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  • Birthday 02/03/1957

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    1/48 Scale Model Aircraft, History

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  1. LorenSharp
    An Outstanding piece of History Serkan. Well Done!
  2. LorenSharp
    Its more of a brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrip in 4 part harmony, with a 105mm base backbeat. Very accapella
  3. LorenSharp
    I doubt I'll be able to use much of the kit decals because of age. I not even a heavy coat of clear lacquer will help these, What I need after using the aftrer market decals I'll scrounge from my spares, The ship art I may make and print myself
  4. LorenSharp
    Hopefully he wasn't afraid of heights
  5. LorenSharp
    Right now I have either 4 or 5 builds I need to complete before the beginning of July for both the Vietnam GB and the Mosquito GB. followed by an A-10, an F-111C and maybe a Vultee Vengence by the beginning of August then prep for the B-24 STGB i head in Sept. Not to mention finding time and space to continue on with oversized NB-52A and X-15 which has stalled. I seem to be busier than a one-armed paper hanger.which s what I didn't want to do.But Inspiraion and insanity anda dose of AD/HD know no Master.
  6. LorenSharp
    Eldon "Ed" W. Brown Jr. Lockheed Test pilot for the F-104 Zell System. To quote Mr.Brown,“All I did was push the rocket booster button and sit back. The plane was on its own for the first few seconds and then I took over. I was surprised at the smoothness, even smoother than a steam catapult launch from an aircraft carrier.” But by the end of the test program at Edwards and later in Germany after eight launches here and a further 6 there. the project was abandoned. Though a successful test program it was deemed un-necessary because of other technical advancments with medium range missiles which were cheaper to use and maintain. Thanks Marklo. I'm glad you liked my little offering. MY biggest disappointment with the build was the aircraft kit itself. This had to be the worst Monogram/Revell kit I've ever come across. I have an OLD hawk kit, and I think it might have gone together better.When I get around to building another one, I'll go with either a Hasagawa or one of the Kinetic kits.
  7. LorenSharp started following F-104 Starfighter Gallery and "You can run, but you'll only die tired" Testors 1/48 AC-130A Spectre Gunship Restoration and Upgrade to an E
  8. LorenSharp
    I know I'm going to regret this, but since I' already did the "little" AC-47 "Spooky" I've figured it only nacheral thathis bigger though younger brother The AC-130A should have a place in this magnificent Vietnam GB. I don't know if I'll be able to get this one across the line before the end, I'm still stripping the old paint from the fuselage. But what I'm planning, or plotting, is this: Restore my aging Testors AC-130A to a proper correct Vietnam glory as an AC-130E Correct inaccuraccies in the cargo bay including adding the fire control center Extend the engine nacelles Make better Mini guns, both the 7.62 and 20 mm Improve the 40mm Bofor Add 105MM Howitzer Update and correct the flight deck and wheel wells, including new tires Add correct ordinace racks for all the guns Replace any missing parts lost through the years That doesn't sound too difficult does it? Heres what it looks like so far, please remember this is a REAL WIP.... Before After Piece o' cake
  9. LorenSharp
    Monogram 1/48 F-104C & Luftwaffe ZeLL Launch System Something a little different. Monogram's F-104C mated with a ZeLL lauch System I made and printed out. Base, launcher,,ordinace,booster and rail, and ladder I built in the computer and printed out. Eduard P/E cockpit set for the intereior, and a mix of Alclad II, Tamiya, MRP, Hataka, Mig-Ammo, Model Master for the paints and F-104 Starfigher Coll. Pt2 for the markings. Thanks for having a look. You can find the WIP here:
  10. LorenSharp
    Which leave me with this final result... One thing I hadn't concidered when building the F-104 was the nose weight. I probably shouldn't have added weight to the nose. Instead I should have added it to the back side behind the engine exhaust. The plane wouldn't stay in place with not only gluing to the launcher, but requiredgluing the ladder the the fuselage side for extra support in keeping everything in place and at the proper angle. I wasn't too ahppy with that, I wanted to be able to store in a smaller space if the need arised. But there you have it, one more ZeLL for the shelf. Now I REALLY need to make more room. I want to Thank @Marklo and @Enzo the Magnificent for putting on one heck of a STGB. I would have liked to have done another more "traditional" F-104, but time and other projects aren't going allow me any thime to do one properly. So that,or those, I had several good ideas,will have to wait for another rainy day. I'll have the RFI in the GAllery momentarilly. But until next time, Be safe, Be healthy, and Model On!
  11. LorenSharp
    Fianlly getting the last of the other bits printed and painted. The launch booster and rail attachment And of course the boarding ladder."It would be rather hard to get on board with out it I would think"
  12. LorenSharp
    Then added the "Special Ordinance" to the F-104 and added the decals. The kit decals due to advanced age didn't want to come off the carrier film as easliy as I would have lked but I got most of the sinage and warning placards added. The canopy aassembly. The windscreen didn't want to fit properly with the gunsight coaming in place. I eneded up attaching the windscreen first then trimmed the coaming way down enough to slip it in under the windscreen, unfortunately I couldn't add the gunsight recticle. Not enough room. Once the decals were dry I gave everyting a coat of clear flat.
  13. LorenSharp
    After re-adjusting sizes and cleaning up I finally got the base painted and the launcher rail painrted and attached to the base A base coat of light gray then some darker gray shades to add some textureD look to the concrete. The rails I gave a base coat of gloss black the after those dried a coat of AlcladII Stainless Steel and a dark wash for good measure.
  14. LorenSharp
    Well after many "1 step forward, 5 steps back", not the least of which just as I'm ready to post all the images of work up to this point, my SD card decided to fail. That ment spending several hours yesterday in recovery mode. Unfortunately I only recovered 60% almost none of the WIP except for a few images. So here we go with an "annotated ending....
  15. LorenSharp
    Execellent finish on a subject that's not an easy one to complete no matter what the scale. All that's left is... Liftoff!
  16. LorenSharp
    Ahhmm.... Martian. That's not a dog, that's a Remoolian.
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