McDonnell F-101 
Voodoo's


F-101 aircraft in 1/72 scale 
The F-101 Voodoo was designed in the late forties as a bomber for SAC but many difficulties were in the basic design, requiring a lot of flight testing. Eventually, the F-101 was used as both a fighter and a bomber. Later on, a two seater was developed to have long rang fighter capable of patrolling the North American kies and to protect it from Soviet bomber intrusions in the Cold War.  


The first model shown of the RF-101C reconn variant is based on the very old Hasegawa model in 1/72 scale. The model is very crude, being one of the first Hasegawa models issued in 1967.
rf-101c hasegawa box top  
It had a great box top art though. The plastic is in hard metal-grey.  
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Decals looked fine to me at the time.
decals

The kit needs refinements obviously. I detailed the cockpit area, made a new seat and opened an avionics bay. Also, the flap were lowered and a cockpit access stair made.

The camouflage scheme is standard USAF (FS 30219, 34079, 36622) typical of the Vietnam period, with decals coming from one of the first Modeldecal sheet, no 10.

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The RF-101C is of 45 TRS, 460 TRW based on Tan Son Nhut , Vietnam , late 1969

 

A view with the model situated in an actual real setting....

 

The second model shown is much better, being the Revell kit 04321, of the F-101B, issued in 1991.
box
 
layout
The model is very good, I only added some more details.
decals

It is finished as with the kit decals supplied but a different a/c no., in Air defence gray of USAF squadron 60 FIS, based on Hansonfield, USA

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References:
- Century Series in color, Squadron Signal, Lou Drendel
- Air international, Volume 29. pages 77-80
 

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