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1/144 F-111F 522 FS "Fireballs"


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Arii F-111E marked as F-111F 70-2408 as she appeared in October 1993.

 

Built straight OOB with a mix of custom & spares box decals.  Positioning the wings forward would have created a gap to deal with, so in the interests of keeping this project simple I positioned them aft.  While researching the tail end of the 'Varks USAF career, I found several photos of FS 36118 jets carrying green drop tanks, so went with that look.

 

Chris

 

 

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Chris, 

Your kit looks great!  That gives me hope for my old ARII kit. I bought the OzMods wing extensions and TP II intakes for a F-111C. Will see how it goes. 

K/r,

Dutch

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This is very nicely built, and I especially like how the decals turned out.

 

I agree gluing down swing-wings is the way to go, particularly in 1/144. You can get a much more scale appearance because invariably kits will have massive, toy-like gaps around the wings if built stock.

 

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Great job on this little Vark Chris.   I've been trying to put together the pieces/parts to do up an FB-111 in this scale but I'm coming up a little short.   You knocked this one out of the park!

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