exceed Mach 1 in level flight - YF-100A flown by 100A flown by George Welch. October 26, 1953-New world speed record New world speed record New world speed record - 755.19 mph over Salton Sea, F-100A, Lt. Col. Frank Everest. October 1954- First American Fighter unit equipped with supersonic jets - 479th FDW, George AFB, CA F-100As. December 17, 1954- Collier Trophy awarded to NAA by President Eisenhower for development of the first operational supersonic fighter. February, 1955- First supersonic ejection - George Smith from F-100A at 8,000 ft. August, 1955-New world speed record - 822.5 mph over Mojave Desert Col. Horace Hanes F-100C 4 September 19 4 September 1955- Col. Carlos Talbott won the Bendix Trophy in an-100C that traversed the 2,325 mile distance with an average speed of 610mph. September, 1956- Start of the F Start of the F Start of the F-100F - First two seater supersonic trainer aircraft irst two seater supersonic trainer aircraft irst two seater supersonic trainer aircraft. September, 1956- Project Mobile Baker - first tactical jets to fly non-stop from Foster AFB, TX to Landstuhl, Germany (across the Atlantic) F-100Cs,13 hrs, 50 min. December, 1956- two F-100Ds became the first-ever aircraft to successfully perform buddy refueling. November, 1957- Project Mobil Zebra - First tactical jets to fly non -stop across the Pacific ocean - 16 F 100Cs and 16 F-100Ds from George AFB, CA to Philippine Islands. . February, 1957- First Air National Guard unit to be equipped with supersonic fighter jets - 188th TFS, Kirtland AFB, NM ANG. May 1957- Three F-100Cs set a new world distance record for single single-engine aircraft by covering the 6,710mi 5,835nm, 10,805 nm, distance from London to Los Angeles 14 hours and 4 minutes. The flight was accomplished using inflight refueling. Edited July 25, 2014 by av8shunmodels Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 March, 1958- First supersonic jet to make a Zero Length Launch (ZEL) - Al Blackburn. March, 1958- Announcement - First fighter to be able to deliver a nuclear weapon at supersonic speed - TAC Cmdr. Gen. O.P. Weyland, F-100D. May, 1958- First foreign country to be equipped with supersonic jet fighters – Military Assistance Program, France . August 1959- two F-100Fs became the first-ever jet fighters to fly over the North Pole. April 1961– F-100s were the first USAF combat jets to enter the Vietnam War Vietnam . April 1965– An F-100 was the first USAF aircraft to engage in aerial jet combat during during the Vietnam War, while escorting F-105 Thunderchiefs to target. 1956- First supersonic jet fighter to equip the Thunderbird Aerial Demonstration Team - 1956-1964 13 years total. 1980- First operational high -performance fighter to demonstrate remote controlled attack capability - QF-100 Full Scale Aerial Target 1979-1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 ACHIEVEMENTS 1958 First supersonic jet fighter to equip an allied nation – France – F-100Ds and F-100Fs. 1972 Flew more sorties in Vietnam than all the thousands of P-51s flew in World War II. 1972 Flew more sorties in the Vietnam War than all other combat fighter aircraft combined – 360,283 sorties - 242 F-100s lost (198 in combat, 54 non-combat). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderdriver Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 COOL LSP_Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderdriver Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 That's probably my one post I'm getting per day since the SUN SPOT..GLOBAL WARMING... PUTIN SHOT DOWN THE SATELLITE ..LSP CRISIS Or maybe it just had to get passed "The WITCHING HOUR". COOL stuff on the HUN and looking forward to you "Pair O' Mice" getting youse builds going! I'm stuck between writing all kinds of stuff since I haven't been able to post anything for 3 days....OR.. Quit writing now and not wasting my time on something that AIN"T GONNA POST ANYWAY.....it's been frustrating to labor on the keyboard, just to watch it go "PAGE CAN"T BE FOUND" when I press post Sorry Paul If this goes thru I go dance in the street and youes won't here from me till after the sun comes up......and If it don't post I'll go to bed and you won't here from me til the sun comes up :punk:it probably won't work, emocion ain't moving watch'in youse :wicked: It's cranking..but it ain't start'in Push POST 10 times little green box at the top showed the moving squares, but no go Gonna leave it here and try this post in the morning if it don't disappear LSP_Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 Jack, I know you are here in spirit more then LSP is letting you post.. and Thank you for checking out my build. I wish the LSP Gremlins would go away, they are affecting a lot of my favorite LSP folks . I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow and I'll call you from the road at some point. Keep working on your Thud, you can always email me pics to post for you on your build. All the best, Your Friend, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 AWWW, what a buddy !. Good luck with your build Jack, I know it will be a great one.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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