Stéphane Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Hello, Begin of a new build, the Hasegawa F-104G, which will be a Zipper of the Danish air force with the faded, abused, green scheme. I have recently purchased the new Kinetic kit and the only difference is that Hasegawa has been litteraly bombing the kit with recessed rivets, which would be a blessing on any other kit, but the Starfighter skin was as smooth as a baby butt .... so , I have to fill in these rivet, especially on the tail and fin area. I first elected to use Mr. Surfacer, but the damn thingies won't fill, the Surfacer remaining on the rivet circumference. Well, plan B, filling with CA glue, one rivet at a time ..... As the wings and stab are also totally pock marked, I've been electing to go go the lazy path and ordered the DACO wing set, void of rivet. More about it when received. Tedious ! but worth the effort. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Crikey! That would have driven me crazy right off the bat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 It does ! That's why I've been ordering the Daco set for the wings .... 🙃 Will work on the cockpit this afternoon, it'll be relaxing .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Nice start! Danish jets in their green variations do look great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Good start, i will be following your thread with big interest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Excellent, I love a 104. Well done with filling all those rivets. You must have gone cross eyed! James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 Hello Guys, More progress on the F-104, amongst other projects .... Been essentially working the cockpit and ejection seat. The kit seat is a bit over simplified and looks wider than real thing on the pictures, well .... Been rounding the corners of the parachute pack and drilled a hole to host harness. Exhaust also painted and the fuselage is currently being closed. Next, I'll wait for the delivery of the DACO set for the wings and stab, with no rivet to fill ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 Hello guys, Just received the DACO set "Sprue A", covering the wings and stab for the Zipper, all without these darn rivets. This set is really a game changer holding a lot of interesting elements : seats upper parts, 2 types, 2 types of canopy defoging systems inner frame, helmets of various types withe their inhalers, a spare front wheel, main gear doors, inner engine enhancement. Worth every cents of the fair price (less than 15 euros). I'm just going to use it ASAP Stef (#6) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted November 28, 2020 Author Share Posted November 28, 2020 Hello all, Well after completing the Beaufighter, back to the Zipper. DACO wings are in place as well as wingtip gas bags. Speking of them gas bags, do you know who's the dummy who put winglets inverted front to back ? Yep, yours trully. Anyway this is corrected and after working several seam with purtty and mister surfacer, on with a coat of YZC. On with the piccies .... Winglets are inverted front to end And corrected .... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 Hello , Some progress on the zipper, first green sprays are on . 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 SUPERB workmanship. She looks SPLENDID. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 A fantastic subject choice, Stephane! I will be watching closely Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Great choice of subject, but for some reason I am seeing no pictures. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Yes...no pictures... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 42 minutes ago, Terry1954 said: Great choice of subject, but for some reason I am seeing no pictures. Terry I can see them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Hello guys, Weird ? Pics are hosted with postimage.org and I never had issues before. Anyway, Plan B is available in the form of the Google hosted album of the build, thtough this link : Clik me ! Hope this one will work. Best Stef (#6) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I can see them OK now Stef, thanks. Must have been a problem with site/link. It sometimes happens, and a refresh sorts it. Now that I can see, I have to say what a fantastic job you are doing! Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Great work Stephane The Daco set is worth every penny imho. I may have missed it but what markings are you going for? James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Hello, The DACO set is really a must have, just to avoid filling all this awful rivets on the wings. 🙃 It will be in the Royal Danish AF markings, with a quite beat up camo. I'm aiming toward that plane, R-851 .... RDAF R-851 F-104G Of course I've been picking up quite a bunch of ref pics and will mix effects. Best, S6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramedic Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Impressive work! That filling would have driven me insane too.. Nice subject, i love those Dansih, green ones - like their Drakens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Hello again, @Paramedic : their F-100, too, are very spectacular .... The exhaust are is just shouting orange and copper, heated green paint and so on. I'll do one soon enough 😃. More work on the greens ... Pics a re a tad over exposed, shades are normally deeper. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramedic Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Oh yeah, of course - those F-100s too. Lovely painting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Looks amazing! Ciao Ale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 wow!, great progress! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stéphane Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 Hello guys, Some more work on blending the various green shades, we're nearing completion for that step. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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