The April 2006 issue of FSM has a feature article on my silver F-105D. It was submitted almost a year ago. [:)] [tup]
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
Darwin,
Excellent work on that bird! I hope my Thunderbirds F-105 comes out half as good! I didn’t know it was you, congrats on making the “big time”!
Brian [bow][bow][bow]
Great work, Darwin. I’ll keep my eyes peeled!
HEY! That is you! I just got my issue today…Great Job Darwin and cudos to the Editors for picking up a quality modeller and good guy!
Congradulations! Darwin. You certainly desered the reconition.
good job darwin, i just skimmed through mine, cant wait to read it.
Saw that 105 in my issue, nice job and cool that you got in the magazine!
Darwin,
I’ve been admiring that Thunderchief for a while as it also appears on the home page of FSM. Beautiful work and a great article!
Congrats, and thank you for a great article and photos.
Hey!!
Good one, Darwin! Great looking model, mate.
Thanks for submitting the article…I’ve always like the Thud.
How very cool!
I’l see if I can get a hold of the april issue over here (I live in the Netherlands and distribution isn’t that good over here)
Darwin;
Great article on a fantastic build. It is nice to see a Non-Camouflage THUD. Congratulations!!!
Cheers;
Gregory
Hi D,
Great stuff , congartulation. If you dont get April issue you can read it here, just click on his F-105 pic on front page.
Gumiflex
Darwin,
Congradulations. That is an excellant article and wonderful build. I love the 105, so I ask, the changes you made to the kit apply to all D’s or just the early ones ie: the wing stiffeners.
Congrats Darwin, A well deserved honor.
So that is you! Congrats Darwin!! Great article on the '105- I wouldn’t mind finding one and giving it a shot. Really fine job on the build and again, CONGRATS!!!
Regards,
Jon
Brain44, RedMax8, JoeRugby, Thundervette, ghettochild, TryintoModel, Bgrigg, ModelNerd, leemitcheltree, RemcoGrob, gburdon, Gumiflex, wibhi2, dragonfly and armorman; thanks for the compliments. I put a lot of work into that model and it does produce a lot of self satisfaction to see the article in the magazine.
wibhi2: The D model 105s came off of the Republic assembly line without the wing & fuselage stiffeners or the large air intakes for the afterburner section. These were added after experience in Viet Nam showed the need for them. Most of the silver birds in that theater went to Tainan, Taiwan, for the modifications and they received the camouflage paint job at the same time. The birds still in the States received the paint and mods before going to Viet Nam/Thailand. The Thud was originally designed/built with a dual hydraulic system, but the lines for both systems ran right beside each other along the belly of the plane. The designers apparently thought that the only problem would be mechanical failure of one system and that would not affect the second. They didn’t consider the possibility of combat damage, usually coming from below the plane, taking out both systems with one hit. With the original configuration, losing both main hydraulic systems caused the elevator to go to full DOWN. This is not a very good thing at low altitude/high speed. The mod program included adding a backup hydraulic system with the lines running through the small turtle deck area between the canopy and the fin. The original planes did not have this feature.
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
Congrats! I look forward to reading it.
Congratulations Darwin. I read the article, but didn’t realize it was yours. Well done [tup].
Regards, Rick
Thanks Darwin.