Anyone have F-105D station drawings?

[Ben Brown]

Hi all,

Anyone have any station diagrams for the F-105D? Famous Aircraft of the World has some for the F-100, and I was wondering if they might have done the same for the Thud.

Thanks!

Ben

[Sergei Galicky, Russia]

I hope it helps you, Ben

[Ben Brown]

Hi Sergei,

Thanks! Unfortunately, that's not quite what I'm looking for. What I'm hoping to find is a fuselage drawing like these, that shows where everything is based on a certain datum point:

They're usually found in aircraft operators manuals, but I'm hoping somebody like FAOTW included them in their Thud book, like they did for the F-100.

Cheers!

Ben

Edited May 16, 2010 by Ben Brown

[viper50]

Hey Ben. I have both of those FAOW books and the one on the 105 does not have the drawings like the one for the HUN. The 1/72 scale drawings for the 105 are split between two pages and do not have the reference points you are looking for. Don M.

[Ben Brown]

Thanks, Don. I'll quit searching down that route, then.

Ben

[viking73]

Hi Ben,

Sorry I struck out too. I looked at every 105 book I have (Warbird Tech, both Squadron books, and three others) and didn't find a station diagram in any of them. I don't have a pilots manual for the Thud either...

Good luck.

-Derek

[Ben Brown]

Hi Derek,

Thanks for checking! I think I may just take a step back and go with the TLAR (That Looks About Right) method and use the Detail & Scale drawings.

Back in the late '80s, there was an aviation bookstore on King St. in Alexandria , VA that had an F-105D Dash-1 for sale for 25 bucks. It was there for at least a couple of months. I'm still kicking myself for not grabbing it!!!!!!

Cheers!

Ben

[viking73]

Hi Derek,

Thanks for checking! I think I may just take a step back and go with the TLAR (That Looks About Right) method and use the Detail & Scale drawings.

Back in the late '80s, there was an aviation bookstore on King St. in Alexandria , VA that had an F-105D Dash-1 for sale for 25 bucks. It was there for at least a couple of months. I'm still kicking myself for not grabbing it!!!!!!

Cheers!

Ben

Ben,

$25 for a -1? Man, that would have been a steal! Too bad you didn't snag it...

So, what kind of F-105 project are you working on?

-Derek

[Ben Brown]

I'm thinking of starting a Monogram Thud and if I do, I'm going to reshape the radome. I'm going to add a small spacer between it and the fuselage, then sand the part down to give it a little bit of a curve. I'll probably end up taking some plastic off of the tip, and I just wanted to make sure I got the length right. Of course, I could just use the D&S drawings to measure the length and stop being so "uptight" about things, couldn't I? ;)

One thing that keeps getting missed is that not only does the radome continue the curve of the fuselage, but at the forward-most 1/3, it becomes more conical as it blends with the pitot tube.

Cheers!

Ben

Edited May 18, 2010 by Ben Brown

[ReccePhreak]

Would these drawings help?

http://www.airwar.ru/other/draw2/f105d_revi.html

http://www.airwar.ru/other/draw2/f105fg_revi.html

Larry

[viking73]

Sounds like a plan Ben, I'm looking forward to seeing it. Are you going to rescribe it all?!

I too have a 1/48 Monogram Thud but I want to turn mine into a "B" model. I want to do the NJ ANG bird that I posted photos of over in the reference corner thread on the Thud. I am thinking about ordering the C&H Aero conversion for the "B". Have you or anyone seen/used it? Is it worth the $$$? I would need the decal sheet anyway for the NJ ANG squadron markings. I do have the issue of FineScale Modeler that shows a "B" conversion from scratch but the C&H might be a better way to go. Any thought?

-Derek

[viking73]

Would these drawings help?

http://www.airwar.ru/other/draw2/f105d_revi.html

http://www.airwar.ru/other/draw2/f105fg_revi.html

Larry

Larry - is there a set of F-105B drawings at this site?

-Derek

[Ben Brown]

Thanks, Larry! I think those may be the drawings from D&S.

Derek, The C&H conversion is pretty good, plus, right now, I think it's the only game in town. I've built the Airwaves (or Aeroclub, can't remember which) conversion, but it has trenches for panel lines and no B instrument panel. Rescribing a Thud is a real chore, but looks great when done.

Ben

[mrvark]

Have you checked out the D-Mold replacement nose?

[ReccePhreak]

Larry - is there a set of F-105B drawings at this site?

-Derek

Didn't see any there, sorry.

I would like to do a 1/48 RF-105B, but that is a WAYYYY future project.

Larry

[Ben Brown]

Have you checked out the D-Mold replacement nose?

Yes, but after spending way too much $$$ trying to fix the Trumpeter 1/32 F-100, I need to do this one on the cheap.

Ben