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Title: F-84E/G boarding ladder
Post by: Spanky on Wed 09/08/10 04:14 PM

Guys,I'm in need of a F-84E/G boarding ladder.does anybody have one they want to part with?That's right you read right,I'm building the Monogram F-84E.It's a great kit and I can't remember the last time I built a Monogram kit.If the decal sheet that I bought off ebay ever shows up I'll be doing Hoosier Hotshot of the 8th
FBS of the 49th FBW in Korea.
spanky

Title: Re: F-84E/G boarding ladder
Post by: mmittenzwei on Wed 09/08/10 05:32 PM

Hello, Spanky. I'll look & see. I'll email you back one way or the other.

Title: Re: F-84E/G boarding ladder
Post by: Spanky on Thu 09/09/10 06:40 AM

Hey Mike,thanks.I think the Tamiya kit has a ladder to.

Title: Re: F-84E/G boarding ladder
Post by: Lee_K on Thu 09/09/10 08:47 AM

The F-84 boarding ladder came as a photo-etched piece in the original Promodeler release of the F-84G. Lee Griffin built one, with quite a bit of effort, for the club build we did for General Norman Gaddis.

(http://ipmseaglesquadron.org/ES-coppermine/albums/ftp-batch/Norman%20Gaddis%20F-84G/Gaddis_F-84_6.JPG)

I agree with you -- the Revell F-84E/G might be the finest aircraft kit they ever made. It is a joy to build.

Lee K

Title: Re: F-84E/G boarding ladder
Post by: ClydeM on Thu 09/09/10 10:49 AM

I built the tamiya f-84 and I don't recall a ladder being included.

Title: Re: F-84E/G boarding ladder
Post by: ClydeM on Thu 09/09/10 05:17 PM

Spanky, I have the Monogram f-100 ladder hanging on my plane. it also works on the f84 and your welcome to it. or you can copy it using evergreen round stock. let me know. Clyde

Title: Re: F-84E/G boarding ladder
Post by: Spanky on Thu 09/09/10 05:39 PM

Hey Clyde,thanks I appreciate it.I was reading the kit review in the Detail and Scale on the F-84
and the Tamiya kit does have the ladder.I'm painting this with acrylics.Hopefully I'll have it painted by the meeting next Sunday,I think the meeting is next Sunday.
spanky

Title: Re: F-84E/G boarding ladder
Post by: Spanky on Thu 09/09/10 05:54 PM

Lee,it looks like these planes didn't have many dis-similar panels judging from the model that was built for Norman Gaddis.For the anti-glare areas were the kit decals used or were these painted on?FS# of the anti-glare panel?
spanky

Title: Re: F-84E/G boarding ladder
Post by: Lee_K on Fri 09/10/10 08:49 AM

Spanky, you are correct. Like the P-47, the F-84 weathered to a pretty even patina all around. Remembering back ten years ago, I painted General Gaddis' plane with some slightly darker aluminum on one panel on both sides of the fuselage below the cockpit (seen in the photo above where the right side of ladder touches the airplane) and the refueling panel on the leading edge top of the port wing.

The anti-glare panel was painted with Olive Drab FS34087. I didn't use the decal.

Lee K

Title: Re: F-84E/G boarding ladder
Post by: mmittenzwei on Fri 09/10/10 11:03 PM

Hey Spanky. I have a Monogram 1/48 F100 & it has a basic boarding ladder. I can bring the ladder to the Sept meeting. No sweat. Good luck with the "Lead Sled"

Title: Re: F-84E/G boarding ladder
Post by: Spanky on Sun 09/12/10 08:14 AM

Thanks Mike.

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