franky boy Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Hi everyone This is my latest over the line finished last week. Kinetic's newish F-104G Starfighter. A really nice kit and an improvement over the older but still nice Hasegawa kit. The model is built to depict F-104G MM6529 3-01 the CO's a/c of 3 Stormo in the mid 80's. Photo in flight below. The Orpheous pod is taken from the Daco upgrade set for the Hasegawa 104's, the wheels are from Eduard and the bang seat from CMK. Other than that oob. Painted with Hataka Orange line paints on the upper surfaces and the undersides were a mix of Tamiya, Hataka and Gunze to get something close to the grey/aluminium colour. Decals were from Sky Decals. Some minimal weathering was achieved with a Flory Models wash and some oils but in reality this was a well cared for a/c. Thanks to @Giorgio N for help with the colours and other info and also to @RidgeRunner for providing a photo of this aircraft from his collection. Cheers chaps. Anyway, onto the photos. The real thing! Isn't she a beauty! A8F766AA-E728-48A8-8F71-3A92E9FF4944 by James Halls, on Flickr 671C1FF9-CCF8-454E-A0DF-8A34647559F0 by James Halls, on Flickr And my interpretation of her in plastic. 2BE5F1FE-CE9D-4E52-A55F-312B7B86AF10 by James Halls, on Flickr 7079491F-A332-40FA-B3EC-4F218D87F88D by James Halls, on Flickr D5A13D1D-0174-44E0-B2C0-162F61A79AF3 by James Halls, on Flickr AD019B39-DE0B-4498-BADB-519339193677 by James Halls, on Flickr 93A5D1D0-E9AA-4EF6-A5E8-AE0F8ED09B1F by James Halls, on Flickr 3D8FF4B0-C2C9-4E3A-85B1-26AF7A52B963 by James Halls, on Flickr ACCB1CCF-44AE-4231-9B88-A8FB307179E5 by James Halls, on Flickr 2AB7835E-E2BB-4D8D-BE6B-C59EE1632642 by James Halls, on Flickr C9876BF8-FC0D-410E-AFD4-EF86AEA7A36E by James Halls, on Flickr Thanks for looking. Questions and comments welcome as always. James 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 That's stunning, you've nailed the colours and it's built beautifully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Outstanding build! It looks exactly like the real one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Superb looking zipper James, I have a few of these Kinetic F-104s to build, it looks a lovely kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Looks great. Very nice finish & like the Orpheus recce pod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Great Spillone! Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Veeery nice! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 That is one nice and neat F104G - great job CJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kampartiger Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Superbly done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 You've produced a beautiful Super Starfighter. I'm very much impressed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Thats a really sharp looking Starfighter, Congrats ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 That is gorgeous, James!!!!!! What's not to like Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Beautiful build of a beautiful aeroplane! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 That really is a beautiful build, looks superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Great build. I really want to build another one, this time in flight without the long range tanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Superb build and finish James always a pleasure to see this scheme on a Starfighter! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Excellent job, always room for more 104s! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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