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Thud Men,

I have started Trumpeter,s F-105D and want to build one of two aircraft:

1st Lt Karl Richter with 421st TFS, Korat RTAFB 1966 aircraft # 91766

and/or

Lt Dave Waldrop’s “Hanoi Special” 34th TFS 388th TFW 1967 aircraft # 61132

I have pleanty of detail and generic shots to build the kit. What I need is actual in-country pics of these birds to be sure I get it right. If anyone knows of a publication where these appear I would really appreciate some direction.

Mike

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did you try Squadrons F-105 in action ?

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The best I found is a book called The 388th Tactical Fighter Wing by Logan. It is a schiffer publication and is on all the birds in Korat Thiland 68-75.

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Mike
Have you been able to locate the information you were looking for?
I may have the specifies you need to do 59-1766.
Karlsthud

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I do would like to see some pics of Karls Thud.

I decide to build Piowatys Thud instead because I didn’t have any pics.
Had this plane any artwork?

M.

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59-1766 had no artwork, she went down on 28 feb 67. Capt Walbridge ejected and was rescued.
Piowaty was with the 34th tfs in 67. Correct?
Dave

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John Piowaty was with the 355th TFW 354th TFS in Takhli 67

was the first to get a 3000 lbs Mk118 on the Doumer Bridge and cut it in two…

what serial had Karls plane and the last mission?

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Yep
I was wrong. Got Piowaty confused with another pilot whose name started with a P.
When Karl went down 0n 28 july 67, he was flying 62-4334.
Have some art work on her somewhere, the blue max.
The only photo I have of 766 was taken at Nellis in 1962 and she is the natural Aluminum silver. Have a VHS tape, from a private individual, with 766 on it. The day of Richters 100th mission, 13 Oct 66.
Dave
Dave

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Dave,

thanks for the infos.

BTW here’s the first part of my thud building together with John; he wrote his narrative about that mission:

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/JetAge/DrMenelaosSkourtopoulos/F-105_1/F-105_1.htm

and the second part:
http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/JetAge/DrMenelaosSkourtopoulos/F-105_2/F-105_2.htm

Menelaos

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Dave,
did Karl got his MiG in 766?

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Sure did
21 Sept 66.
Have a photo of Karl and Capt Ralph Beardsley having a cool one after they landed.
Karl was Ford 3 and Beardsley was Ford 4. The source of this photo is Ralph Beardsley.
Send me an email at the address in my profile and I will email it directly to you back channel.
Dave

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Here are a couple of paintings done by Mark Waki (a local aviation artist)

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Thanks for the two painting.
Richter’s 766 is similar to the bottom one.
No tail code letters at Korat in 66 and I think the serial numbers were black not white but were small linear.
Also, the loadout for that Iron Hand mission was one 650 gal centerline tank and 4 lau-3 rocket pods on the wing pylons.
Karlsthud

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These are obvious choices, but are indespensible if you plan on building an accurate Thud: F-105 in Detail and Scale, and F-105 Walk Around, both published by Squadron and both reasonably priced. Nothing needs to be said about the D$S series, originally started by Bert Kinsey and run by him for many years. Squadron’s more recent Walk Around series is an absolute gem, showing as it does countless color closeup photos, pen-and-ink drawings of both components and aircraft profiles, along with all manner of color photos of the planes in service. When I start a model that doesn’t have one of these references, I now feel as though I’m starting out without a necessary component of the model itself.
Tom