Andre B Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Hi, Concerning the F-104G marinefliegers what is the tan coloured panel behind the cockpit for and why isn't that part painted grey as the rest of the aircraft? Cheers / André Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Andre I believe it covers an integrated UHF IFF and Tacan antenna with formation light. I assume the colour of the panel may reflect a different material being used but that’s a wild guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 John is correct, the panel covers the integrated antenna and is always left in natural fibreglass, hence the colour. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 And as I already have painted that part of the airfcraft I noted that an another part of the aircraft just between the nosecone and landinggear also is of fibreglass. What does that panel cover? And as we are talking about the F-104G was the wings on the German NMT Starfighter's also painted white as the US ones? And why was the wings on the US Starfighter's painted white and not left natural aluminium? Where they filled and sanded smoth before painting as on P-51D Mustang? And why white and not silver/aluminium paint? Cheers / André Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBee Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Andre B said: And as I already have painted that part of the airfcraft I noted that an another part of the aircraft just between the nosecone and landinggear also is of fibreglass. What does that panel cover? UHF Antenna. 3 hours ago, Andre B said: And as we are talking about the F-104G was the wings on the German NMT Starfighter's also painted white as the US ones? Yes, upper side white, bottom grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 30 minutes ago, JayBee said: UHF Antenna. Yes, upper side white, bottom grey. Two UHF antennas? One on top and one on the underside of the fuselage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Andre B said: Two UHF antennas? One on top and one on the underside of the fuselage? Yes. And the one under the fuselage is the wrong shape in both the Hasegawa and the Revell 1/72 kits: it should have rounded corners. Regarding the wings, screws rivets and fasteners were puttied and then the paint was applied on top. The wings were painted for corrosion protection. I've read of various possible reasons for the choice of white on the upper surfaces, the most likely is to keep the temperature down as it was feared that excessive heat could give problems to the flaps actuators. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 23 hours ago, JayBee said: UHF Antenna. Yes, upper side white, bottom grey. What grey on the underside? Cheers / André Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Andre B said: What grey on the underside? Cheers / André FS 16473 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) I was a little confused by the choosen colours of the F-104G. What is correct when it comes to the "green starfighters" - RAL or FS numbers? I really can't believe that FS34079 was used instead of RAL6014? What is correct concerning "norm -83". And was the nose really black and white? Cheers / André Edited March 27, 2020 by Andre B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen Barett Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Don't ask, why the Luftwaffe chose FS 34079 Forest Green over RAL 6014 Gelboliv, but that's what they did (regarding Norm 83). http://www.916-starfighter.de/main.htm is full of German Starfighter material ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBee Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Mr. Coremans from Daco is wrong, it is indeed FS 34079. Another error in the instruction is for the "Vikings" paintscheme. It is RAL 3000, not RAL 3020 and RAL 9001, not RAL 9003. Radome color is FS 16473 and FS 34079. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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