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North American F-100D Super Sabre

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FROG F280, North American F-100D Super Sabre, Rovex industries ltd, 1969

Modelling world
by James Goulding
New Frog kits
North American F-100D Super Sabre

THREE new Frog releases, all originating from Hasegawa, are now available—the North American RA-5C Vigilante, the Hawker Harrier GR1, and the North American F-100D Super Sabre.

The Super Sabre has strangely been neglected in 1/72 scale, for it has been one of the most important combat aircraft in the world for a great many years. Possibly because it has been considered one of the earlier types of supersonic fighter most manufacturers have bypassed it, but now the needs of the 1 /72 enthusiast have been catered for by Hasegawa and Frog. This is a truly superb kit of this good-looking fighter, which really captures the character of the subject. Moulding is again excellent. The amount of detail is impressive, and it is pleasing to see such items as the "dishings" on the inside of doors and air brakes reproduced. These are now a regular feature of Hasegawa kits.

There is a great assortment of underwing stores, which include four Sidewinders, four underwing tanks, two Bullpups, and a recce pod. There is also a flight-refuelling probe. Hasegawa is a great believer in Christmas trees!

The transfers are for an F-100 of 727 Squadron, Tactical Command, Royal Danish Air Force, and another from 11U Escadre de Chasse, 7er CATac, Armee de L'air.

If you want to produce an American version, there is, of course, the magnificent new transfer sheet from Modeldecal, obtainable from Model Toys of Portsmouth, for use with this particular kit. This is Modeldecal Sheet No 3.

The price of this kit is 8s 6d.

AIRCRAFT Illustrated, May 1970


NEW KITS AND MODELS
NEW BY FROG

TWO more Frog releases in 1:72 scale are issued from original Japanese Hasagawa scries moulds, and these are for the Harrier and the long awaited F-100D Super Sabre. The Harrier, of course, duplicates the recent Airfix model, but at 8s 6d has little to justify its being twice the price of the Airfix model other than a much better and more detailed transfer sheet (for two alternative Transatlantic Air Race machines) and a slightly more complex break-down of the fuselage parts. For instance, some small fittings which are moulded integrally with the Airfix fuselage are separate items in the Frog kit. The airbrake can also be opened or closed, while in the Airfix model it is fixed in position. It's an excellent model, despite the price, however.

The F-100D, also at 8s 6d, is a better proposition at the price in our view. It's beautifully moulded, has optional ordnance loads and is actually a good deal more simple to assemble than the Harrier, with all parts clicking into place with an excellent fit. Two alternative sets of markings, for a French or a Danish machine, are provided, and these too are excellent. One reader has already written in to point out that the silver Danish machine depicted has been painted in the new camouflage scheme since early 1969, though this is really an academic point since it makes no difference to the markings and colour scheme provided. Jones Bros of Chiswick supplied our samples and can supply by post, postage 1s 6d extra on each.
C.O.E.

Airfix Magazine, May 1970, Vol.11, No.09


NEW TO YOU?
Round-up of new items conducted by Bob Jones of I.P.M.S.

Originally a HASEGAWA kit, now re-issued in this country by FROG, The NORTH AMERICAN SUPER SABRE F100D is a welcome addition to any 1 / 72nd scale aircraft collection.

Our review sample was flash-free and the parts fitted together very well and require little, if any, filling on joints. Surface detail is exceptionally fine and the smaller parts are well detailed.

There are a couple of minor faults, though. The aileron flow straighteners as supplied in the kit are undersized and should be replaced with strips of Polycard, also the chord of the wing near the tip was found to be slightly undersized, when checking reliable sources.

There is a choice of markings supplied in the kit for either a French or Danish Air Force machine. The sheet also includes various stencilling and warning signs and is up to the usual high standard expected of FROG. We chose to decorate our review model with some of the new model decal sheets, which considerably enhance the model's appearance.

It is advised to pack some ballast in the nose before completing the kit, otherwise the model will not 'sit' on its tricycle undercarriage.

The 8/6d. asked for this kit is not expensive in the least, for the quality makes it worth twice that figure.

Scale Models No.11 1970 AUGUST Vol.1 No.11
FROG 1964

Hasegawa F-100D JS-035-250 No.32, 1968
アメリカ空軍   戦闘攻撃機   F-100D   スーパーセイバー  

1967

NEW AND IN VIEW NEW AIRCRAFT KITS
HASEGAWA.
North American F —100D Super-Sabre. 1/72 scale. 250 yen. (Japan)

What must be one of the most eagerly-awaited of kits is at last available in the Hasegawa range. It will, of course, appear later under the Frog and AMT labels with different decals.

Moulded in very clean silvery-grey plastic the component parts fit excellently and surface detail is very near to scale. Unlike some other Hasegawa kits, the F—100D can be assembled straight from the box and the fit of the parts has to be seen to be believed, there being nothing to fill or trim anywhere in the kit.

The cockpit interior consists of the usual floor and separate seat with ejector and head rest detail included. Super-detailing is seen on such parts as the wheel hubs, undercarriage struts and the insides of the undercarriage door covers. The cockpit canopy is of a very high standard, and follows the lines of the original even down to the flared bottom edges of the canopy frames. External stores include drop tanks and missiles.

Decals are given for two all-silver and one camouflaged (Vietnam) American aircraft. The decal sheet also includes wing walkway lines and other warning markings such as ejector seat triangles etc.

This is a magnificent kit which we feel sure will prove to be most popular.

The IPMS magazine, February 1969 VOL.6 No.2
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    Revell F-100 Super Sabre

    Model Talks
    SOMETHING NEW
    IN THE SHOPS
    SUPER SABRE:

    Revell's F-100C Super Sabre (price 1s. 11d.) is notable because, unlike many other models in this line, it is almost made to 1/12nd scale and should not look too out of place in a collection to this scale. Its span of 6j inches works out to a scale just over 1/10th. With its two drop tanks and four bombs, it makes up into a fine looking model. Decals include a Black Panther design to show that this aircraft is from the 21st Day Fighter Squadron of the USAF. It is a pity, however, that decal details are also etched on the plastic. This could thwart those modellers who wish to finish their model in different markings.

    RAF Flying Review JULY/AUGUST, 1959 VOL.XIV, No.11


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    ESCI F-100D Super Sabre, ESCI, 1983

    SCALE MODELLERS' MARKET PLACE
    THIS MONTH'S NEW MODELS REVIEWED BY EXPERIENCED MODELLERS
    NORTH AMERICAN MOOD SUPER SABRE
    Manufacturer: ESCI
    Scale: 1:72nd
    Price: £2.15

    Perhaps one of the most appealing of the USAF's Century Series fighters is the North American F-100 Super Sabre. This elegant fighter saw more than 20 years service with the USAF, being the first truly supersonic aircraft to be used by any air arm and in the mid-sixties, together with the F-105, it bore the brunt of early operations in Vietnam.' In the UK F-100s were at various times based at Wethersfield, Upper Heyford, Woodbridge and Lakenheath, from where the 48th TFW relinquished the last UK-based F-100s early in 1972. The F-100 was also supplied to a variety of other air arms including those of France, Denmark and Turkey, it still being a frontline fighter-bomber with the latter nation.

    Despite what, on the face of it, seems to be a most successful service career, the F-100 has not been particularly well favoured by the kit manufacturers and for a long time the only generally available kit was Hasegawa's 1:72nd offering. Fortunately, this was, when introduced over a decade ago, an excellent kit by the standards of the day and even now it is only just beginning to show its age. More recently, 1:48th kits from both ESCI and Monogram have been released and now ESCI has scaled down its 1:48th version to 1:72nd scale. In fact, the expression 'scaled down' is not strictly correct because, fortunately, ESCI's new kit does not feature the inaccuracies of the nose and cockpit area which so badly marred the visual appearance of its first attempt. Indeed, this latest kit must surely be the definitive F-100, being extremely accurate and fully capturing the character of the aircraft.

    The mouldings are crisp and flash free, in the usual ESCI style and feature a wealth of finely engraved detail which sets a standard that certain UK manufacturers could do well to emulate.

    One small point concerns the ring of small rectangular access panels around the rear fuselage. These panels should, in fact, appear only on the port side of the aircraft and not on both sides as ESCI depict. The cockpit features a fairly basic ejector seat but is generally of an acceptable standard and is covered by a thin, clear, single-piece transparency. The finely detailed undercarriage is fully in keeping with the rest of the kit and the insides of both the wheel wells and the undercarriage doors are also accurately detailed, as is the interior of the air brake.

    Only the later, cranked style of refuelling probe is included, but both styles of jet nozzle are supplied, the more recent one not having been introduced until well into the seventies.

    A superb decal sheet is included which features USAF aircraft of the 481st TFS in natural metal finish and of the Arkansas ANG in camouflage together with an olive green Danish aircraft of Esk 730 and a French aircraft of EC.4/11 featuring the camouflaged scheme, complete with shark-mouth, which was used in Djibouti at the very end of this type's career with the Armee de l'Air,

    One final point concerns the state of the undercarriage doors and air brake of parked aircraft. These are normally closed on an aircraft with the engine running but are otherwise to be seen in a variety of positions from partly to fully open, varying as pressure is lost over a period of time from the hydraulic system. The leading edge slats are also to be found in the open position on all parked aircraft, unless manually locked closed. These items moved freely, relying on gravity to open them and the airflow of a fast-flying aircraft to close them. The slats are not supplied as separate items in the kit but may fairly simply be cut from the upper and lower wing halves before cementing them together. The pieces may then be placed together to make a single slat which can be built up on its underside with body putty, as can the wing leading edge. The completed slat can then be cemented to the wing leading edge in the open position.

    This is undoubtedly an excellent kit and I look forward keenly to ESCI's forthcoming 1:72nd Phantoms.
    Peter Doyle

    Scale Aircraft Modelling September 1983 VOLUME 5 NUMBER 12