ANY INFO ON F-105 THUNDERCHIEF BOMB BAY?

i was reading in my plane book that the Republic F-105 Thunderchief can carry an internal bombload of 8,000lbs in the fuselage bomb bay. i assume this would be eight one thousand pound bombs stored in two lots of four. does anyone have any photos of the internal bombay, weapon storage details, what type of release gear was used, size of the bay(i guess a dozen feet long) and if the bomb bay was ever used to carry bombs internally in cuban missile crisis or vietnam? in the vietnam war ive only ever seen photos and film of the F-105 carrying bombs on a fuselage pylon, typically three or six bombs(thousnd pounders?). for the pylon to be put on the fuselage what would it be attatched to, would it be the shut bomb bay or would it be faired over? what was in the space of the bay, was it used to carry more fuel or avionics sensors? my plane book quoted the weapon load of 8,000 internally and 6,000lb externally so i wonder could all of this be carried externally, it seems an awful lot for just a couple of hardpoints. if it was carried externally and the bay was used to carry internal fuel, would this take the airplane to its maximum take off weight? seems very interesting indeed. 😎