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Here is part 1 of a
3-part article on the 102nd FW Legacy Project I recently completed.
Some of the decals were available in commercial form, and some I had to create.
All models are 1/48th scale, and will be donated to the unit for
display at Otis Air National Guard Base.
P-51
For the P-51, I used Monograms’ P-51D
kit. It was a simple and quick build. I made the numbers and letters on the
computer and printed them. The green trim is Testors small bottle gloss green.
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P-47N
I used the Monogram Pro Modeler P-47N kit and Pro Modeler decals for the P-47N.
The light blue cowling, seagull badge decals and painting instructions are
incorrect based on references I found. I painted the cowling Insignia Blue, but
used the seagull badge as that is all I had. Due to my lack of proper test
fitting, one wing was left with a large gap on the upper surface against the
fuselage. It took quite a bit of fitting with plastic and putty.
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F-94B
Finding a 48th scale kit and decals for the F-94B proved to be a
challenge. Fortunately, I found a
Hobbycraft F-94A for sale on the ARC boards by “dann” (thanks dann), and
ended up using the Superscale 72nd markings for the seagull badges
and white/blue lightning bolt. I used wing-tip tanks from Testors T-33 kit. I
made the letters and numbers once again, and had some silvering issues under the
homemade decals.
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F-86H
The 102nd flew the F-86H
variant of the Sabre, and I decided to use
ESCI
F-86E kit instead of the only available H model
kit by Collectaire. Thanks to Darren Roberts, as he sent me 2 copies of the
decals from the Collectaire kit that had the green clover leaf markings of the
101st FS, which cannot be found in 48th otherwise.
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Part 2 of the
project will include the F-84F, F-100D, F-106, T-33 and “old school” F-15A.
Part 3 will be a single model article…an F-15 depicting its launch on
11 September 2001
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Ken
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here for Part 2 of this article
Click
here for Part 3 of this article
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