H-208 revisited, Revell F-111B 1/72
The ancient kit gave you the choice of the USAF ‘ A ‘ or the Navy ‘B’, and working landing gear ,I was going to glue them down but my shaky fingers couldn’t get it done, so gear up. I’ve done this kit when I was younger, the gear can be made to work. I added an IR sensor under the nose and a tail hook and fairing to the rear. The last photo is of the second kit that I did in the before time. The F-111 program was an attempt at commonality between the Navy and USAF. Seven F-111B’s were built before being rejected by the Navy.
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Louis Gardner said on March 4, 2019
This one looks fast even sitting still !!!!!!!!! I no longer build in this scale because of my eyesight, so I completely understand the landing gear built in the up position…………………..
I especially like how you have included the box top and the older F-4B sitting next to it………….I built that one too as a child. Monogram kit if memory serves me ??? These Revell kits were king of the hill way back then. I remember building the Doolittle Raider B-25, the Memphis Belle B-17, and the Dam Buster Lancaster……. all were “leaders of the pack” at that time, not to mention the 1/32 scale beauties Revell made then.
Thanks for sharing this one with us Robert.
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Robert Royes said on March 4, 2019
Thanks, Louis. Ditto on some of your old builds, I may not have the models any more, but I’ve saved almost all my instruction sheets, I really don’t know why, just a quirk I guess.
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Allan J Withers said on March 10, 2019
Always good to see another lovely F111 Robert, I keep all my instructions now and this one from many years ago !!
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Robert Royes said on March 10, 2019
I new this existed but from an old catalog .
Tom Bebout said on March 4, 2019
Ah yes one of McNamara’s great ideas that didn’t quite work out. Looks good Robert.
Rick Wilkes said on March 4, 2019
Hi Tom,
R. Strange McNamara’s “ideas” mostly got a lot of people killed for nothing but that’s a whole ‘nother bone to chew.
Still planning to see you in Indy Saturday 🤞
Rick Wilkes said on March 4, 2019
Nice looking 111 Robert. I remember building that kit way back when too. I always thought the Navy F-11B was a good looking bird.
Welcome to iModeler Robert, look forward to seeing more of your work.
Craig Abrahamson said on March 4, 2019
Nice clean build, Robert…..I like it.
Greg Kittinger said on March 5, 2019
Yeah – hard to imagine seeing a 111 set up for a catapult launch! Nice work on an interesting “what if.”
Robert Royes said on March 5, 2019
Here you go.
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Allan J Withers said on March 10, 2019
Great diorama !!!