F104-C Da Nang - Vietnam

[noeyedears]

this is the Hasegawa 1/48 kit. A nice kit but no ordinance except tip tanks, which is a cheap shot. extras include Aires burner, wheel bays (plus a bit of extra plumbing), and pit (bit of a waste but never mind) , metal pitot, eduard aim 9b's, and resin tanks and pylons and pilot. most of this is foiled but the back bit and tanks are Alclads, the rest Xtracrylic. homebrew tail art decal. I have never done an in-flight model so thought I would go the whole hog and try one with gear in transit too, which hasn't come out too bad. This meant having to open up the suction doors as well which I didn't enjoy and are only a qualified success. I tried to shop out the stand (home made too) as it is distracting, as is the background I'm afraid.

DSC02493 by omgpainful, on Flickr

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All pics are live I think which will go to my Flikr where there are other pics of other bits and bobs plus the WIP pics too. Right clicking the pic in flikr gives the option to view full size if you wish.

Have noticed the ifr probe needs re-seating (its not glued ) which will be done.

[Matcham11]

Lovely plane! And lovely photos with loads of BOKEH! I guess that you have a 50mm lense on??

Robin

[F-32]

Really cool work

[JeffreyK]

Man, that's great!!! Altering the F-104 main gear to "in transit" must have been quite a challenge with the wheels pivoting and all. Great finish s well! All it needs now is a big flame out the back...

Love it!

Jeffrey

[noeyedears]

Bokeh. ?.. Had to google that. it was a 90mm macro lens so you werent far out :-)

The gear started out as two bits per side and ended up as fifteen i think as all the links had to be cut and new struts of the right length had to be made. Was "fun" but i wont be doing that again for a bit ;-)

[Hamden]

Great work, love the way you've portrayed the undercart

Roger

[nicE1]

Very very nice!

[dolphin38]

Stunning build and excellent photography skills

[cardiff guy]

a true garden interceptor and great definition on the camera work well done

Glenn.

[Tomjw]

Fantastic. Love the landing gear.

Tom

[Natter]

That's a bit of a cracker with an excellent NMF and great details.

[snapper_city]

Now that's cool.

[spiton]

Fantastic! It's one of my modeller dreams . Model during hidden landing gear. This photo kill me ;

[russ c]

Great job ! The folding gear looks really good to me

[Mr B]

I like this ......the pose is very nice......and the gears in action sets it all off rather nicely......

rgds

mr b

[Duncan B]

What a cracker, I'm with Spiton with regards to favourite photo.

Duncan B

[noeyedears]

Thanks for the kind comments, all. The hasegawa f104 gear is well moulded and interesting too look at. all the pivot points are easily found and cut. Youtube supplied videos of the gear in motion. its the only time you get to model the main doors fully open too.

[Val]

Stunning model there!

[ancient mariner]

You seem to have got the hang of this modelling lark.

[Lightning88]

Love it

[spiton]

I change a background ,-))

[noeyedears]

Wow spiton nice job. I tried to do something like that with a couole of the pics but they all looked terrible. I have downloaded yours and its now my desktop wallpaper. Many thanks mate :-)

[Bill Bunting]

Very nice finish and the landing gear in transit is very neat. It gives a sense of motion to the model and it also is very intriguing the way it all folds in. Very nice!

[spiton]

noeyeders, here you have the same "photo" with a little bit of move ,-))

and black & white

[kolja]

Add me to the list of folks who really dig the 'gear in transit' look!