These six aircraft are considered the original Century Series fighters of the U.S. Air Force. I guess adding the F-4 (once-designated F-110) and F-111 wouldn’t be out of line, but these six were neatly encapsulated as designed, built, first flown, and issued to operational units in the 1950s. Missing from the scene are the mockup-only Republic F-103, North American F-108, and Bell F-109, and the three-built North American F-107.
The models are the F-100C Super Sabre “converted” from an Esci F-100D; the Revell F-101B Voodoo; the Meng F-102A Delta Dagger, the Revell F-104C Starfighter, the Revell F-105D Thunderchief; and the Hasegawa F-106A Delta Dart.
One of the later Hasegawa kits came with the tail design for the unit (McChord I think), but I changed the serial and buzz numbers to a commander’s bird and used decal trim film cut into strips for the striping. The profile I referenced was in Lou Drendel’s Century Series book (Squadron/Signal) from back in the '80s.
Congrats on a great looking display of the Century Series fighters.
However, correct me if I’m wrong, but I was under the presumption that the original versions/models were the F-100A,F-101A, F-104A & F-105B.While we are on the subject, what official USAF contact or source would have the serial numbers of the jets photographed from one or more angles from above?
By “original” I mean not the “extended” Century Series which some consider going to the F-110 and F-111. The rest of my meaning is explained in my “original” caption. I do have an F-101A, an F-104A and an F-105B in Thunderbird markings (almost done) in the collection, but I wanted to do the ones with the nose pitot booms all converging and the most colorful ones in the pic.
I don’t understand what you are looking for in your second question.
Gorgeous!! They look awfully clean though??? =] But really. Thanks for sharing. I enjoy seeing a series or theatre group of anything…especially aircraft.
