From: Patrick Frost
To: Patty
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 2:27 PM
Subject: F-100D pictures 

Bob and Patty,

 I am absolutely speechless when it comes to my new F-100D!  I have dreamed of owning one of these for years and have loved the detail and engineering that BVM has crafted into this timeless aircraft.  Believe me when I say this bird flies as good as it looks!  I have owned every modern day scale BVM aircraft except for the large Sabre and I must say that this is the best flying scale jet I have flown to date. It tracks silky smooth and has no bad characteristics. The Hun had 6 flights with my JR 10X radio and I recently converted it to the new JR 12x 2.4Ghz radio and flew it at Cincinnati Jets and I must say that there is a major difference and a sense of "instant connection". I simply cannot wait to crank out many more flights on this beauty.

 The F-100D was built by Gary Jefferson and painted with Metal Kote II and painted with PPG - superbly done by Ben Burden. The Hun has 40,000 rivets and Nomenclature by Pro-Mark Graphics. I have since created a fully functional canopy with dual locking mechanisms and a detailed cockpit. I have also installed Details 4 Scale: drogue chute, lighting system, armament, nose gear strut, antennas, tail hook, and much more!  I have created some extreme weathering on this Hun but it is the way I believe them to have looked during the Vietnam Era. 

If anyone is interested in a genuine scale Jet................this is the one! 

Sincerely, 
Patrick Frost
"Frosty"

Khalid Naji of Doha, Qatar is the proud owner of this beautiful Flite-Metal'd F-100D built by Max Ahlmen of Sweden. Pro-Mark Graphics were used to replicate this D model. Power is provided by a Simjet Nexus and the model flies excellent. Khalid is a very active BVM modeler in Qatar enjoying his Super Bandit as well.

Jim Jensen of Minnetonka, Minnesota brought his F-100D down to Florida for the initial test flights. As you can see by the smiles, all went well. The model is equipped with all JR radio gear and an AMT Netherlands Pegasus HP for power.
The profile view of an F-100 on a low fly-by is inspiring and the yellow trim on this one make it especially so.

Mark Taylor has refinished his Hun in Flite-Metal for Top Gun 2005. Mark's F-100D looks brilliant with the new finish and he utilized the BVM F-100 Hot Section Detail Kit to simulate the rear Titaniun hot section.

Candy Striped Hun

Jack Diaz's choice to model the F-100D of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing with special TFW Weapons Team markings is an excellent one.
This 1958 paint scheme is featured on the back cover of Squadron Signal Publications #6565 F-100 Super Sabre in Color.
BVM Metal-Kote and PPG Concept colors are the finishing products.
Jack has been logging many flights on his Hun as depicted in the new photo's we received below.

These two F-100D models (above and below) were professionally built by BVM Rep Kelly Rhorbach for David Soufer and John Payne of southern California. Both models are finished with Coverite Presto and PPG paint with ProMark rivets and nomenclature. These models are completely detailed and feature custom opening canopy's. As with most scale models, the photos hardly do them justice.

Except for the cactus tree, this could be a "Hun" returning to a base in south Vietnam with unspent ordinance. The intended target was weathered in. Click to enlarge.

Mark Taylor of Fresno, California sent in this photo taken by Frank Huppenthal at the Arizona Jet Rally. Notice the nose high attitude on final and the heat trail exiting the rear of Mark's P-120 powered F-100.

Dan Avilla accomplished one of our favorite paint schemes with this insignia red and Coverite Presto covered F-100D.
The Artic scheme was applied to the Hun's for trans-Atlantic flights to England and Germany. The red laquer was then removed as the local squadron schemes and logos were applied.
This is a gorgeous model that offers the best visibility possible on this 1960's era fighter. Many additional scale details such as slots, vents and thousands of rivets with weathering are representative of Dan's superb craftsmanship.
The model has 3 flights on it prior to the photo and is powered by an AMT USA Pegasus engine.

David Skillings of Portland, Maine owns this beautiful F-100D powered by an AMT Pegasus. To the left of David is Tom Chabot, the builder of the model.

Ian Richardson of Perma-Grit Tools built this beautiful F-100D and joined up with Steve Elias for Top Gun '02, finishing 2nd in Team Scale. Ian's F-100 is finished with BVM Metal-Kote.

Joe Grice has been working on this project for about a year and has "fine tuned" the art of duplicating an all Aluminum aircraft.

Joe used "Flite-Metal", a lot of Flite-Metal, a little Coverite Presto, some BVM Hot Section paints and an enormous amount of time to affect the most perfect illusion we have seen.

And it flies?

The F-100D is powered by an AMT AT-450 Olympus engine - the first "D" model to receive this engine. It worked flawlessly, as it must to be worthy of installation in such a great model.

A JR 10X was used for control of all the normal functions, plus an operable canopy, tail skid, flaps/slats, wheel brakes, speed brakes, landing lights and drogue chute for landing rollout.

We will publish how all of this was accomplished at a later date.

Thanks to Mitch Weiss for the superb photography.

Now check out Mitch's Top Gun '02 entry.
It has flown in primer and now sports a Vietnam Camo scheme. Very very nice!

Click to read more about the first flights on Mitch's F-100. Mr. Takashi Komuro from the Sagamido Corporation in Japan participated in the recent World Jet Masters with his BVM F-100D. Takashi chose to use the new BVM Metal-Kote paint. This beautiful photo was taken with Mount Fuji in the background. Click to enlarge the photo. Thanks to Mr. Komuro for the photo.

Jack Diaz's (Venezuela) BVM F-100D on its ninth flight. Top flight speed so far is about 190mph with a lot of slow speed practice for landings. The model will now be finished with the BVM Metal-Kote™ system. Jack plans to bring it to Superman week.

Typical F-100 "on speed" approach.

We received a call from Paul Bageman telling us about his first successful F-100 flights. Paul applied some extra effort to make his canopy open and close by remote control and he proved that it actually stays down and locked in flight.

BVM is taking the hint from Paul and Joe Grice on this issue and will make some precision parts available to other F-100 enthusiasts who would like the operable canopy option.

You can look for both of these AMT powered Huns along with a few others to debut at Superman week '02.

Chris Huhn logged the first 5 flights on his F-100D July 21-22 using a Jet-Cat P120 for power. The model is in primer now, but will receive a Thunderbird paint scheme for Superman 2002.

Rich Fong sent this photo for our posting. He says that he is continuing to accumulate flights on it. The markings are of course by ProMark. Congratulations Rich on this beautiful F-100D. Some new external stores like Bullpup missles, Mk-82 bombs, AIM-9 missles with dual launcher and a tail hook will be shown here soon.