Northrop N-102 Fang

[NARSES2]

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From the ridiculous to the sublime 

[mat]

Recreating that weathering would be quite a challenge.

I tried my luck on a SAAB RF-35 Draken and a Hunter F. 51 some years ago. The Hunters faded more evenly than the Drakens. The Hunters were in service at ESK 724 until march 1974. At that time they were rather outdated but still great for low-level-dogfighting. ESK 724 were based at Skrydstrup AB, where ESK 730 (my squadron) were the neighbours. 730 flew F-100s, which were big, heavy and needed almost the whole runway to get airborne. The Hunter-boys liked to show off, so they got airborne using less than a third of the runway. Then they would quicly retract the undercarriage and make a sharp low-level turn, so they would pass over the squadron area of 730. Just to show, that they were the real fighter pilots.

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[mat]

The FANG have made some progress. But still a lot of PSR to be done.

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[PR19_Kit]

It's looking very good so far. 

[Wardukw]

Damn that Draken turned out good 👍
That's alot of work there ..so tempted on my 104 now 🤔

The Fang is looking better every time I see it 

[Pellson]

Recreating that weathering would be quite a challenge.

I tried my luck on a SAAB RF-35 Draken and a Hunter F. 51 some years ago. The Hunters faded more evenly than the Drakens. The Hunters were in service at ESK 724 until march 1974. At that time they were rather outdated but still great for low-level-dogfighting. ESK 724 were based at Skrydstrup AB, were ESK 730 (my squadron) were the neighbours. 730 flew F-100s, which were big, heavy and needed almost the whole runway to get airborne. The Hunter-boys liked to show off, so they got airborne using less than a third of the runway. Then they would quicly retract the undercarriage and make a sharp low-level turn, so they would pass over the squadron area of 730. Just to show, that they were the real fighter pilots.

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The Fang is turning out great, but your two "dirty Danes" are impressively painted, 

[kerick]

Recreating that weathering would be quite a challenge.

I tried my luck on a SAAB RF-35 Draken and a Hunter F. 51 some years ago. The Hunters faded more evenly than the Drakens. The Hunters were in service at ESK 724 until march 1974. At that time they were rather outdated but still great for low-level-dogfighting. ESK 724 were based at Skrydstrup AB, were ESK 730 (my squadron) were the neighbours. 730 flew F-100s, which were big, heavy and needed almost the whole runway to get airborne. The Hunter-boys liked to show off, so they got airborne using less than a third of the runway. Then they would quicly retract the undercarriage and make a sharp low-level turn, so they would pass over the squadron area of 730. Just to show, that they were the real fighter pilots.

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The Fang is turning out great, but your two "dirty Danes" are impressively painted, 

The Fang is looking awesome. It's really coming together.
One question. Did that paint on those aircraft that faded so badly on the upper surfaces stay the original color on the undersides? I like the faded aircraft with brand new looking fuel tanks.

[mat]

Recreating that weathering would be quite a challenge.

I tried my luck on a SAAB RF-35 Draken and a Hunter F. 51 some years ago. The Hunters faded more evenly than the Drakens. The Hunters were in service at ESK 724 until march 1974. At that time they were rather outdated but still great for low-level-dogfighting. ESK 724 were based at Skrydstrup AB, were ESK 730 (my squadron) were the neighbours. 730 flew F-100s, which were big, heavy and needed almost the whole runway to get airborne. The Hunter-boys liked to show off, so they got airborne using less than a third of the runway. Then they would quicly retract the undercarriage and make a sharp low-level turn, so they would pass over the squadron area of 730. Just to show, that they were the real fighter pilots.

You cannot view this attachment.

The Fang is turning out great, but your two "dirty Danes" are impressively painted, 

The Fang is looking awesome. It's really coming together.
One question. Did that paint on those aircraft that faded so badly on the upper surfaces stay the original color on the undersides? I like the faded aircraft with brand new looking fuel tanks.

The parts of the planes, that were not exposed to direct sunlight kept the original colour - almost. All ground equipment were painted with the same SM67 paint. And of course they faded in the sun!

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On the picture of F-100 you might be able to see the original green on the underside and the droptanks. But you can also se, that the paint were not resistant to the heat from the afterburner.

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[zenrat]

That seems to be a common look on Huns.  Fun to replicate.

[kerick]

Recreating that weathering would be quite a challenge.

I tried my luck on a SAAB RF-35 Draken and a Hunter F. 51 some years ago. The Hunters faded more evenly than the Drakens. The Hunters were in service at ESK 724 until march 1974. At that time they were rather outdated but still great for low-level-dogfighting. ESK 724 were based at Skrydstrup AB, were ESK 730 (my squadron) were the neighbours. 730 flew F-100s, which were big, heavy and needed almost the whole runway to get airborne. The Hunter-boys liked to show off, so they got airborne using less than a third of the runway. Then they would quicly retract the undercarriage and make a sharp low-level turn, so they would pass over the squadron area of 730. Just to show, that they were the real fighter pilots.

You cannot view this attachment.

The Fang is turning out great, but your two "dirty Danes" are impressively painted, 

The Fang is looking awesome. It's really coming together.
One question. Did that paint on those aircraft that faded so badly on the upper surfaces stay the original color on the undersides? I like the faded aircraft with brand new looking fuel tanks.

The parts of the planes, that were not exposed to direct sunlight kept the original colour - almost. All ground equipment were painted with the same SM67 paint. And of course they faded in the sun!

You cannot view this attachment.

On the picture of F-100 you might be able to see the original green on the underside and the droptanks. But you can also se, that the paint were not resistant to the heat from the afterburner.

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Either the paint burned off or it was not painted at all on all the Huns. It's a challenge to paint the burnt titanium look.
Something to add to the FANG?

[NARSES2]

The Fang is turning out great, but your two "dirty Danes" are impressively painted, 

They really are   

[PR19_Kit]

That burnt-burner area is so archetypal 'Danish Hun'. 

[mat]

Recreating that weathering would be quite a challenge.

I tried my luck on a SAAB RF-35 Draken and a Hunter F. 51 some years ago. The Hunters faded more evenly than the Drakens. The Hunters were in service at ESK 724 until march 1974. At that time they were rather outdated but still great for low-level-dogfighting. ESK 724 were based at Skrydstrup AB, were ESK 730 (my squadron) were the neighbours. 730 flew F-100s, which were big, heavy and needed almost the whole runway to get airborne. The Hunter-boys liked to show off, so they got airborne using less than a third of the runway. Then they would quicly retract the undercarriage and make a sharp low-level turn, so they would pass over the squadron area of 730. Just to show, that they were the real fighter pilots.

You cannot view this attachment.

The Fang is turning out great, but your two "dirty Danes" are impressively painted, 

The Fang is looking awesome. It's really coming together.
One question. Did that paint on those aircraft that faded so badly on the upper surfaces stay the original color on the undersides? I like the faded aircraft with brand new looking fuel tanks.

The parts of the planes, that were not exposed to direct sunlight kept the original colour - almost. All ground equipment were painted with the same SM67 paint. And of course they faded in the sun!

You cannot view this attachment.

On the picture of F-100 you might be able to see the original green on the underside and the droptanks. But you can also se, that the paint were not resistant to the heat from the afterburner.

You cannot view this attachment.

Either the paint burned off or it was not painted at all on all the Huns. It's a challenge to paint the burnt titanium look.
Something to add to the FANG?

The part were painted but burned off by the heat from the afterburner

[buzzbomb]

Taking shape really nicely

[Wardukw]

That burnt-burner area is so archetypal 'Danish Hun'. 

Every Hun was like that ..a very cool but hard to duplicate detail on a model ..seen some ture masterful work done on those..so jealous