SaintsPhil Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 YZC on natural metal planes (a fact I overlooked on my two NMF F-104 models...doh!), camouflage colour (wing underside) on painted planes. Thanks, just to be difficult does that go for NMF with white/grey wings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyK Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Yes, as far as I know all NMF aircraft had white/aircraft grey wings. The flap fillets (fuselage side) were then YZC on the mating surfaces. As for the mating surfaces of the flaps I'd go for white, as this appears to be the "dominant" colour - the wing outer edge was white for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Just a minor point, the fairings under the nose and tail of the CF-104 weren't ECM but RHWR antennas. Also for those building a CF-104 using the Hasegawa 1/48 kit, part R9 is the external delinker, it was rarely carried as it's use precluded anything from being carried on the c/l pylon. I only installed one, and that was on my CF-104 Armament course, we had them available in Baden but they mostly sat around gathering dust. Jari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Jari, thanks a lot for the correction, my mistake ! As you know well the CF-104, I hope you'll have a look at our attempts here and give us indications and more corrections when needed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 F-104S help. My understanding is (was!) that all S models had the gun removed and faired over due to the Sparrow datalink kit being put into the gun bay. This can be seen in the links included in GiorgioN's thread. This pic has confused me now: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Italy---Air/Lockheed-(Aeritalia)-F-104S/0469920/L/&sid=e5c34268ce75366b3f954608b9e41c3c Was this a later change to the type? I thought the 'S' reflected primarily the Sparrow capability? btw - look at the amount of up-elevator/nose-up trim that's been applied! cheers Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Rick, sorry for this late reply, however the S did not all have the gun removed. The S version came in 2 subversions, CI and CB. The CI (caccia intercettore, fighter interceptor) had no gun as the room was required for the equipment related to the Sparrow The CB (caccia bombardiere, fighter bomber) retained the gun and had no sparrow capability. These aircrafts were used mainly for strike and ground attack although a few were used as fighters (for example those of the 37 Stormo in Trapani). Several of Italian Air Force "Stormo" (wings) had 2 "Squadriglia! (squadron) and usually one of them was tasked with interception and the other with GA, so the same Stormo often had both versions. Stormo insignia was on the tail while the Squadriglia insignia was usually on the air intakes. Some wings had a single squadron though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Some nice air to air pics of the CF-104 found on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40263244@N04/6178026483/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/40263244@N04/6178025523/sizes/l/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/40263244@N04/6178549710/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Jari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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