Aurora
1/77 scale
F-100A Super Sabre
Kit No. 490-50
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Here's yet another example of Aurora's penchant for duplicating subject
matter, with the other kit (#289) being from Comet tooling of a 1/103
scale YF-100A (also later released by Addar).
I've seen this kit listed as an F-100C but it's definitely a short-tailed
F-100A or YF-100A. It was released in at least six different boxings but
the plastic was always the same in each one.
 The
kit has a chunky, heavy-handed 'feel' common to many Aurora models and
features a see-through fuselage, there being nothing to block the view
from the intake to the exhaust. A very simplified landing gear is included
but there are no gear wells, only scribed outlines of the doors. Speaking
of scribing, all control surface outlines are recessed along with some
of the major panel lines but they are all the same depth and width. Other
surface detail is limited to lots of raised rivets and the usual raised
outlines to guide decal placement.
 The
kit includes fourteen parts molded in silver plastic and three clear pieces
for the stand and canopy. A crude pilot's head and seat back are molded
with the fuselage halves. My 1961 example is free of flash and sink marks,
and the only external ejection pin mark I could find is on one side of
the nose gear strut.
I can't comment on the decals since mine are missing, as is the canopy
- I'm planning on building the model 'in flight' on its stand so would
be happy to trade the landing gear parts for a canopy and decal sheet.
Any takers out there? ;)
 As
with last month's F4D this one also ranges in value from about $10 to
$20, so an affordable example of this kit shouldn't be too hard to find
and it's another prime example of the state of the art in the early days
of plastic models.
Until next month, "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to",
above all have fun, and be sure to visit Al's
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