Lex77 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 (edited) Hi, I will be building this kit for the groupbuild; 20171103_184026 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr Edited January 3, 2018 by Lex77 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Good choice Lex. Look forward to seeing this one come together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 (edited) Looking forward to it Lex. James Edited November 3, 2017 by franky boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 Had a chance to spent a little time on the TF-104, filled the visible holes so I can sand them tomorrow. First some pictures of the sprues. 20171120_200816 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 20171120_200908 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 20171120_200949 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 20171120_201009 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 20171120_201038 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 20171120_201122 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 20171120_201201 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 20171120_201220 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr Hope to show some progress in the next days. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 58 minutes ago, Lex77 said: ...Hope to show some progress in the next days. Great choice Lex, I'm looking forward to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 First progress, one seat done. 20171126_205632 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 Had some more things done. Cockpit is ready to be placed inside the fuselage. 20171128_205502 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 20171128_205436 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mcellaney Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Nice work on the cockpit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Nice work Lex. Are those the kit decals that you used on the two instrument panels? James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Hi James, yes those are the kit decals. From both the Hasegawa single seater and the two seater they fit the instrument panels very well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Nice work on the cockpit Lex, looking good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Nice job, that's a good looking cockpit ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 Some more work done. Fuselage glued. Some work on the seams but not too bad. 20171201_222949 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Had some more things done. Intakes are on and wings aswell. Used the Daco tool to give them the right angle. 20171207_204135 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 20171207_204201 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Looks great! Ready for paint soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Great progress with this model ! And love that Daco tool ! I should make one myself for 1/72 scale Starfighters... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 Thanks guys for the replies. They are indeed a great help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 And got it primed over the weekend; 20171218_210714 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 And the paint is on! 20171223_162349 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 20171223_162403 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr On to the decalling! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 what did you paint it with? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 I used MRP paint for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Nice finish on the paint Lex, looks very smooth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 First side decalling is done. Will be using the kit decals except for the roundel so not too many stencills on it. 20171227_115250 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Looking good ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex77 Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Last update for 2017. Wash on; 20171231_142629 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr And wash off; 20171231_161948 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr 20171231_161959 by Lex de Kort, on Flickr Happy new year! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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