F-105 D Thailand - Takhli AFB Dez 1966 BLUE 1

Bart Goesaert
Nice start on this one

gorby
Looks good so far Stephan.

Clifford Keesler
Very nice, so far.

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you gents - till now no issues with that build- it's a big bird!

John Thomas
Nice start

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you John 🙂

Today I realized that the center hard point for the MER bomb rack is not included in the kit- I have to find a solution🤔

Clifford Keesler
I think they make a resin center line rack for it.

Eugen P.
The jockey has his hands on the stick 🙂 The instrument panel looks very well.

Stephan Ryll Author
@ Clifford I think I will scratch build the center pylon

@ Eugen thank you - some mistakes you only do once😉

Clifford Keesler
I'm sure you will do it justice. I think I had one in my spares box,as I checked and mine has bombs on the center line. LOL.

Bryn Crandell
Great start. Watching with great interest.

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Clifford - but stash is far far away😉

You welcome Bryn - take a seat 🙂

today I only got the M117 bombs

Clifford Keesler
Where did you get the pilot figure, it is very nice.

Stephan Ryll Author
It´s from PJ Production 481118 as far as I remember....

Clifford Keesler
Thanks.

Michael Phillips
This is a cool project! Nice start so far, I will be following along!

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Michael you're welcome 🙂

Stephan Ryll Author
today´s progress - finished the engine - assambled the wings - finished the nose wheel bay

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice indeed.

Christian Bruer
Oh nice a Thud at the very beginning. Time to take a seat 🙂

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you all - you're welcome

Today I discovered that the Eduard AIM-9B's have no decals included 🙁 - would be nice to put them in the set
Just guessin'

Stephan Ryll Author
Pilot painted and fitted to his "office" - next step weathering and seatbelts for the parashute 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Nice driver😉

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice.

Stephan Ryll Author
thank´s gents - the jockey is ready 🙂 - next step mount the engine , nose gear bay and cockpit to the fuselage and close the fuselage

Stephan Ryll Author
not so much progress till today - the fuselage took more time to fit than expected - but now the pilot is fitted to the cockpit - next step is to close the canopy - hope to do that tomorrow 🙂

Christian Bruer
Nice progress Stephan. The pilot figure looks cool with the glasses 👍

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Christian your comments are much appreciated🙂

Stephan Ryll Author
canopy closed - the fit was a little bit tricky - wings attached - the fit was good - next step SEA camo

Eugen P.
I'm looking forward to the SEA camo.

Urban Gardini
Oh yes, a sexy Thud all dressed in SEA! I'm grabbing a chair, please pass the popcorn!

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you gents 🙂 you're always welcome

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice indeed.

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Clifford 🙂
I´ve painted the underside with Vallejo 71.121 FS36622 and started with the first layer of USAF Brown 71.125 as seen in the picture above
next step is a layer of green camo

Thomas Bischoff
looks good! I am not really a Thud fan but am looking forward to the final result

Marko
Excellent.

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you gents, 🙂

SEA camo is on - hope you like it

next step a coat of gloss

Christian Bruer
Hi Stephan, nice result. What Vallejo colour no. do you use for the green? By the way, the demarcation lines are really sharp and exact along the wavy lines. Do you use Tamiya masking tape or other stuff to mask it?!
Cheers, Christian

Stephan Ryll Author
Hi Christian,
thank you for your comment 🙂
I used 71.022 as the light green and 71.124 as dark green -that combination gave the best visual result to me
For masking I used Blue tac or pata fix and covered the painted areas with towel - that's cheaper than tamyia tape😉 and you have more control about the sharpness of the wavy lines by using more or less paint on that border areas

Stephan Ryll Author
The decals which were included are on 🙂
the instructions for the decals were sometimes unclear, some of the shown decals were not on the sheet and some were covered with tape 🙁
but so far I´m happy with the result 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Coming along nicely.

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Clifford,

that gives me some motivation to get to the finish line - 🙂

this weeks progress

she´s on her wheels now - I did the panel lines

The Launcher for the AIM-9B and the missiles, the ECM POD and the external fuel tanks are finished and ready to go

but still a lot of work to be done...

Eugen P.
NiceThud 👍

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank´s Eugen, much appreciated. 🙂

today´s progress
added the external stores, added a few clear parts, added the air brakes, removed the mask from the cockpit
added the final parts for the landing gear and gave the hole thing a semi matt finish

next step is a final wash and the base plate

Bill Spargo
Fantastic build, looks like you really enjoyed the build and it went together well , makes me want to start mine

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Bill,
much appreciared 🙂
The kit is quite nice, but it keeps some discrepancies in the instructions
I realy enjoyed this build 🙂

arne vd burg
Very nice. I got this one in my stash,i will use yours as a reference.

Choppa Nutta
a touch too glossy but nice work ! 🙂

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Arne very Kind from you 🙂

Thank's Choppa 🙂 I used semi matt als final coat - the next one will be in matt finish

Thomas Bischoff
Stephan, which semi matt paint did you use?

gorby
Stunning work Stephan!

Choppa Nutta
I think full matt finish for clothes on the figures but for the battle worn aircraft it just needs to be a touch less glossy overall, at least in my humble opinion, though this sort of thing is very subjective of course.
But overall your work presents well 👍 🙂

Stephan Ryll Author
@ Thomas -I used 70.522 from Vallejo

@ gorbygould - thank you much appreciated 🙂

Stephan Ryll Author
Yes Choppa I'm with you the figure is too glossy I missed that and will correct this 🙂

Choppa Nutta
easy fix though 🙂

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Chopper your comments are always much appreciated 🙂

Christian Bruer
Excellent work and finish 👍 Stephan, how do you apply the Vallejo Acrylic Resin varnish? I always have trouble with their new formula varnishes. The varnish get a greyish effect when applied although I use Vallejo thinner.
TIA
Cheers, Christian!

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Christian for your kind comment 🙂
I always use a very thin layer of that varnish
Then I let it dry for one day - check the result and may do a second layer
If you use to much in the first layer it's getting greyish as you mentioned before
May you can check your airbrush pressure- I use 0.9 bar and 0.5 needle with my Iwata 🙂

Christian Bruer
Mmmh, I use a Gabbert Triplex with nearly the same pressure but a 0,25mm needle. What you mentioned about just one thinn layer is interesting. I sprayed several thin layers one after another. So I understand you had the same problem with the varnish getting greyish but solved it by applying just one thinn layer first and let it completely dry before you add more layers.
I guess I will give it a try. If not I will stay with Windsor&Newton matt and semi gloss varnish.
Thx for your kind support😉

Stephan Ryll Author
You're always welcome Christian 🙂
Hope it will bring you to a good result.

Thomas Bischoff
Stephan: you use the same paint as I just used on the Catalina but in my case the finish was too matt and no gloss at all.

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Thomas for your comment 🙂
This is very intresting - I also used a drop of flow improver and Vallejo thinner like you but my result was not satin but more glossy - 🤔
I will check if I used the wrong refill bottle.

Choppa Nutta
I find using an oil wash over a glossy surface helps to dull the surface down in a progressive manner so you can tweak the glossiness progressively whilst adding a subtle dirt layer, I know some people use a fine sand paper and rub in cigarette ash afterwards, lots of ways to play with this satin effect.

One thing I have seen that I think is effective is having some panels glossier or matter than others as it makes the model look like it has been assembled from separate parts as per the real planes etc.
anyhow, just a thought 🙂

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Choppa for your indications - I will test them on my next victim😉 which uses the same camo

Choppa Nutta
... "my next victim" !! haha 😄
will you be changing your name to Dexter ? 😄 😄 😄

Stephan Ryll Author
No Choppa, I won't 😉 the next victim is a F-105 G Wild Weasel - so I will use some of your tips🙂

Choppa Nutta
I look forward to seeing how it works out 🙂
btw, I gotta say what a great show Dexter is, I'm enjoying watching it again and when you mentioned victim it was difficult for me not to think of that show 😄
I'm renaming my bench the slab and my shed the kill room, given how many models I have destroyed over the years haha 😄

btw. have you seen Dexter yet ?
not relevant at all I know but hey, it amused me 😄

Clifford Keesler
It looks nice Stephan.

Ulf Petersen
Nice bird, Stephan!👍

Stephan Ryll Author
Choppa, I will do my very best to work out your tips

When I was younger my "kill rate " was much higher "lol"
Never saw Dexter - I used to work on my victims😉

Stephan Ryll Author
Thank you Clifford and Ulf, 🙂
Much appreciated