Tamiya 1/48 Republic F-84G "Thunderbirds"

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Tamiya 1/48 Republic F-84G "Thunderbirds"

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A new start, I bought this on EBay found it was chrome plated
Looks pretty nice model
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Sweet! Looks like you've made a god start mate! :) :thumb1:
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Wings on, fuselage closed, tanks built
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Interesting trying to keep the model and hands clean lol
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Added tail and undercarriage
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Wing tanks and started the decals
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So cool not having to paint the silver
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That looks awesome with the chrome plating. I wonder where I could get that done on some jet builds in the future to give it that natural metal finish? She's looking gorgeous! :) :thumb1: :thumb1: :clap:
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More decals
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All decals now applied
Just the nose and anti glare panel to paint
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Wow! Got to get me one of those. Looking great so far.

edit: Got one off flea bay. On it's way, £16.80 inc postage.
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Nearly finished, had a coat of clear on the kit to fix the decals
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Need to repaint the anti glare panel
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That's sexy.....
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Repainted the anti-glare panel
Just about finished
Proper photos soon
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Tamiya 1/48 Republic F-84G "Thunderbirds"
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Great model - very precise and well fitting - even supplied the nose weight
Decals were great even if they didn't want to stay on the Silver plated panels but Micro sol/set and Humbrol Clear won in the end
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thanks for all the kind comments - i've really enjoyed this one - came together very quickly as no major paint was required
thanks for looking
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Turned out an impressive build, looks a real peach
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Turned out an impressive build, looks a real peach
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Thats an impressive model mate!
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Cheers folks
Appreciate the kind words
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Another great job! You've been a busy chappie mate! :) :thumb1: :thumb1: :clap:
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