1/48 Tamiya F-84G Thunderjet

by Stephen Prior

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I bought this kit a few years ago as it was on sale in a Beatties store and it sat in the stash until there was a competition at my local club for Early Jets . I dug this kit out and thought I'd enter it, I didn't have time for aftermarket so it's completely out of the box using the kit supplied decals but the detail is very good.  Construction was the usual Tamiya and the kit fell together in a very short time.  I added the pilot and closed the canopy for a change but recently I've started doing that more often.  

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The kit was painted using Halfords Aluminium spray paint sealed with Halfords Clear Lacquer.A couple of panels were highlighted with Tamiya Flat Aluminium.  Tamiya paints were used for the rest of the aircraft with the exception of the zinc chromate which was Aeromaster.  I gave the panel lines a wash of thinned black oil paint and sealed it with Johnson's Klear (Future) Markings are for 58FBS "Four Queens" in Taegu, South Korea 1952 from the kit.  

This is a very nice kit to build and well recommended as modelling therapy. I received several appreciative comments at the club and to my surprise I came first in the competition.

Stephen 

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Photos and text © by Stephen Prior