Review of Fantasy Workshop
Euro Decals
1/32nd Scale
North American F-100D Supersabre, Collection Pt.4
Set no. ED32-134
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2022
MSRP: 36.95 Pounds ($44.47)
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2022
MSRP: 36.95 Pounds ($44.47)
HISTORY:
The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979. The first of the Century Series of USAF jet fighters, it was the first USAF fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight. The F‑100 was designed by North American Aviation as a higher-performance follow-on to the F-86 Sabre air-superiority fighter.
Adapted as a fighter-bomber, the F-100 was superseded by the high-speed Republic F-105 Thunderchief for strike missions over North Vietnam. The F‑100 flew extensively over South Vietnam as the air force's primary close air-support jet until being replaced by the more efficient subsonic LTV A-7 Corsair II.[4] The F‑100 also served in other NATO air forces and with other U.S. allies. In its later life, it was often referred to as the "Hun", a shortened version of "one hundred".
SPECIFICATIONS:
F-100D
Single-seat fighter-bomber, more advanced avionics, larger wing and tail fin, landing flaps. First flight: 24 January 1956; 1,274 built.
Crew: 1
Length: 50 ft (15 m)
Wingspan: 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
Height: 16 ft 2.75 in (4.9467 m)
Wing area: 400 sq ft (37 m2)
Aspect ratio: 3.76
Airfoil: NACA 64A007
Zero-lift drag coefficient: CD0.0130
Drag area: 5.0 sq ft (0.46 m2)
Empty weight: 21,000 lb (9,525 kg)
Gross weight: 28,847 lb (13,085 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 34,832 lb (15,800 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21/21A afterburning turbojet engine, 10,200 lbf (45 kN) thrust dry, 16,000 lbf (71 kN) with afterburner
Maximum speed: 924 mph (1,487 km/h, 803 kn)
Maximum speed: Mach 1.4
Range: 1,995 mi (3,211 km, 1,734 nmi)
Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
Rate of climb: 22,400 ft/min (114 m/s)
Lift-to-drag: 13.9
Wing loading: 72.1 lb/sq ft (352 kg/m2)
Thrust/weight: 0.55
Armament:
Guns: 4× 20 mm (0.787 in) M39A1 revolver cannon each with 200 rounds per gun
Hardpoints: 6 with a capacity of 7,040 lb (3,190 kg), with provisions to carry combinations of:
Missiles: ** 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or 2× AGM-12 Bullpup or 2× or 4× LAU-3/A 2.75" (70 mm) unguided rocket dispenser
Bombs: Conventional bombs or Mark 7, Mk 28, Mk 38, or Mk 43 nuclear bombs
Avionics: Minneapolis-Honeywell MB-3 automatic pilot, AN/AJB-1B low-altitude bombing system, AN/APR-26 rearward radar warning
The North American F-100 Super Sabre is an American supersonic jet fighter aircraft that served with the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1954 to 1971 and with the Air National Guard (ANG) until 1979. The first of the Century Series of USAF jet fighters, it was the first USAF fighter capable of supersonic speed in level flight. The F‑100 was designed by North American Aviation as a higher-performance follow-on to the F-86 Sabre air-superiority fighter.
Adapted as a fighter-bomber, the F-100 was superseded by the high-speed Republic F-105 Thunderchief for strike missions over North Vietnam. The F‑100 flew extensively over South Vietnam as the air force's primary close air-support jet until being replaced by the more efficient subsonic LTV A-7 Corsair II.[4] The F‑100 also served in other NATO air forces and with other U.S. allies. In its later life, it was often referred to as the "Hun", a shortened version of "one hundred".
SPECIFICATIONS:
F-100D
Single-seat fighter-bomber, more advanced avionics, larger wing and tail fin, landing flaps. First flight: 24 January 1956; 1,274 built.
Crew: 1
Length: 50 ft (15 m)
Wingspan: 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
Height: 16 ft 2.75 in (4.9467 m)
Wing area: 400 sq ft (37 m2)
Aspect ratio: 3.76
Airfoil: NACA 64A007
Zero-lift drag coefficient: CD0.0130
Drag area: 5.0 sq ft (0.46 m2)
Empty weight: 21,000 lb (9,525 kg)
Gross weight: 28,847 lb (13,085 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 34,832 lb (15,800 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21/21A afterburning turbojet engine, 10,200 lbf (45 kN) thrust dry, 16,000 lbf (71 kN) with afterburner
Maximum speed: 924 mph (1,487 km/h, 803 kn)
Maximum speed: Mach 1.4
Range: 1,995 mi (3,211 km, 1,734 nmi)
Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
Rate of climb: 22,400 ft/min (114 m/s)
Lift-to-drag: 13.9
Wing loading: 72.1 lb/sq ft (352 kg/m2)
Thrust/weight: 0.55
Armament:
Guns: 4× 20 mm (0.787 in) M39A1 revolver cannon each with 200 rounds per gun
Hardpoints: 6 with a capacity of 7,040 lb (3,190 kg), with provisions to carry combinations of:
Missiles: ** 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or 2× AGM-12 Bullpup or 2× or 4× LAU-3/A 2.75" (70 mm) unguided rocket dispenser
Bombs: Conventional bombs or Mark 7, Mk 28, Mk 38, or Mk 43 nuclear bombs
Avionics: Minneapolis-Honeywell MB-3 automatic pilot, AN/AJB-1B low-altitude bombing system, AN/APR-26 rearward radar warning
THE SET:
Fantasy Printshop – Euro Decals is based in the UK.
I have previously reviewed this decal set in other scales. This time it is to 1/32nd scale.
The set comes in a zip-locked clear cello envelope.
It contains a header sheet, printed on one side in color, in 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” format. It has the cover art on it, that shows the 3 painting options provided on the decals.
Fantasy Printshop – Euro Decals is based in the UK.
I have previously reviewed this decal set in other scales. This time it is to 1/32nd scale.
The set comes in a zip-locked clear cello envelope.
It contains a header sheet, printed on one side in color, in 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” format. It has the cover art on it, that shows the 3 painting options provided on the decals.
There are 2 decal sheets in the envelope, backed by 2 stiff cards, that are the same size as the header sheet. It offers some protection and stiffens things up a little.
The instructions consist of two sheets, both the same size as the header sheet and stiff cards.
These are marking and painting guides.
The back of the header sheet has the 1st scheme on it. It is a color 4-view illustration.
The scheme is overall bare metal. It has red, yellow and black stripes, with small white stars on the red and black stripes and black stars on the yellow stripe around its nose. The rudder has the same 3 stripes, horizontally on its rudder with a shield that is white and black with an eagle on it. It has a large black U.S. AIR FORCE underneath the cockpit, followed by FW-950th with the 9 in white. It has 2 narrow-red fuselage bands just in front of the rudder. U.S. Air Force star with bars on fuselage sides, above left wing and below the right wing. Black USAF above the right wing and below the left wing. Black stripes around the wing walking areas. It has black serial no. 52950 on the rudder underneath the horizontal bars. Its wing tips are yellow.
It was flown by Colonel C. Banbury, Wing Commander of 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical fighter Wing, United States Air Force, Europe, based at Toul-Rosieres Air Force Base, France, 1958.
The instructions consist of two sheets, both the same size as the header sheet and stiff cards.
These are marking and painting guides.
The back of the header sheet has the 1st scheme on it. It is a color 4-view illustration.
The scheme is overall bare metal. It has red, yellow and black stripes, with small white stars on the red and black stripes and black stars on the yellow stripe around its nose. The rudder has the same 3 stripes, horizontally on its rudder with a shield that is white and black with an eagle on it. It has a large black U.S. AIR FORCE underneath the cockpit, followed by FW-950th with the 9 in white. It has 2 narrow-red fuselage bands just in front of the rudder. U.S. Air Force star with bars on fuselage sides, above left wing and below the right wing. Black USAF above the right wing and below the left wing. Black stripes around the wing walking areas. It has black serial no. 52950 on the rudder underneath the horizontal bars. Its wing tips are yellow.
It was flown by Colonel C. Banbury, Wing Commander of 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical fighter Wing, United States Air Force, Europe, based at Toul-Rosieres Air Force Base, France, 1958.
The second scheme also is overall bare metal. It has black U.S. Air Force on the sides of its nose, two narrow red fuselage bands in front of the rudder. U.S. Air Force star with bars and the USAF insignias in same locations as the first scheme, followed by FW-417. It has a dark green rudder, with 2 white horizontal bands on it. The tip of the rudder has 2 white arrows on it and the base has 3 white arrows on it. Below them is a black serial no. 63417. Around the nose tip there is a dark green band, outlined in white, with white arrows on it.
It was with the 356th Tactical Fighter Squadron,354th Tactical Fighter Wing, United States Air Force Europe, based at Aviano Air Base, Italy 1960.
It was with the 356th Tactical Fighter Squadron,354th Tactical Fighter Wing, United States Air Force Europe, based at Aviano Air Base, Italy 1960.
The third scheme is again overall bare metal. It has navy-blue and white diagonal stripes around its nose and rudder. US Air Force on the sides of its nose, with an illustration of a navy-blue circle with a black wart-hog’s head on it. Fuselage code is FW-020. Serial no. on rudder is 563020.
It was with the 390th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 366th Fighter Bomber Wing, USAF, based in England Air Force Base, USA, 1957-59.
Both the decal sheets have tissue covers. But they are floating around loose, and really should have been attached to the sheets to protect their faces. I stapled them each to the tissues.
It was with the 390th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 366th Fighter Bomber Wing, USAF, based in England Air Force Base, USA, 1957-59.
Both the decal sheets have tissue covers. But they are floating around loose, and really should have been attached to the sheets to protect their faces. I stapled them each to the tissues.
The largest 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” sheet holds the color markings and fuselage codes and serial numbers.
The second sheet is a narrow 12” x 4 ¼” format. It holds the stars with bars USAF insignias, the U.S. AIR FORCE and USAF insignias, the narrow black fuselage stripes, the wing walk black outline stripes and some small stenciling.
This is a very well done sheet in perfect register and should be of great interest to modelers planning on building an F-100D in 1/32nd scale.
I sincerely wish to thank Fantasy Workshop for this review sample.
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I sincerely wish to thank Fantasy Workshop for this review sample.
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Highly recommended.