LSP_Paul Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Alright so some of you folks have been very non observant.. over two weeks ago I changed my airplane pic in my sig.. then last week I changed my personal pic to the 90thTFS "pair o dice" logo.. then Ernie did, and THEN some of you guys noticed... Well, here we are. So here is what we are doing! A brief background to the 90th in Vietnam: The Squadron we chose to represent in the Group Build is the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron. The 90th Was Assigned to the 3rd Fighter Wing on 9 June 1964 and Flew the Hun from 9 June 64 to 19 November 1965 from Bien Hoa From 3 February though the 10th of May 1965 the unit was detached. From 3 February 66 through 31 Oct 1970 the unit flew from Bein Hoa and conducted the large proportion of its strike and interdiction work over South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Ernie and I will be doing a first ever Buddy Build in a Group Build of the same kit, same materials same squadron of the F-100 D Super Saber. Trumpy Kit, Aires Super Set , LOTS of AMS Parts, Quickboost Refueling probe ,Zacto nose, Master pPitot tube etc etc custom art/ masks decals. You guys kick back and relax.. we got this! Now that Ernie has gotten all but his IFR probe we can get going.. Wish us luck folks.. Paul Edited October 7, 2014 by LSP_Paul Harold, florin13 and Girlscanplay2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 We're on it. Now that I have an airplane. Thanks Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Here are some pics of what needs to be done.. LOTS of prep work..I Started in the Gear bays. Basically you have to do some cutting, grinding,sanding, more grinding ,more sanding etc. then dry fit and you get some really excellent improvements especially in the wheel wells.. Edited July 24, 2014 by av8shunmodels EmperorKai and Girlscanplay2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) More... Cockpit is almost a drop in fit, just remove the pour stub under the pit floor following Aires Directions. and clean up the pour stub under the seat Nose wheel gear Bay... fits really well after careful sanding and dry fitting. Main fits really well too, just remove material SLOWLY and all fits as advertised I then Washed all of the parts prior to breaking out a new can of my favorite primer to use on resin, Tamiya White Fine Surface Primer. More soon! and Thanks for looking in on our builds. Paul Edited July 24, 2014 by av8shunmodels EmperorKai, Girlscanplay2 and Harold 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Resin should be cleaned up like this before you start trying to dry fit or paint anything..then washed with hot soapy water or tire cleaner , I know Brian( out2getcha) used to use Whestly's Bleach White..I use Dish soap called DAWN totally clean, it leaves all the parts SQUEAKY clean with no residue after a good rinse. Edited July 24, 2014 by av8shunmodels EmperorKai, Harold and Girlscanplay2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Riveeeeeeets ......ouch..nice take off on this one Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Alumaniac or camo ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Thanks Martin! I am not so worried about the rivets. By the time I hit it with Primer, then black, then Alclad, them Camo paint, they wont be as noticeable.. I am pretty sure Ernie is going the same route. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I see, here is one nice smoking detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 this is kinda cool too,, source http://www.f-100.org/hun050.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yup, it'll have NMF under the camo, just as the original did. I might forego the panel shading with the NMF, though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Osborne Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Man, really looking forward to this build! F-100 one of my all time favs. LSP_Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Great stuff Paul ! She is gonna be one bad a$$ bird.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlscanplay2 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Hope you both have allot of fun on this build!! Great job on the Tutorials, keep them coming! Good luck on the buddy build and I will be watching! Very interesting background about this Plane for sure. Teresa Edited July 24, 2014 by Girlscanplay2 LSP_Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Paul Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Man, really looking forward to this build! F-100 one of my all time favs. Joe, It was very hard for me to keep something as cool as this a secret for 3 weeks while Ernie went on vacation and waited for his stuff to get to him. I was very fortunate and was able to trade for my plane from Jack ( THANKS JACK!) / parts with Ernie ( thanks Ern) and have lots of support from Harold at AMS with research information and some outstanding new parts. (THANKS HAROLD!) I hope Ernie and I can do justice to this outstanding airplane and the men who flew and maintained them. thanks for checking in on my build, Paul Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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