Watching this one today in memory of Bud Anderson. Blue Skies, Bud.

Your attention to detail is impeccable!! That diorama was the icing on the cake!

I got to listen to Bud Anderson tell his story at the Warhawk museum in Idaho it was a really cool experience, love the build!

Really well done. The base, the equipment, and of course, the F-105. Your channel is awesome! A bit of trivia...The aviation community had a saying about Republic Aircraft, "If you could build a runway around the Earth, then Republic would make an aircraft that couldn't take off from it." Love the P-47 and the F-105.

Absolutely brilliant!

Very nice 105. Great diorama! Many don't realize how big the "Thud" was, or the very dangerous missions they had to fly for the lack of anything better. Lugging tons of iron bombs was SO NOT what it was designed for. Flying 100 ft above the deck at a susrained mach 1.2 w/the internal nuke was it's designed job.... A big bruiser of an aircraft that to this day remains one of the fastest low level jets ever. Again, nice job, and nice video!

My dad worked on these in Vietnam. I have many of his photos from his base a Tuy Hua. Well done sir! You have captured it.

Wonderful work!

Outfreaking fantastic ! Thank You for sharing . Hope you and your loved ones have a great weekend.

Looking good, very cool plane, great build, excellent weathering!

Excellent diorama, looks absolutely stunning!

Absolutely amazing build!

That is extraordinary! Superb, amazing, brilliant...one of the best I've ever seen.

Stunning... so much skill and artistry.

Wonderful F-105 diorama.

Beautiful job. Looks great!

I’m calling this the perfect diorama! SO GOOD!

Looks amazing

I've had this kit in my stash for a while now. Thanks for the excellent video.

What a great wonderful work.😊

awesome build.

asombroso, gran trabajo BRAVOOO!!!!!

Great job.. It looks pretty good.

Great video, tutorials, and techniques. Enjoyed watching it, thank you!

Very well done 105👍 great video to, i like your way of commenting through the whole process.

Great job

OUTSTANDING, love the paint and detail.

Friggin amazing work.. thanks.

Wow. Very Nice.

a wonderful build. i love the make of your Video 👍👍

Amazing job thank you and glad it was a long video with lots of info

Great video. I really think you did an awesome job with this model.

Excellent work! Looks fantastic

That's an awesome build. Looks great.

Simply superb!

First reaction after seeing the whole build: djeezz what a nice one! Fantastic to see how you weather and build up the layers, also for the tarmac! 🤩

Incredible ... enjoy your build ..:)

Wonderful detail!

Really nice diorama. Have always liked the F-105 as it looks mean and purposeful.

I like this jet F-105 Thunderchief nice work on kit model on this military aircraft. ❤😊👍😍🤩🤗

Fantastic. You should be proud.

Great build. I built the entire century series 3 decades ago. Makes me want to go back and rebuild them with modern detail kits. Well done Sir.

Excellent 👏👏👏🤩

WOW im so very impressed with your painting ,weathering skills excellent job Sir

Nice work

Like all great movies this video has a great story with good visual qualities. Your modeling and weathering techniques are superb and hats off for having the knowledge of the pilot and planes history. Two thumbs, way up!

Awesome Built & Paint job!

Great stuff Brett. Love the Thunderchief. SEAC is probably one of my favourite aircraft schemes.

really amasing work👍

interesting job in making the ground of your diorama.... also the use of oil paint... final result is amazing..... thanks a lot for showing your techniques

Beautiful work Brett. A long video but worth it for all the info. Agreed about the sparse cockpits in most aircraft.

Awesome job man

Excellent... whoow

Beautiful, Excellent, well done sir !!

BRILLIANT END PRODUCT WELL DONE

Very good job that man !

Amazing work 🎉

Perfect build 👍👍👍

Your passion and long tiring efforts show so well in this build Brett! Beautiful man.

Awesome build so much talent and detail! Thanks for sharing ✌Canada✌

Great build and i totaly love the informative video. Top notch. Greetings from Sweden.

Just found your channel. Gotta say finally someone who doesn't trip over their words, speaks good English and doesn't go overboard on details that are not visible in scale. Thanks so much :D

You can dilute the glue with isopropyl alcohol and the surface tension will go away. Its super easy to fix al the gravel like that. Model train builders use that technique instead of water. Lovely diorama my friend. New sub.

Amazing job on the build and description. One of my favorite aircraft of all-time. As a former USAF Crew Chief (early 90's) it's always great to see maintenance troops included in a diorama. :) "College education to break it, high school education to fix it!" One quick comment on the gravel fill for the revetment wall... Because I'm a model railroader and have a lot of experience with this. Doing a layer of glue first works fine. Diluting white glue with water 60/40 or even some rubbing alcohol is good (it evaporates quicker than the water). When you put the thicker ballast down, spray it with "wet water" (water with a drop of dish detergent in it, or even a little alcohol to break the surface tension) and that will soak into the gravel. Then use a dropper to add on 60/40 glue/water and it will soak in then harden as the water evaporates. :) I would point out that in reading both of General Yeager's books and Bud Anderson's book that Bud wasn't Yeager's "wingman", but they were both flight leads in the same squadron in WWII. Minor detail but a common misconception. Great work! Thanks for sharing!

Good job, really liked the format - a lot of commentary, and sharing why's, a bit of history etc. Thanks a lot for work You put to create it. :)

Awesome tutorial!, Thanks for showing, My nex F-105 will be from that brand, great job, ....ando i gonna buy the aftermarket kit too,

I love your work and have been binge watching your videos!

Very very nice

A labor of love... well done

Really great job 👍👌 and the video too Was very fun to watch

Very nice i love good job👍

Great work on this diorama. I have a long term goal to do a similar scene with an F-100 and I appreciate being able to see how some of that might be accomplished. I especially appreciate very much your coverage of the oil weathering as this is timely for a different build I am working on and preparing for that exact step. Thanks for a very cool and useful video. And thanks for sharing your talent, skills, and techniques. That's what makes this new age of modeling so wonderful.

Awesome build great details and very real look I'm an ex air force crew chief 2 minor comments the maintenance stand you built are B-4 stands one end was open at the narrow end with 3 steps and hand rails and had wheels at all 4 corners. and I think your -60 power unit from the ground kit was great but also the air force had at that time and even into the late 1970s MD-3 power units, but again awesome work on the whole Thud work up.

Very nice job! You’re a true artist!

very cool dude!

Lovely work all round. Well done. Love the 3D printed parts. Little tip you might find useful for when you are doing groundwork/ballast/scenics- once you have applied your initial layer, to lock it in place spray with straight alcohol (any % strength but use undiluted) before trying to apply more PVA. The alcohol acts as a flow agent and will stop the glue from pooling on the surface. It allows the glue to penetrate and cover all of the scenic material. Don't add the alcohol to the glue, just lightly spray it over your scenic work and then apply the glue. Love your work though, just some damn good modelling!

Stunning build my friend... cheers from Argentina!

A freaking masterpiece!

Gives me more confidence to try my painting techniques watching videos like this. I have the revell kit and was interested in the hobby boss kit. I’ll build the revell first. Get a sense of direction before venturing to a higher skill level. Thank you

Great job on a poorly tooled kit. F-, 105 is one of my favorites but I have always avoided the Hobby Boss kit, but I love what you did with it. Thanks.

Love that base 😮 ps actually the whole build 👌😎☕️

Magnificent! Another solution for the cockpit is the Quinta Set. The 3D decals fill the gap you mentioned, one only need to scratch build some supports. Provides some modest seat details too.

Fantastic build, all the better that you've incorporated the 105 into a diorama. I've taken greater interest in Viet Nam War subjects recently (aircraft and ground vehicles, as well as a 1/35 resin PACV which I'm looking forward to building), so this really caught my eye. I too love the SEA camo scheme, I think it's one of the most attractive anywhere. Thoroughly enjoyed this video, it's great to learn a bit about the aircraft and its history. It turned out amazing! I recently built ICM's 1/48 Skymaster and decided to make a hard-stand, as the O-2A and some other small birds like the A-37 might get a bit lost on my shelf. Couldn't find any 1/48 revetment walls either so I made some to fill three sides of the base. It was a FAR more involved project than I expected, using just over 144 feet of Evergreen strip. I'd love to see 1/48 revetment walls available, I'm sure there's something available in 3D printing.

Really great work!! I enjoyed watching this and gave me some tips for future builds. Currently working on tamiya’s F-4B and it fits like a charm but it’s a lot of tiny pieces to paint!

I love the details, your way of explaining the process, creative ideas and everything dude. You have a new subscriber. Keep up the good work

Absolutely amazing job!!! Im definitely a new subscriber Sir. Love the camo on the jet alot. You explain everything perfectly. The diorama turned out jaw dropping. I have an F-14 Tom Cat ive been staring out for months now. I need an airbbrush first. But i can only dream it turns out as nice as yours. Im 62 ,retired & got stage 4 cancer. But i will build this jet soon 🙏 thanks for sharing your skills. 🇺🇸

Love it!

Very nice build 👌

My dad served in Vietnam. I remember him talking about these. I believed they served from 1958 to 1984 or 85. Quiet a machine. I think there was a 2 seater called the "Wild Weasel." Nice job hammer I'm impressed. I like how you work with potoetch, another one of my Achilles heals.

I grew up with the F-105. My dad was an engineer on the F-105 program at Republic in the 50's at the Farmingdale Plant. Great build video. Awesome work. Not originally designed as a fighter-attack aircraft but as a low altitude nuclear bomber. Of the 833 built, 600+ were lost in combat and accident and mechanical failure in Vietnam. The only aircraft in the U.S. arsenal that was removed from service due to the high losses.

That's a trophy !!!!!

Sexy. 105 is one of my favorite planes

I was googling the hobby boss F-105 as I want to build one too and found your channel. You did a very good job with all that aftermarket stuff (my list of extra parts is really long for that kit) and I really like the diorama with some scratch build pieces. The F-105 is a huge aircraft, I know because i was standing next to one few years ago.

Sadly, the last WWII triple ace died last week. R.I.P. Bud. Nice tribute build 👏

I enjoyed this video. Your description of the process was very clear and concise. I am going to sub. Im not really an aircraft modeller as i mostly do cars and scifi but a lot of what you show can be used on many different genres.

For a really dark green, old RAF WW2 green usually does it. Great job, greetings from the Island of Republic.

Now that’s what I call art …. 👍

It great😮😊

I'm building the Revell F105 T-Stick II right now and have the Hobby Boss F105 up next. I'm glad I stumbled upon your video here.

Excellent work. Nice mentioning the Old Crow. I did not know the same pilot flew an F105 version of his fighter. The narrative history and stories behind your builds are awesome. Great channel!