Crazed Plastic Articles

  In 1979, as an offshoot of The McDonnell Douglas Scale Model Club, the St. Louis Gateway Chapter of the International Plastic Model Society (IPMS) started a quarterly publication called “Crazed Plastic”. Most of the issues were edited by Bill Drescher or Mike Mackowski. Many of the articles were about MDC products written by MDC employees (Myself included). Crazed Plastic published 36 issues from 1979 to 1988. Several issues had actual paint chips include with the articles. While primarily a magazine for plastic scale modelers, much historical data was preserved and presented. Here are a few of the Crazed Plastic articles:

From CP#12, an article on AV-8B Harrier II Rollout Markings by Bill Drescher

Download the Harrier II Rollout Markings article in a PDF here

From CP#21, an article on F-3H Demon Details by Tommy Thomason

Download the F-3H Demon Details article in a PDF here

From CP#13, an article on RF-4C Wrap-Around Camouflage by Greg Kuklinski and Mike Brickman

Download the RF-4C Wrap-Around Camo article in a PDF here

  From CP#11, an article on F-15 Strike Eagle Markings by Greg Kuklinski and Flight Test F-15A Markings by Mike Brickman. A actual paint chip is included.

Download the F-15 Strike Eagle article in a PDF here

Download the Flight Test F-15A Markings article in a PDF here

From CP#08, an article on JB-2 Loon (LTV-N-2) 3-view and Markings by Ron Downey (SMDC)

Download the JB-2 Loon article in a PDF here

From CP#03, an article on the V-1 Flying Bomb with 3-view and Markings by Ron Downey (SMDC). (Right Click to open a full size image in a new tab.)

From CP#11 , an article on F-101 Voodoos Camouflage, Markings and Detailed by Mike Mackowski and Bill Drescher

Download the F-101 Voodoo article in a PDF here

From CP#22 , an article on Block 7 F-18 Hornet Details by Mike Mackowski and Bill Drescher

Download the Block 7 F-18 Hornet article in a PDF here

From CP#15,  an article on QF-102 Delta Dagger Drones by Ron Downey

Download the QF-102 Delta Dagger Drones article in a PDF here

From CP# 09, an article on F-10B Army Skynights by Greg Kuklinski

  Download the F-10B Army Skynights article in a PDF here

Army G.91

From CP# 09, an article on Army G.91 Fiats by Bill Drescher.

Download the Army G.91 article as a PDF here

F-4 & F-101 Deceleration Parachute

Desription and dimensions of F-4 and F-101Deceleration Parachute. It says F-101 but it's the same type as used by the F-4, according to Mills. Dated May 15 2013. Credit: Charles

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Alternate download here

McDonnell F-101 Voodoo Article No III

A copy of the another great article from the magazine Scale Aircraft Modelling of  May 1982 on the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo aircraft.

Download here or here or here or here (135.8 Megs)

Additional F-101 Voodoo info here

McDonnell F-101 Voodoo Article No. II or

A copy of the great article from the magazine Aeroplane of  August 2015 on the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo aircraft

Download here or here or here or here (17.9 Megs)

McDonnell F-101 Voodoo Article No. I is here

F-101 and RF-101 Standard Aircraft Characteristics

We have already had the XF-88 and F-88 SAC's; so, here are the F-101A/B/C and RF-101A/C SAC's.

Click here to download SAC’s in PDF form – F-101A (1955), F-101A (1962), F-101B, and F-101C

Click here to download SAC’s in PDF form – RF-101A (1957), RF-101A (1960) and RF-101C

Prior blog entries for XF-88 SAC's here and F-88 SAC’s here

F-101/CF-101 Voodoo Photos

A number of photos (114) of the McDonnell F-101/CF-101 Voodoo aircraft. Credit: R. Burgess and as marked

Download here or here (62.7 Megs)

BTW: I have a collection of these photos and 20 more (131) in a 600 Meg ZIP file (Very high DPI files). Email if you want and can download such a large file.

Additional F-101 Voodoo Patches

A note from Jari on his submission of these two Vodoo patches: I was with 409 Squadron at CFB Comox many years ago working on the CF-101 Voodoo and here a couple of patches from that era. The top one shows the outline of a Voodoo with the British Columbia flag behind it with 409 All Weather Fighter Squadron on top and British Columbia Air National Guard at the bottom – there is no BCANG just the designer of the patch added it for humour. The bottom patch is the one we had in Load Section where I worked most of the time, the number on the nose of the CF-101 is 571, as our trade was  Weapon Tech Air 571. Credit and thanks to: Jari

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Other F-101 Voodoo patches here

McDonnell F-101 Voodoo Photos

79 photos of the McDonnell F-101 Canadian Voodoo aircraft. Credit: Bob Burgess collection

Download here or here (179 Megs) (VERY large number)

McDonnell F-101 Voodoo Booklet #1

One of the promotional pamphlets issued by McDonnell Aircraft for the F-101 Voodoo.

Click here to view pamphlet

McDonnell F-101 Voodoo Booklet #1 (Revised)

One of the promotional pamphlets issued by McDonnell Aircraft for the F-101 Voodoo.

Click here to view pamphlet

Click here to download article in a PDF file (1.5 Megs)

Alternate download here

F-101 Voodoo Visdom

McDonnel Aircraft’s Field Service (Product Support) publication on what to do in an F-101 Voodoo when things go wrong! Dated August 1959.

Click here to download the publication in PDF form (2.3 Megs)

F-101 Voodoo Photos Part II

Copies of 119 photos of the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo aircraft. Credit Robert Burgess

Note: these are full size photos and the download is large!

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F-101 Voodoo Introduction Article

McDonnell Airscoop newspaper article on the introduction of the F-101 Voodoo aircraft. Paper is dated December 1954. Credit: William Rudolph collection

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F-101 Voodoo Patches

Several original McDonell F-101 VooDoo patches. Credit: L.M. “Roy” Reitter Collection

Download here or here (2.6 Megs)

McDonnell F-101 Voodoo Photos–Part II

Copies of 126 original photos of the F-101 Voodoo aircraft. Lots of U.S. and Canadian photos! Credit: R. Burgess via The Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum

Download here or here or here (106.8 Megs)

F-101 Voodoo Photos and Info

Copies of 56 photos and info on the McDonnell F-101 aircraft. This is a large download as it has videos in it!

Download here or here or here (375.3 Megs)

F-101 Photos and Info

A number (45) of photos and drawings of the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo aircraft.

Download here or here or here (15.9 Megs)

F-101 Voodoo Photos Part I

Copies of 120 photos of the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo aircraft. Credit Robert Burgess

Note: these are full size photos and the download is large!

Download here or here or here (474.1 Megs)

F-101 Voodoo Airscoop Introduction Articles

McAir F-101 Voodoo Airscoop introduction articles. Interesting reading. Dated December 1954.

Download here or here or here (0.7 Megs)

McDonnell F-101 Voodoo

A copy of a great article on the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo aircraft. Great photos and drawings! Too big to use AI to translate; so, it is in the original Japanese.

Download here or here or here (11.1 Megs)