F-101B Voodoo
1November 21, 2017Revell’s F-101B. It’s the 1/72 version of Monogram’s 1/48 F-101B so decent detail.
2November 21, 2017I found this photo of the original. Should have studied it a bit more, discovered only near the end of the build that more backdating was required like removing antenna’s aft of canopy and the intake on the lower left nose (which I already installed)
3November 21, 2017Removing the prominent “slime lights” for backdating. Of course I ground away a little too much so needed filler to repair...
4November 21, 2017First subassemblies and first paint on. Installed nosewheel well without the nose gear, which would never survive the build otherwise.
5November 21, 2017Cockpit installed. First signs of trouble with the overall fit. Not much guidance on location of instrument panels, ground away thick instrument panel shrouds and inside fuselage to make panels fit. Added rear wall to nose wheel well.
6November 21, 2017Fuselage assembly. Fit not too bad but did end up with more steps at the joint than wished for.
7November 21, 2017Sprayed intake halves and flap interior white. Did not compare references and kit parts good enough, discovered too late the guide vane is sitting too far inboard (apart from being far too thick). Should have replaced it.
8November 21, 2017Backseaters radar scope was too small, replaced it. Installed fwd instrument panel shroud. Test fitting seats.
9November 21, 2017Intake installation. Had a hard time getting a decent fit.
10November 21, 2017Main wheel wells were not completely walled, so added missing walls and hydraulic lines. Didn’t realise that the half rib halfway in the well was part of parts 45/46.
11November 21, 2017Painted main wheel wells, installing upper wings.
12November 21, 2017Intake splitter plates and too-far-back-and-inboard guide vanes. Oh well...
13November 21, 2017Fit al the lower side not too great so quite a bit of filling and sanding was needed. Not falling together as expected. Opened solid front of afterburner cooling intakes.
14November 21, 2017And wings are on. Achieved a decent wing-to-fuselage fit, with quite some pressure needed to close the gaps. Filled the remaining small gaps. Speed brakes installed closed, lot’s of sink marks on these, filled these with Mr Surfacer and sanded down.
15November 21, 2017Sprayed the red bits of wheel doors, flaps and Falcon’s. Used paint that was too old, remained annoyingly sticky forever.
16November 21, 2017Added sight or projector glass to fwd instrument panel coaming.
17November 21, 2017Installed windscreen and masking of the glassy bits.
18November 21, 2017Tailplane installation. Again not a very positive fit.
19November 21, 2017Ready for painting
20November 21, 2017Black antiglare panel and pre-shading
21November 21, 2017Sprayed radome and masked black areas, sprayed Aircraft Grey. Showed up a flew flaws that needed sanding and respraying.
22November 21, 2017Sprayed darker area under nose present on my subject. Saw it on several other F-101B’s reference pics, had to guess size and color of the area. No idea why this area has a different color. Notice bad fit of missile pallet. My goof...
23November 21, 2017Unmasked black areas and sprayed gloss coat in preparation for decalling.
24November 21, 2017Decalling in progress, decals hardly react to Micro Sol which doesn’t help.
25November 21, 2017Decalling complete, comparison with the reference pic showed that Revell didn’t do their homework flawlessly. The stylized bird is too big, some stencils are wrong, matched pic best I could. Weathered with dark gray pastel powder and final satin coat.
26November 21, 2017Sprayed the bare metal exhaust area last.
27November 21, 2017Into final assembly.
28November 21, 2017Added the yellow edging around the canopy and windscreen panels with painted decal sheet. With hindsight should have cut these a bit wider.
29November 21, 2017Adding gears, tailpipes and missiles. Could not get main gear retraction cylinder installed as designed (story of this kit...) so shortened them.
30November 21, 2017Installed seats and added blast screen aft of front seat.
31November 21, 2017And the final bits. Installing the canopy jack was another challenge, could not figure out how Revell had intended this to fit.
32November 21, 2017Finished!
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Comments
21 November 2017, 20:16
Hans ZwetslootFinished my F-101B Voodoo today! Not at all the easy build expected but still came out OK.
21 November 2017, 20:34
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An almost out-of-the-box build of Revell's F-101B. Expected this to be an easy build, but it kind of fought me all the way. Fit is so-so, but perhaps that's just me. Did not bother to check accuracy. Still came out looking OK though. Markings in the kit are not fully accurate, the kit also requires a bit of backdating for the USAF marking option.
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McDonnell F-101B-95-MC Voodoo
US Air Force (1947-now)60 FIS 57-0375
Hanscom Field, MA