Monogram’s
1/48th scale F-100D built OOB: still a great kit. While it has some minor fit
problems and raised panel lines – typical of eighties vintage Monogram kits -
until the Trumpeter kit appeared it was the only decent entry in this scale. I
painted the natural metal surfaces with Floquil Bright Silver and then polished
them with a soft cloth. The aft engine area was masked off and painted with
Testors Aluminum, then streaked with Model Masters Burnt Iron to give that
burned metal look found on F-100s.
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The
decals are from an older Microscale sheet, and represent the real aircraft,
#56-3176, as it looked in 1959 when assigned to the 474th Tactical Fighter
Wing at Cannon AFB, New Mexico. The boarding ladder is from the “spare
parts” bin. I opted to build the kit with the gun bay, which is
reasonably detailed, open.