Toby's 1/72 Heller Thunderjet F84-G. "FINISHED"

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Toby's 1/72 Heller Thunderjet F84-G. "FINISHED"

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Going to use the 1/72 HellerT84-G for this GB
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Brilliant - I love 84's!
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Next up is this little beauty. Looks fairly straight forward and I'm not short of a choice of decals.

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Are you going to flip a coin or are you going for the blindfold and pin method ;-)
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Dazzled wrote:Are you going to flip a coin or are you going for the blindfold and pin method ;-)
Both. I shall also bring into play some tarot cards and a sprig of heather :mrgreen:
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Shall I read some tea leaves for you as well?
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I'm going with the Modeldecal USAF markings as the others are not for a F84-G.
If anyone needs decals for the following let me know and I'll send them to you.
Douglas A-4G 805 Sqn HMAS Melbourne 1977; SA-330B Puma Armee de L'Air 1977; BAe Hawk T.1234 Sqn TWU 1978; Sepecat Jaguar GR.1 31 Sqn Bruggen 1977
Painting has started on the interior and some assemblage has taken place.

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Nice choice of Markings!
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Cockpit with notional dials and belts

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There is very little space to put any weight on the front. I fear this won't be enough

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The next problem will be to address the gap at the bottom of the fuselage due to warping.
I think I shall stick the top first and leave to set and use super glue for a one hit remedy as with a bit of forcing the sides will marry up
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Looking good so far Toby, and still plenty of space beneath and behind the cockpit tub for more weight :)

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A dry run of fitting the two halves together and the gap can be seen(also my first ever attempt at adding text :shock: )

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Two views of the cockpit.

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Gap is nothing to worry about as I haven't cemented anything yet. It fits flush.

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Cockpit now finished so time to fit the canopy and mask it.

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The cockpit looks very crisp. Nice work on the seams, but it looks like you've got your work cut out for you.
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Great progress Toby although it's certainly putting up a fight by the looks! Remember Agincourt and show it who's boss :ha:
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Lol - it does indeed look good, dispite the issues you've had...
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