BillS

I should have read G’s question more closely. Well hey, now everyone whose interested knows what the long gray cylindrical thingys are as well!

Those are the drive rods that actuate the canopies. On the F-4 canopies were me maniacally actuated and pneumatically opened/closed. You can clearly see the guard over the “switch”. Kinda crude by today’s digital standards but oh, so very F-4!

I bought direct earlier this year. Excellent response. Don’t know what tariffs will do tho

That c/l ejector is not even close. You’ll have to cut it off and cobble up a way to mount the older tank. It should be easy as the aero 27 was more or less internal and the tanks mounting lugs were concealed.

Go to town!

Sparkit

FWIW that is NOT US Interior green. It is more akin to Dull Dark Green or 34092. That airplane and 2 or three others were sitting in my divisions hanger at Holloman in the 81-2 timeframe. NAA employed that color on the F-100 as well. Int. green is more yellow or olive.

The ones at Holloman were D’s from all over the reserves or guard so what I recall was no pad with a parachute support block. Well as I read my text I must admit I have been wrong before but that red pad would have stuck in my brain. There were also a mess of QF-86s that I believe were Canadian jets but with the NAA seat. The first time I ever recall seeing the red lumbar pad was researching the ejection seat of a Sabre Dog model I was building.

Regarding the green. NAA did use a color like Dull Dark Green. It was also seen on the Hun particularly the speed brake and gear wells. Ben Brown, a Hun thought leader posted this:

Grrrrreat fo ohs! A modeler’s dream. Wondering about the red lumbar pad. May have been removed as standard chutes served same purpose. I dont remember those on the QFs at Holloman we shared the ramp with. This was before they were modified for NULO.

Like above, depends on age but in the late 70s they’d pass thru our transit alert kinda flat and a little faded. You can get the proper FS spec I International Orange in Xtracolor enamels from Great Models. No other manufacturers make the exact match. When newly painted they would be glossy. Feel free to have heavy exhaust and a really oily underside back to the speed brake.

In AF logo that’s called a “donkey dick” or “ dog pecker”. Same same on the ‘101. Let’s keep our nomenclature straight!

Don’t go by movie sets. Your safe with gray post mid 50s. I’d be more inclined to look at the pilot’s dash 1 because black consoles/panels were largely black. By ANG days, gray for sure.

Somewhere there is a complete B-58 Tech Order library. Probably Wright Patt. Perhaps Dana Bell can help you crack that nut.

I wonder what it is you’re looking for? The IPB for the B-58 is enormous. You might try Avialogs.