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Need help with an F-100 Super Sabre


Sgt Shultz II

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I'm building an F-100 (1/48 scale) in SEA Camouflage and from all the research pic's I have found it looks like the paint is burned off the tail section so I have 2 basic questions.

 

1) what is the demarcation line for the tail section where the paint would get burned off and what would be bare metal?

 

2) how can you get that "burned paint effect"? Is there an easy way to do it?

 

Ron

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/F-100F_352TFS_35TFW_PhanRang_1971.jpg

 

This jet has been painted but the paint has been burned off

 

http://www.delbertsscalemodels.com/images/Aircraft/F-100_Super_Sabre/F-100_Super_Sabre_05.JPG

 

This jet has the demarcation line further forward than your photo

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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/QF-100_Super_Sabres_at_Tyndall_AFB_1990.jpeg

 

This would be an exercise in painting abilities!

 

https://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/abandoned-F-100-Super-Sabre.jpg

 

and here's one that would be an exercise in battle damage  details

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"It changed/It depends"

 

Timeframe is the key. Beginning from 1970, aircraft that went through depot repaint had the demarcation line moved further forward - FS 448.5.

Anyway, you'd still find a/c with original pre-1970 SEA camo (FS 495 demarcation line) during the early 1970s. (FS=Fuselage Station)

 

You may want to look for period photographs of your selected decal option in order to determine the actual position.

 

HTH

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Pre-1970 demarcation line at FS 495:

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