DA's TOTALLY TERRIFIC THREAD OF STICKERIFFIC IMPROVEMENTIFICATIONS. and stuff

[+daddyairplanes]

one panel in.

no 

half a panel in

AND I'M SICK OF THESE MOTHERF***ING RIVETS ON THIS MOTHERF***ING PLANE 

[Nightshade/PR]

And you missed 3 already..... 

[+Wrench]

my cousin Alan was an Air Policeman during the VN war. Stationed on Guam, they stood guard AT the aircraft. He used to know exactly how many rivets there are on a Buff ... 

[+Flanker562]

Don't complain, wait until you do a CH-53 lol, keep hammering at it.

[+daddyairplanes]

12 hours ago, Nightshade/PR said:

And you missed 3 already..... 

hey @Erik, do we got the budget for a lettuce and tomato throwing emoji?

[+daddyairplanes]

one panel and 2000 rivets down

4/98000 to go

would have been interesting to see how the last D models wouldve handled going down low

[+Wrench]

you realize on the scale of the aircraft, and texture sizes, given a "known" distance from the aircraft, you probably wouldn't even SEE the rivets. Wrinkles in the skin? Maybe (I know I have). Panel lines would be visilbe, but very faint.

[Nightshade/PR]

Love that shot

[+daddyairplanes]

On 6/2/2025 at 2:06 AM, Wrench said:

you realize on the scale of the aircraft, and texture sizes, given a "known" distance from the aircraft, you probably wouldn't even SEE the rivets. Wrinkles in the skin? Maybe (I know I have). Panel lines would be visilbe, but very faint.

I know that 

These here would be early wip shots. Will drop opacities later across all panels

Wrinkles is a good idea though for later 

 

[+daddyairplanes]

little more progress. between a million rivets and a hell of a week IRL not much but i'm almost dont with fuselage details

why did TK make the interiors so damn dirty? yeah it was Vietnam, but they were also still SAC......

 

[+daddyairplanes]

cleaned up a bit , ready for the Reagan Administration...

and why shuoldnt i tweak the "bare metal" skin while im at it

[+daddyairplanes]

for those that might be wondering,

yes the Ds retained the abiltiy to carry 4 B28 multi yield devices right up to the end. 

conventional bombing was the main menu,  but instant sunshine was always available on request 

[+daddyairplanes]

BUFFs have ripples

[+daddyairplanes]

one of those odd in between conversion moments

and yes, tryin to make a SIOP skin for the Fs

[+daddyairplanes]

[+daddyairplanes]

first wing of four done (and the biggest one to boot)

[+daddyairplanes]

while teh BUFFS are finalizing,  some light homework. F-100Ds on ANG inventory, 1977-79

two squadrons lined up, 14 more to go

[+daddyairplanes]

soon

[Nightshade/PR]

[+daddyairplanes]

meanwhile, the beginning of the end

[+daddyairplanes]

well this is a unique way of spelling...

[Nightshade/PR]

5 hours ago, daddyairplanes said:

well this is a unique way of spelling...

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess you weren't burdened by an over-abundance of schooling, then? 

Although I do like it.

[+daddyairplanes]

i mean the state in place of an "i" thank you very much 

[Nightshade/PR]

Oh, I know that. But it was meat on the table....... 

I had the shot.mp4

[+daddyairplanes]

its that time again,

Block 1s, 5s, and 10s.

Santa, can I get that Block 10 B model this year for Christmas?