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Modelers Lounge => The World of Scale Models => Topic started by: lcarroll on December 13, 2018, 09:08:12 AM
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I decided to take a short break from my usual WW.1 Aircraft Modelling and tackle this model of an aircraft I flew during my career in the RCAF. I did two long tours of duty on the Voodoo, the first as a back seat Air Intercept Navigator or "Radar Intercept Officer, RIO" as we were called in the USAF. After completing pilot training I returned to the Voodoo and completed another long tour.
The Voodoo was a joy to fly, lots of noise and fast and handled well while demanding respect from the pilot in all regimes of flight. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it!
(https://i.imgur.com/zDiJGBa.jpg)
I'll be finishing the model as a 416 All Weather Fighter Squadron jet as I flew her from 1976 until May of 81. Yes, I am that old damnit, it caught up to me when I wasn't looking! :o
(https://i.imgur.com/LmS6aOc.jpg)
Sadly the Kit isn't a great one, it reminds me of the old Matchbox Kits of years ago where the quality stops at the subject! It'll be a bit of a rough go but I'm enjoying the challenge and the kindling of numerous "memory moments".
(https://i.imgur.com/7FKXQgW.jpg)
I'll provide a few photos when she starts to look like a jet.
Cheers,
Lance
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Looks like a great project Lance. It Must have been an incredible experience to Fly the Voodoo and of Course the CF18!
RAGIII
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Great to see you embarking on such a personal interest project Lance. In this case your memories will be your reference book!
cheers
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
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Lobster transport?!!
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Rick, Dave, Thanks for that, and yes, I feel fortunate to have had the experience. Having someone pay you to do what I'd gladly have paid them for was a heck of a deal!
I figured someone would comment on the "Lobster Transport" logo Steve. Due to the nature of our business there was no time when at least half the Squadron wasn't committed to Alert or Recall status and thus no time when the Unit could all get a break together. It was the same for all the units (4) across the country, 409 in Comox near to you for example. We used to fly to our sister Squadron's Bases and hold Alert and standby duties for them on special occasions when they wanted to shut down ops and in our case we would load up Lobster for their celebration and deliver it before going on Alert. (5 minute armed readiness) no cost to the tax payer and always very much appreciated!) The Lobster logo on the speed brake was also used on one occasion to denote deployment for an Exercise to the US Eastern Seaboard. Those markings were very temporary. As my good Buddy MGuns says, "but I digress"! ???
Cheers,
Lance
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hey, Lance!
thank you for the ‘digression’.... i too was wondering what the story behind the lobster was...
the voodoo is one of my favourite subjects too, i remember building an old monogram kit back in my youth....
i am sorry to hear tha the kitty hawk offering is not up to today’s standards, but i’m sure you’ll get the most out of it!
keep us poste!
ciao
edo
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Great digression, Lance.
I'm busy building models of all the cars I've ever owned, but the planes I've flown would be a very small (and boring) collection indeed. Certainly nothing as grand and exciting as this lobster express! Great story.
Sandy
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Wow,
How cool is that Lance! What a beast.
Guy
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Lance what a great story and career, makes my life and career look like pocket lint. :)
Was there a way to cook the lobsters within the 101's innards? (kidding of course)
Ryan
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Awesome project Lance, I am sure you will relive many of your experiences while flying her.
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Thanks for the many comments Guys. I'm re-learning the art of filling and sanding on this one, I'm going to need a Wingnut wings project to regain my sanity after this little adventure! :-\
Cheers,
Lance
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Lance, thank you very much to share this journey with us. I'm in!
In 1/48 you will see more details compared to your 1/72 model. And you have a big advantage, you know every switch and button in the cockpit! ;)
I hoped for something like this, once you mentioned a non-WWI project some days ago!
Cheers,
Frank
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RESPECT!
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The F101 is a very interesting subject, I built a Revell 1/72 canadian Vodoo several years ago (small picture). And building a model of aeroplanes you effectively flew is a great pleasure.
This is a build to follow, thank you for sharing and congratulations on your honourable career.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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I saw the voodoo's several times at Abbotsford. The Vulcan too , my Mums fav jets.
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Thank you for your interest and great comments all. Nice Voodoo Giuseppe, of the four commemorative schemes done I have always liked this one, "Hawk One" the most. Steve, your ears probably took a beating, she was a noisy beast and a real crowd pleaser in an Air Show setting!
Cheers,
Lance
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What a wonderful and very personal project, Lance! So glad you survived the experience. The Voodoo never seemed very aerodynamic to me. Kinda like the Thud.
Cheers,
Bud
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Bud,
She was a joy, but had all the great flying qualities of an anvil if you let her get ahead of you! Very much like the Thud, "all burner, no rudder" as we used to say!
Cheers,
Lance
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This kind of build I like. A real story behind a model. This is one reason why I love this forum, so much diversity, different nations, different ages (when you started your service in the Voodoo I just was born).
Bye,
Manni
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Hey Lance any close 101 moments you would like to share, you have our complete attention. :)
Ryan
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Lobster transport?!
Cheers,
Bud
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Lobster transport?!
Cheers,
Bud
Bud,
See my post 13 Dec 01:33:35 AM for a "decode".
Ryan,
Reference your request for "101 moments" there was one that I won't soon forget related to the above topic of lobster movements ....... I once transported 150 pounds of cooked lobster from our base on the Atlantic coast to Bagotville in Quebec and the supplier hadn't done the packing well enough. The boxes all in a luggage carrier on the weapons door leaked and the rotating door had to be taken off the aircraft, dismantled, and completely rewired at considerable expense and maintenance time, our Maintenance Major was furious and believed it was all my fault until I advised him to take his complaints to the CO who had directed the shipment; that ended the issue! These escapades sound a little frivolous I know however such gestures went a long way for morale and promoted a tremendous bond between the units. We worked very hard and played harder! ;)
Cheers,
Lance
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Lobster transport?!
Cheers,
Bud
Bud,
See my post 13 Dec 01:33:35 AM for a "decode".
Ryan,
Reference your request for "101 moments" there was one that I won't soon forget related to the above topic of lobster movements ....... I once transported 150 pounds of cooked lobster from our base on the Atlantic coast to Bagotville in Quebec and the supplier hadn't done the packing well enough. The boxes all in a luggage carrier on the weapons door leaked and the rotating door had to be taken off the aircraft, dismantled, and completely rewired at considerable expense and maintenance time, our Maintenance Major was furious and believed it was all my fault until I advised him to take his complaints to the CO who had directed the shipment; that ended the issue! These escapades sound a little frivolous I know however such gestures went a long way for morale and promoted a tremendous bond between the units. We worked very hard and played harder! ;)
Cheers,
Lance
Have you ever thought of writing a book about the 101 in the spirit of a very Old Book on the Canadair Sabre by Childerhouse. One of My all time favorites! His Humor was unbeatable.
RAGIII
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Lobster transport?!
Cheers,
Bud
Bud,
See my post 13 Dec 01:33:35 AM for a "decode".
Ryan,
Reference your request for "101 moments" there was one that I won't soon forget related to the above topic of lobster movements ....... I once transported 150 pounds of cooked lobster from our base on the Atlantic coast to Bagotville in Quebec and the supplier hadn't done the packing well enough. The boxes all in a luggage carrier on the weapons door leaked and the rotating door had to be taken off the aircraft, dismantled, and completely rewired at considerable expense and maintenance time, our Maintenance Major was furious and believed it was all my fault until I advised him to take his complaints to the CO who had directed the shipment; that ended the issue! These escapades sound a little frivolous I know however such gestures went a long way for morale and promoted a tremendous bond between the units. We worked very hard and played harder! ;)
Cheers,
Lance
Thanks for the additional story, just great.
Those were the fastest lobsters in the world!
Ryan
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Rick,
I have a vague memory of a book by "Chick" Childerhouse but can't recall the title nor anything about the book. Was it a collection of anecdotes based on his Sabre days?? It's going to bother me now as I know I read it a long time back......... :-\
Cheers,
Lance
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Rick,
I have a vague memory of a book by "Chick" Childerhouse but can't recall the title nor anything about the book. Was it a collection of anecdotes based on his Sabre days?? It's going to bother me now as I know I read it a long time back......... :-\
Cheers,
Lance
It is called The F86 SABRE by RJ Childerhose, I misspelled it out of Faulty Memory! Famous Aircraft series. It had some technical stuff but was Mostly his anecdotes while flying the Canadair Sabre in the RCAF. Second Printing was June of 1966 ;D Before your time. They called Him Chickenhouse. Great book if you can find it. JMHO.
RAGIII
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Well, she's finished and in the display case, where she'll stay ....... I regard this one as a "making a sow's ear out of a sow's ear"! Not a great Kit IMHO and not one I'd recommend. Enough said on that theme, I did enjoy the memories and I've got a reasonable replica of one of what was probably my favorite of all I flew. "025" was the airframe I fired a Genie Rocket from (and the drone didn't make it back) in May of 1981 at Tyndall AFB in Florida, a true "memory moment"!
(https://i.imgur.com/7gPnPcE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Oj9fV6G.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Dmjsha7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vLWVmiI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZYWJsYp.jpg)
Now I'm really looking forward to some "linen and wire"! Hope you like her.
Cheers,
Lance
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She looks very nice, and thank you for sharing the lobster story. Many between my collegues were military pilots before their airline "second life" and as you said these stories alsa speaks about strong bonds between special people.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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That looks really good Lance and a great visual memory for you. Not many here could say they made a model of an aircraft they used to fly. Although the kit fought you at every step you sure won as it looks great!
Great work.
cheers
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
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What a beauty! Really a "grey eminence" which had a lot of influence on your life.
The should be a "little Lance" in the cockpit ;)
Thanks for showing.
Cheers,
Frank
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Thanks for looking in and for your comments Guys. Now it's back to the world of wind in the wires vs. the crack of a hard light afterburner!
Cheers,
Lance
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Beauty Lance!
Guy
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Looks to be a great job of one of my Mums fav's!
I remember them too from the Abbotsford Airshow as a kid.
Sorry to hear it left a slightly sour taste , those are the best kits to finish though!
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Looks fantastic Lance! Those look like Falcons loaded. Kitty hawk Genie a bit rough? ;D
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This one slipped iunder my radar Lance as I was absent in December when much of this was posted - I had wondered where you had gone to.... You may regard that as a sow's ear, I see a very good model which is beautifully finished. Clearly having a personal touch helped you to pull off yet another mini-masterpiece.
Stephen.
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Lance,
Now that's one Sexy jet fighter my old friend. Building this gem must have brought buy many a good memory. Congratulations and Well Done!
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
Where's that Arrow hiding?
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Thank you all for the nice comments. oa5599, I did finish the Genies and they turned out quite nice however I decided to go with the AIM 4's, as I wanted to use the tanks. Greg, no Arrow in my future I don't think, too sad a memory, that one! .....and yes Guiseppe, great memories not the least of which are the special men I flew with and those who kept our jets flying!
Cheers,
Lance
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Your Voodoo came out Fantastic Lance. Gorgeous work all around.
RAGIII