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Detail & Scale: F-100 Super Sabre
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Posted: Friday, November 13, 2020 - 12:10 AM UTC


F-100 SUPER SABRE is a new volume by DETAIL & SCALE, known for their detailed aviation publications featuring history, technical details, and expansive galleries of images. Fred Boucher [JPTRR] brings us this look at this new book.

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Posted: Friday, November 13, 2020 - 07:35 PM UTC
Looks like a huge leap forward from my 1980 D&S number 4.
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Posted: Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 05:07 PM UTC

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Looks like a huge leap forward from my 1980 D&S number 4.



I bet it is!

Comparing the recent books to the ones I bought in the 80s and 90s, much better products today. And with enhanced Modelers Section - juast think of the new kits since 1980; I built the 1/48 ESCI Hun when it came out but if I ever built another F-100, it was the Lindberg "Battle Damage" model. I have Monogram's ready to go someday and it is cool to read it is still the best 1/48 model available.

Yes, this ain't the 1980s release!
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Posted: Saturday, November 14, 2020 - 06:43 PM UTC
There are 6 kits reviewed, Aurora 1/98 YF-100, Revel 1/68.5 F-100A/C, Hasegawa 1/72 F-100D, Lindberg 1/48 YF-100, ESCI F-100D and Monogram 1/48 F-100D. In addition there's a 2 page article on accurizing Revell's F-100A/C.
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Posted: Sunday, November 15, 2020 - 12:37 PM UTC
Six!? At least three of them were/are real models.

1980, just think of the state of modeling, then. Let's say a F-4E: 1/32 Revell; 1/48 Fujimi; 1/72 Hasegawa, Airfix...who else? 1/1oo Tamiya. I wonder how many F-4Es there are now?

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Posted: Sunday, November 15, 2020 - 06:05 PM UTC
I remember back around them, the mail order houses would 1/2 page lists of the kits they were trying to sell, and it seemed like 2/3rds of them were Phantoms of one scale or another.
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