Seamus Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Evening all, After a delay sourcing replacement decals, the next Century Series fighter is complete; Hasegawa's Starfighter, finished as an F-104G of the German Navy using Xtradecal for the main markings and Astra decals for the myriad of stencils. The Xtradecals were out of register, which is especially disappointing when you pay for aftermarket, and some of the stencils have silvered a bit, which is more my own fault, so overall a frustrating result of many hours applying them all! I also added a Pavla seat, which I think is intended for earlier version, plus there's a few other niggles which annoy me. Pleased to have this mad aircraft on the shelf, but as ever I can only see the errors... Finished with Hataka Orange Line and Alclad for the metallic areas used as usual. Hasegawa 1/72 Lockheed F-104G Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Hasegawa 1/72 Lockheed F-104G Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Hasegawa 1/72 Lockheed F-104G Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Hasegawa 1/72 Lockheed F-104G Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Hasegawa 1/72 Lockheed F-104G Starfighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Thanks for looking, hope it was of some interest, comments welcomed as always Shaun 61 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 That's an awesome looking starfighter 👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Great sharp and clean build. I like it a lot, this is one version which is on my to do list, so your model is great inspiration for that task Regards Djordje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 There must be a gazillion and seven stencils on that model. Your patience is most commendable and the model is great! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 You may be able to see the errors Shaun, but we can't. As SAT69 alluded to, it's stenciltastic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Now that is a great looking Starfighter- well done sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Aer Lingus Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Another beauty Shaun very well done thanks for sharing Eamonn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroubos Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Great build. Intimidating number of stencils on this plane; I've got one in the stash but they are keeping me from building it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox1_BE Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Very neatly done, Shaun. Particularly around the intakes: notoriously difficult fit with these kits - great job!! 👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Beautiful build Shaun.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joao Augusto Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Great work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 A great F-104G Shaun! I'm very sympathetic with your pain to know all the shortcomings that onlookers would never find... I usually get friends with my models only by storing them away and getting them out again after 6 months for my show case. Then I can finally appreciate how good they look. Your Starfighter does certainly not need this treatment. Thanks for the German 'Marine' topic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Outstanding work Shaun, absolutely top notch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 That's a superb build and finish Shaun,great job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasticbasher Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I can’t see much if anything wrong with that, a fine build sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsbrown Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I really like that, very sharp! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Excellent Starfighter! Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Fantastic job in a class scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABeck Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 C/N 7411 (26+65) came to Marineflieger on May 10, 1972 and served with MFG 1 and MFG 2 and ended its career in Luftwaffenversorgungs-(supply)-regiment 1, LVR 1, a temporarily unit in the transmission period to the Tornado as a combat reserve unit and for pilots who would not receive a conversion training for the new a/c. (according to F-40) 916 website tells a little bit different story. www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2665.htm 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Lovely work on the Starfighter, great modelling ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Oh, that really looks great Shaun! Super job! btw-One of my best friends growing up was named Clint Schofield; later he and I were dorm-mates for a while at college. I know he had relatives in the UK and I met a couple of them. Small world it seems! 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Superb!!!! An excellent build, Shaun! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_stela Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Fantastic work, Shaun! Looks like 1:48! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Thanks for the great feedback all, very humbling. I'm my own worst critic, so I always appreciate the kind words 😊 The huge number of stencils were time consuming, around 7 hours in total I think, but when there isn't much else to do on a Saturday but sit in front of the TV watching sports it soon passed by! Ultimately worth it too I think. 12 hours ago, Gary Brantley said: Oh, that really looks great Shaun! Super job! btw-One of my best friends growing up was named Clint Schofield; later he and I were dorm-mates for a while at college. I know he had relatives in the UK and I met a couple of them. Small world it seems! 😀 Small world indeed, but no relation of mine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steh2o Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Very very nice! Wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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