Stan Kurcz
Naperville, Illinois
To model a U.S. Air Force Thunderchief headed for downtown Hanoi during the Vietnam War, Stan added a 3D-printed cockpit and burner cans and a turned-metal nose probe to Hasegawa’s 1/72 scale F-105D. After re-scribing panel lines, he painted the tactical camouflage with Tamiya acrylics, masking with Silly Putty between colors; acrylic washes, inks, and watercolor pencils added weathering. A cast-resin stand holds the fully loaded Thud over a map of the Hanoi region.