Marcin Wojciechowski Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 The front undercarriage hatch is slowly filled with ducts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Nicely bringing an old kit to life! Always happy to see a Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 32 minutes ago, reini said: Nicely bringing an old kit to life! Always happy to see a Starfighter I like to give old models a new life. I have to renew two more F-104 models :). I have all Starfighter models in the 73 collection. I love this beautiful plane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 The effect of today's struggle with the armchair :). Only a semi-matt clearcoat will be ready for installation in the cockpit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 (edited) The seat received a coating of semi-matt transparent varnish. Thanks to this he gained some life :). Edited November 19, 2019 by Marcin Wojciechowski 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 Continued work on Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 Starfighter chassis front shin repaired. She received a few small things and a spotlight. For comparison, the shin with the wheel from the Matchbox set. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 Front hatch equipped according to photos with appropriate installations. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 Yesterday the front landing gear hatch was filled and today according to the assumptions of the main landing gear gap. Several plastic wires with stretched frames and in the chassis chambers is more interesting 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 A few details and glued tail fuselage. The works are moving forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 A few more things went to my little F-104G. Pito tube and headlights on the hull crest and on the inside h of the main landing gear covers. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYA Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Nice work restoring and improving this vintage model! I love what you did to the exhaust, all in styrene I guess? Cheers, Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 hour ago, CYA said: Nice work restoring and improving this vintage model! I love what you did to the exhaust, all in styrene I guess? Cheers, Rob I am glad that you like my relationship with the renewal and valorisation of this model. I made all the additions from polystyrene. I don't use photoetched or resin elements. It's supposed to be pure vintage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 Today, it's a bit fun to make a canvas cover to protect the devices behind the instrument panel. Very thin paper soaked in diluted Wikok and wrinkled with tweezers. I hope that after painting it will look even better. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 The Starfighter's cockpit from Matchbox is more colorful and still a small ball and you will be able to close the cabin 🙂. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Work on the F-104G Starfighter is still ongoing. I made a canvas cover behind the instrument panel and applied wash to make the cockpit more plastic. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qn30jEkPz7 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Well done a great project. Really elegant reworking of the old kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPDPenguin Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Fantastic work. I've often looked at job lots of models on various auction sites wondering if I could 'salvage' one or two. I think I might just give it a go looking at your work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 15 minutes ago, FPDPenguin said: Fantastic work. I've often looked at job lots of models on various auction sites wondering if I could 'salvage' one or two. I think I might just give it a go looking at your work. I like and think that it is worth renewing such old models that are historical. It requires more work than gluing a new model, but you are aware that by renewing such a historic model, you give it a second life and a second youth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Welcome to the new year 2020 and wish you all the best for the new year. My first post concerns self-made Starfighter cabin covers. I made them on the cast hoof on the corrected original fairing of the set (improved windbreak frame). For pressing I used a vacu box, a vacuum cleaner and a VIVAK 0.5mm colorless plastic plate. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 That's some seriously impressive work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 41 minutes ago, Beard said: That's some seriously impressive work. Thank you, I try to make this model resemble the most real plane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Starfighter's renewal is moving forward. The fuselage received wings and horizontal tail and air intakes for the engine. The cockpit is already completed and ready to close with a pressed and trimmed VIVAK fairing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 Glazing already installed, infrared sensor made of Green Stuff as well as the inner sides of the chassis covers (they need to be slightly refined). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin Wojciechowski Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 The weekend was marked by the last corrections and assembly of the sub-hull pylon to carry the Orpheus reconnaissance reservoir mines as well as the imposition of another layer of primer on which I will draw the grid of dividing lines. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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