From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "bill retoff" Subject: Re: ARC Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 22:39:18 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Hi Bill, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks for sending it in. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bill retoff" To: Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 5:55 PM Subject: ARC > Gallery Template #02 > > 1/72 REVELL F-89J > > by Bill Retoff > Photos by Don Rosser > -------------------- > > Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo > 01.jpg here > > > > > This is the Revell F-89 Scorpion, 1/72 scale. > I built the it stock, straight > out of the box. > Revell has a nice little kit here. It features > well-done recessed exterior > panel lines. Cockpit detail is reasonable, tho the > instruments are represented > by decals. You can build either the "D" or a "J" > version of the '89...and if you can track down the > relevant photos, you could also build a "D" model with > "J" fuel tanks. > The model goes together pretty well, with only > the 3-piece fuselage being particularly fiddly. Kit > decals allow for 2 options: a Maine-based 75th FIS > F-89D done in the Arctic scheme, and a North Dakota > ANG "J"-bird . I believe the latter is depicted > somewhat incorrectly. The instructions call for the > Arctic scheme, but the photos I have indicate a > conventional NMF, with day-glo outer tip tanks. In > either scheme, the anti-glare panel decal is too big, > but can be easily trimmed to the right size. > It took me about 3 years of on-and-ff work to > finish this kit! At one time, > I'd pitched the whole thing--unfinished model, its > still-unattached parts, the instructions and box--in > the kitchen wastebasket, I was so ticked off at how > poorly I was doing on it. But the next morning, I got > everything back out > and proceeded to work on it at irregular intervals. > My F-89 was painted and buffed with SNJ, then > accented with Testors Metalizer paints, plus > metal-finished bits of decal. I painted the plane > while it was still in pieces--the fuselage, wings, > tailplane, horizontal stab top, underwing pylons, tip > tanks. With careful sanding and some strategic > "metal" decal placement, these sections fitted > together pretty well afterwards. This was my 7th > attempt at a natural metal finish, and my first > successfully completed effort. > Markings came via Skylancer Decals, a company > which makes an absolutely cool sheet for F-89Js--Sheet > CW-7203. They offer 3 schemes with > this sheet, and all are tastefully sharp-looking. One > is for a "J"-bird from the 321st FIS in 1958, > featuring a sky blue vertical tail section with yellow > stars. Another is a 58th FIS aircraft, circa 1957, > tricked out with mint green-and-dark blue tip tanks, > along with a streamlined speed bird. The third > option--the one I chose--is for the 54th FIS, > stationed at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota in June of > 1958. Besides the snazzy lightning bolts adorning the > tip tanks, there's a colorful squadron device on the > tail. > Skylancer Decals are well printed, sturdy and > complete. If you're a '50s Jet Age or Big Bomber fan, > check them out on the Web. > > > Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo > 02.jpg here > > > > > Photos and text © 2004 by Bill Retoff > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----