Misty FAC F-100F 1/72 Italeri

[El-Seven]

Excellent idea! I will watch your build as I plan to build the 1/72 Trumpeter F-100C. I have built a lot of Trumpeter kits, mostly their F9F-2 Panthers and 1/350th ships. They are buildable but need a little TLC.

[El-Seven]

My last Trumpeter build, 1/72 Mig 29 9.13.

[El-Seven]

Back to the build. I started masking the top. Hopefully I can spray the bottom light gray tonight or tomorrow sometime.

[K-Man_X-Press]

Don’t know when I will get to it, Though; I’m trying to Finish A Star Trek Project right now.

[El-Seven]

I have a Star Trek Enterprise D I ALMOST started! LOL !

[K-Man_X-Press]

Built A couple of those! Right Now, I’m building the Enterprise G: 3d Printed from the UK

[Cloudboy]

Re your F-100 build. Looking good. As it happens my current build is an F-100D, Italeri kit. That’s useful info about the tail skid, I know how it goes now!
The hardest part I’ve found is trying to paint the burn marks on the rear of the fuselage to look realistic!

[El-Seven]

I made a template from post it note paper, one for right and one for left side. I will tape them to the rear fuselage after the camo colors are done and spray them aluminum.

[El-Seven]

Sort of like this idea.

[El-Seven]

The bottom is gray. Now to paint the wheel wells green then flip it and mask for the tan and green top side camo colors.

[El-Seven]

Here is the ESCI kit with the “floor” built in for the tail skid. Also here is the ESCI canopy. Does the Italeri F-100D still have the extra rib in the clear canopy? I dropped the slats on the ESCI kit.

[El-Seven]

[El-Seven]

Bottom masked and top painted tan, it also serves as a primer. Light and dark green top colors next.

[El-Seven]

The medium green is done, darker green next. I still need to spray the rear fuselage area that’s now plastic colored gray aluminum. Then when all the fuselage colors are done I can tape the masks on for the burnt area on the rear fuselage.