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And front fuselage all assembled, slowly, from experience of previous builds the fit of the intakes is imprecise and not much mating surface so I've gone one piece at a time and left to set solid. Last couple of builds I have left a lot of the seam clean-up until everything was together but I've recognised that apart from the blade aerial on the underside this front fuselage is robust so I'll get this all sorted out before mating with the rear. (Except for the pitot which will be toward the end as on this plane the because I've got show the radome a solid un-faded colour and different to the rest of the plane.) Gone for green and khaki cover to the IP which seems typical of a G, unlike the light grey of the S. Freehand painting of the anti icing black paint wasn't as good as I'd hoped but I'll be masking off anyway for the faded green body colour. Chris
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So that's the pit done; still got more decals to add to seat but that will go in towards the end. Chris
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My immediate thought was something like this (Wiki image so ok to use): Chris
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That’s most of my stash available, apart from the F-16s, (and F-104s)so sign me up please. Broad enough that some planes / schemes that are not eligible in other GBs because of dates or geography can get a look in. Chris
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Not much progress, proceeded slowly with removing molded detail from IP which is clear plastic; but done and made a start on the 3D decals. Chris
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Let's go Jurassic... in Virginia... F-22 Raptor
Chrisj2003 replied to corsaircorp's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Nice to see this finished and the way the shiny and subtle grays look different depending on the angle of the shot / camera neutralising for different background in view. Chris -
More progress Rear fuselage together. Main wheel bay in progress. Short-shot door fixed. Wheels in progress. Chris
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I started and then realised that although I made two orders for AM for this I hadn't checked basics, my tyre black and aluminium colour were nearly empty, and a nearly empty jar of Tamiya black doesn't paint well, so another order to the big H, which has arrived very quickly. All 4 photos I've found of the chosen airframe over a number of yeas show exactly the same configuration, tip tanks, fuselage missile rails, nothing under the wings; so tip tanks assembled. Exhaust painted. Intakes shock cone and outer edges painted. One of the main undercarriage doors is short shot, so I will have to fix that. Every MB ejection seat for the F-104 appears to be a different colour, but I don't like the green I've done so that will get redone. Need to remove detail in cockpit for 3D decals. Chris
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The decals do look good. 😁 Chris
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Hasegawa F-104S ASA-M. Wolfpak decals AMI 9th Stormo 2004 Hasegawa AIM-9, weapon set V Master pitot Humbrol and some Xtracolor enamels brush panted Humbrol wash W&N matt varnish Finished in KUTA 2023 as link. Shown with: This month's other completion, Phantom FG.1, 1986 Another, Norwegian, F-104, mid-70s Closest in date, near contemporary, JASDF F-4EJ, 2007 Thanks for looking. Chris
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1/72 Hasegawa F-104S ASA-M with Wolkpak decals, armed and ready for QRA in 2004, and with my other KUTA 2023 completion, a grey Phantom FG1 from 1986. A few hours to go. Chris
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Paint formula. They repainted Starfighters with a stable glossy green that looked the same shade later, the Huns were gone by then. Chris