F-84E interior and corret dive brake wanted

[JohnB]

I am looking for the two above items for a Hobby Boss F-84E I plan to build. I had previously, a few years ago, bought some from Harold at AMS for a F-84G I built but I don't see his site listed now. Any help is appreciated!

[Martinnfb]

I have the G model, I vaguely recall that HB put E brake to G-sprue and vice-versa . If that is the case , we can trade.

[JohnB]

Yes they did. I'll be happy to swap airbrakes with you. Thanks!

[Martinnfb]

John , I think I traded the brake with somebody before and forgot about that. This is what I have

[JohnB]

I'll have to take a look at the kit part when it arrives (ebay buy) and see what is what. I expect it to deliver by this Friday.

[JohnB]

Contacted Harold and he is sending a cockpit set. 

[k5ikl]

40 minutes ago, JohnB said:

Contacted Harold and he is sending a cockpit set. 

And it fits very nicely.  

[Martinnfb]

Hi John, I looked into it, so the brake with 42 holes (picture bellow),  is the later variant used on the G model, you need the one with four slots.

 

[JohnB]

24 minutes ago, k5ikl said:

And it fits very nicely.  

Yes it does. My G from a earlier build.

[JohnB]

Since the E comes with the wrong air brake (with all the holes) I still need to snag a correct E item. Anybody???

[1to1scale]

So, clarify for me, which air brake is correct for the G model? I have the H sprue, are all the parts on this sprue correct for the G or E?

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[JohnB]

The one with the 4 slots is correct for a E (as far as I know).

[1to1scale]

But what about the G? I don’t want to trade, then find out I have the wrong part for the G. If someone can clarify, I would happily trade.

[Martinnfb]

For G you need 42 hole, 

[1to1scale]

Ok John, I found this in my F-84 book, it looks like the G used both, that from 51-1079 ser no, they switched to the holes. So technically, either is correct for the G. I checked and the decals I have indicate it was a later G, so I’ll go ahead a swap you.

[JohnB]

That sounds like a plan! I should have the kit by the end of the week. As soon as I get I'll pull out the piece you need. Thanks!

[SapperSix]

When I saw this post I was thinking John = Corsair post.  And that quickly went to"Is there a version of the F-84 Corsair that I am not aware of?". I mean, if anyone knows...Its John.   Then my brain caught up to the fact that John is building the F-84, nothing at all to do with said Corsair...Man this world has gone mad.....

I am not sure what to believe at this point....

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Holy cow! This plane is bigger than I thought! I was surprised at the size of it, I always thought these were smaller.

[1to1scale]

5 hours ago, JohnB said:

The one with the 4 slots is correct for a E (as far as I know).

According to my book, they used this brake through the early G’s

 

you can see this G had the slots.

[Martinnfb]

That is correct, also older E models were sometimes retrofitted by the new brake. 

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I’m guessing Hobby Boss used a cobbled together museum plane for measurements.