Valom 1:144 McDonnell F-101A Voodoo is a small kit of an American supersonic fighter bomber of the 1950s. The model is built from unglued parts.
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The kit comes from a Czech workshop that has long devoted itself to types neglected by the large manufacturers, and it extends the Voodoo range with the basic fighter version. The smaller scale means a sensible size for the finished model, but the parts are injection molded by short-run technology, so a more careful fit is to be reckoned with.
The Voodoo originally came about as a long-range escort fighter for strategic bombers, but it lost that role before it was finished and McDonnell reworked the aircraft into a tactical machine. The F-101A version entered service in 1957 and carried above all strike armament for a fast attack from low altitude. The pair of J57 engines with afterburners made it one of the fastest aircraft of its day, but the long fuselage with the horizontal surfaces set high gave it a reputation as a machine that does not forgive errors in flying. The reconnaissance RF-101 and the two-seat F-101B interceptor later derived from the airframe of the Voodoo.
With a short-run mold it pays to put the parts together dry first and to sand the mating surfaces down. Consider weighting the cockpit and the nose gear, otherwise the model is apt to sit down on its tail. The metallic look of the smooth surfaces is best captured by lacquer metallic paints applied over a smoothed undercoat; the decals then need a gloss intermediate coat, so that no silvery edge appears beneath them.
The box contains the parts for assembly; the finished look is up to the modeler, and the paints and the glue are obtained separately.
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