Monogram Republic F-84F Thunderstreak

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Gary Brantley
tough crowd? 🙂

11 January 2017, 03:52

Michael Hickey
Nice Thunderstreak, and I wouldn't worry to much about the crowd.;)

11 January 2017, 04:38

Gary Brantley
Thanks Michael! Lol. no, I was just joking. Seems like a good crowd around here. 🙂

11 January 2017, 05:20

Michael Hickey
Yeah, your there.🙂

11 January 2017, 09:50

Gary Brantley
🙂 🙂 Careful now... 🙂

11 January 2017, 14:04

Stephan Ryll
Nice result 👍

11 January 2017, 18:56

Eugen P.
Really nice.

11 January 2017, 19:08

Gary Brantley
Thanks guys. 🙂

11 January 2017, 20:10

Bryn Crandell
Nice Thunderstreak. Those old Monogram kits aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to be.

11 January 2017, 21:02

Gary Brantley
Agreed Bryn. 🙂 Thanks Bernd and Bryn, I think she turned out okay. 🙂

11 January 2017, 21:24

Augie
Nice work on that one, I have one myself its an ok kit but can be a bit of a monster.

12 January 2017, 00:48

Gary Brantley
Thanks Augie. Yeah, the canopy support structure is a beast to assemble. I never did get it completely correct and just said, "sod it", close enough. ). The tailplanes have a fairly tenuous connection at best but the rest went together well for me. Maybe I just got lucky...🙂. Thanks again!

12 January 2017, 02:00

soheil moghisi
nice job.

12 January 2017, 05:08

Daniel Phelps
Nice work!!!!!!!!!!!

12 January 2017, 05:23

Gary Brantley
Thanks soheil and thanks Daniel! Kind of you to comment; thanks for taking time to have a look.

12 January 2017, 13:36

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Maybe it's my age, well, I was born in 1952 after all, but I really like the jets from the '50s. To me, they just look like a jet fighter is supposed to. It seems that to aircraft designers back then, there was no limit to their imagination. Some of the most beautiful fighters(the Hawker Hunter comes to mind!) were born then and no computer calculations determined that. For many it seems that if it looked "right" then it was! At any rate, I've really been on a '50s run lately. Buying and working(not finishing so many tho') on a lot of planes from that era.

It's another of the "good" Monogram kits I think. It's possible to make a real nice model out of this old bird. I originally bought this kit back in the late 1980s(!) and it sat in the stash for years. When I did finally get around to building it, I tried an experiment of sorts. I primed the bottom side in a dark gray, and then sprayed the light gray over that. Then, I gently sanded away the lighter color over the raised panel lines. It turned out pretty

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