Creepy Pete Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Hi all, Here's my just finished Kinetic 1/48 Starfighter, which I have done as a Dutch RF-104G, using the boxing released for the Dutch market, and a Daco Orpheus pod. The markings come from a Dutch Decal sheet, and some from the kit. It's a very nice kit, and I thoroughly enjoyed building it. One small thing that needs to be fixed in the kit, is the missing centreline pylon, though. The kit comes only with the twin AIM-9 launchers for the belly, but all the options in the first release, and this boxing are for strike squadrons, which do need the centreline pylon for weapons. I got mine from a Hasegawa TF-104 kit, which doesn't need it anyway. The real D-8143 was built by Fokker, and served with 306 Squadron at Volkel, until it was sold to Turkey in the early 1980's, where it was eventually scrapped. Painted with MRP on top, and Humbrol on the underside. I may need to fix that pitot tube. I don't like the way it looks now. Thanks for looking, I hope you like it. 56 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Wow! What a gorgeous F-104! I've always thought Dutch Air Force markings looked especially good on the F-104. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Nice! Weren't two or three of these used to provide shock effect during an anti-terrorist/hostage rescue operation back in the 70's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Very nice! Great and complete loadout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Superb 104, it looks awesome. Yes i think the dutch scheme was the same as the germans, if im not wrong. Nice to hear the Kinetic kit is good,coz i have the same kit in my stash. Soon i will start....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Great looking 104! These guys were based near my home town. How I miss that howl of the J79.. 9 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: Nice! Weren't two or three of these used to provide shock effect during an anti-terrorist/hostage rescue operation back in the 70's? They were indeed used during the action at De Punt involving a hijacked train in 1977. Those 104's were based at Leeuwarden though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Bradshaw Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Lovely work Pete, well done 👍 Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Love it, very cool indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Yes sure I like it. Flawless and superb clean built. very excellent. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Superb Dutch Starfighter! I like that colour scheme in their markings. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Beautifully done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Stunning build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob de Bie Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 On 9/10/2020 at 1:08 AM, Creepy Pete said: Painted with MRP on top, and Humbrol on the underside. I may need to fix that pitot tube. I don't like the way it looks now. Thanks for looking, I hope you like it. Hot damn!! That looks very, very realistic! I was a spotter during the last three years of the F-104 at Volkel, and this is exactly what they looked like. Down to the bare-metal tips of the tanks 🙂 Which MRP colours did you use? They look spot-on to me. Gorgeous! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Pete Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 Thanks for the kind word, everyone! On 9/10/2020 at 1:54 AM, TheyJammedKenny! said: Nice! Weren't two or three of these used to provide shock effect during an anti-terrorist/hostage rescue operation back in the 70's? Yes, but not from this unit. Although this unit did do some photo recce before the operation. On 9/10/2020 at 5:54 AM, Harry Callahan said: Superb 104, it looks awesome. Yes i think the dutch scheme was the same as the germans, if im not wrong. There are some subtle differences, The German ones had that silvery underside that turned dull over time. The Dutch ones had a grey paint on the underside instead. 8 hours ago, Rob de Bie said: Hot damn!! That looks very, very realistic! I was a spotter during the last three years of the F-104 at Volkel, and this is exactly what they looked like. Down to the bare-metal tips of the tanks 🙂 Which MRP colours did you use? They look spot-on to me. Gorgeous! Rob Thanks! I'm not old enough to remember seeing and recognizing operational F-104's, sadly. I used MRP-209 Basalt Grey and MRP-208 Yellow Olive over a black primer coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob de Bie Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Creepy Pete said: There are some subtle differences, The German ones had that silvery underside that turned dull over time. The Dutch ones had a grey paint on the underside instead. Thanks! I'm not old enough to remember seeing and recognizing operational F-104's, sadly. I used MRP-209 Basalt Grey and MRP-208 Yellow Olive over a black primer coat. Thanks! I've got those, so I'll paint samples tomorrow. Here are my previous attempts at matching the colour. But I have to add: to my eye, in natural light, the matching looks vastly different. Lesson learned: the digital camera does strange things to colours! Or my eyes are very badly calibrated. And one comment on the use of grey instead of silvery paint for the lower side. The RNLAF did have two RF-104s with a silver lower side: D-8013 and D-8103. The latter crashed in 1983, and a few days after the crash we went to the crash site. The crash crew had just finished their work, and we jumped into the three pits that the aircraft had made in a cow meadow. I dug up a shoebox full of parts, including a small part of fuselage skin. The top photo shows the silvery colour, the second photo shows part of the large serial number. Rob Edited September 11, 2020 by Rob de Bie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 That is very smart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 It looks superb,..... I do like the Dutch F-104`s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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