jesTer Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) Build 10 of 2021 is a Trumpeter 1/72 kit depicting 58-1226, one of seven F-100Fs modified into 'Wild Weasel I' configuration and deployed to locate and destroy enemy defences. 58-1226 was crew Capt. Al Lamb and Capt. Jack Donovan’s F-100F who were credited with the first SAM site kill by a Wild Weasel F-100F on 22 December 1965. . The modifications were straightforward with the challenging parts being the tailfin: there's an intake on the leading edge and the tail fairing is a slightly wider form. All mods were done with the help of books and builds on both Britmodeller and the ARC Forums (a particularly grateful shoutout to Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy). Markings from Wolfpak Decals. . Painted primarily with AK Interactive acrylics and weathered with oils. Overall fit was OK: good in some, troublesome in others and it was delayed for a while because I cracked the canopy and had to wait for a replacement. . A build log and more photos can be found on my site > https://www.rocketpunch.biz/21-trumpeter-f100f-wildweasel/ . SAM Hunters over Vietnam . Thanks for looking! Edited December 12, 2021 by jesTer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Truly wonderful, outstanding work! Your extra hard research and work really paid off! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 "YGBSM".....That's awesome!!!!!!!!! Cheers....Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SakisG Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Excellent work! It's very beautiful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum1 Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Great work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jesTer Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 On 12/12/2021 at 7:16 PM, Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy said: Truly wonderful, outstanding work! Your extra hard research and work really paid off! On 12/12/2021 at 10:17 PM, aircommando130 said: "YGBSM".....That's awesome!!!!!!!!! Cheers....Ron On 12/13/2021 at 8:12 PM, SakisG said: Excellent work! It's very beautiful! On 12/15/2021 at 6:52 AM, fulcrum1 said: Great work! Thanks for the kind comments guys! Much appreciated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Lovelly Hun! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 LIke a lot, so important historycally! Years ago built the D, remember some fun,and headeches... Here my models and here the WIP GIanni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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