AndrewCJ50 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Dear Fellow Britmodellers I hope you are not getting bored with my hanger? They seem to accept a wide range of aircraft for servicing! Japan was one of the many countries who decided to buy Lockheed’s affordable and futuristic looking Mach-2 interceptor. The 203 Squadron replaced the ageing F-86D sabres in the QRA role with the Starfighter in 1964 and held onto them until the advent of the F-15 replacement in 1984. 203 squadron are based at Chitose in Hokkaido (the north eastern island). Don't ask me why they have a Teddy Bear with a star shaped bra for their symbol! The majority of the 210 F-104J models were built by Mitsubishi in Japan. The Hasegawa kit maybe somewhat old but its discrete panel lines are second to none. Unfortunately, the fuselage is divided into nose and main body to allow for the manufacturer to easily have a twin seat model. Mating the two halves perfectly is almost impossible. The model has Eduard PE and a master pitot tube. The kit is still sold and can be picked up very cheaply. Hope you like it? Regards Andrew 70 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Nice subtile build kit and it looks great in that hangar as well.. cheers, Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Beautiful build and finish Andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Andrew...........you have the type of hanger that I would like to spend plenty of time in. Nice Starfighter too!!!!! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Wow- one beautiful zipper! Bet @RidgeRunner will like this one, even w/o dayglo paint! You are a very consistent model builder, and that's hard to do! 👍 Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 I love the "missile with a man in it" so much! Great looking Japanese edition here that does look fantastic in that hangar. 😀 Thanks for posting this beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewCJ50 Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Thank you for kind comments everyone The F-104 is such an ultra no compromise design it still takes your breath away. Just as everyone thought you needed extreme swept wings, Lockheed went instead for small and thin instead. I would still be frightened if I had to fly it though Regards Andrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 A Starfighter, and one as good as yours, deserves praise. Very nice :) Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Love that build and the hanger is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 what a beauty.........the whole arrangement looks superb in the hangar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Fantastic stuff mate 👌🏽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Simply fantastic!! Those photos almost look like the real thing!! Bravo Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Totally convincing. Looks so real in that setting. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Fantastic, hard to believe that is 1/72, such a great finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 (edited) Beautiful model Andrew. You're right, the old Hasegawa F-104 is a work of art and way ahead of its time considering it first came out in 1989. What decals did you use? Edited February 22, 2020 by Hobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcour Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 The model is great and even great with that hangar. Good job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewCJ50 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Thank you again colleagues The Hasegawa F-104J boxing comes with a wide range of both JASDF and Canadian markings. Thing the Japanese went a bit bonkers with the stencils and warnings though! Regards Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 That's a beauty! The Japanese colours show off the exquisite lines of the Starfighter to good effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewCJ50 Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 Thanks Vultures! The Starfighter looks ultra slim compared to the Lightning. The divergence in design at the time was amazing and to think many of the Engineers were not that long ago working on the piston engine fighters of WWII Regards Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Nice work - in a nice Okinawan scheme to boot! On 2/19/2020 at 9:56 PM, AndrewCJ50 said: Don't ask me why they have a Teddy Bear with a star shaped bra for their symbol! The bear was one of Hokkaido's official mascots. I forgot the relevance of the two stars although it probably had to do with Hokkaido's flag. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getting Old Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Very nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 That’s nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewCJ50 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 Thanks Jay about the bear and Hokkaido, that would make sense being the Northern Island and having bears. Think the bear has turned up on some other more recent aircraft like their F-15J Regards Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 On 2/20/2020 at 9:54 PM, AndrewCJ50 said: The F-104 is such an ultra no compromise design it still takes your breath away. Just as everyone thought you needed extreme swept wings, Lockheed went instead for small and thin instead. I would still be frightened if I had to fly it though Very nice model and diorama!! A no compromise design? No, the contrary! It compromised all other desrable features of a fighter plane! The main intended user saw no use for it.... just imagine USAF with a Starfighter based force like Japan was in like Vietnam... Wonder why Italy used it for so long though in frontline service... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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