F-104G HAF (Monogram 1/48)

[LanceR21]

Hello!

 

This kit is lying around for quite some years, I don't want to throw it into trash (since there are Hasegawa and Kinetic now) so it's time to make this kit as simple as possible. At the moment, I'm engraving panel lines and upper surfaces are 90% complete. Few mistakes to correct and a few new panels to add. Some parts will be from Hasegawa, like an ejection seat GQ-7A - Some of Turkish Starfighters had that kind of seat, engine nozzle and landing gear. A friend of mine gave me Eduard PE parts for cockpit so that will be used too.

 

Next update will probably be after lower surfaces are completed.

 

Cheers! 

Nenad

 

 

 

Edited May 25, 2023 by LanceR21
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[stringbag]

That's some very neat scribing |I must say.

Thanks for posting Nenad.

 

Chris.

[Tail-Dragon]

Monogram kits can be as good as anything with a little extra work.  Looking good so far!

[coneheadff]

Great job so far 👍

I have one of these, too. My son gave it to me as a birthday gift when he was 13 or 14, so I'm definitely not gonna bin it.

Alex

[LanceR21]

Thanks guys!

 

Small update - lower surfaces are engraved 90% - few panels to add after I assemble everything together. Also because gun bay door is really bad and it doesn't fit properly so a lot of sanding is to be expected... 

 

Cheers,

Nenad

 

[Marcin Wojciechowski]

Very nice look ! ok :). 

[Marcin Wojciechowski]

What tools do you use to cut split lines to make them concave?  Are you planning a riveting?

[LanceR21]

Thanks! I'm using old Trumpeter scriber, old hobby knife (not sharp at all) and one leg with needle from old divider.

[LanceR21]

 

Hello!

Small cockpit update - adding simple details from styrene based on Revell decals from the box.

 

Painting is next!

😁

 

 

[Rob K.]

Impressive. Wish I could scribe that neat. Looking forward to the rest of the build.

 

Rgds,

 

 Rob 

[Hook]

Very nice - just goes to show that a lot can be done with "older" kits. 

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[LanceR21]

Thanks! But to be honest, it's not worth it considering new kits on the market. And old but great Hasegawa... this is not bad to stay "in shape" when it comes to scratch building.

 

Small update - basic cockpit work (oil wash, drybrush, matt coating). Before final assembly, I'll add gloss varnish on instruments.

 

Cheers!
 

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Very nice work!

[Hook]

On 5/14/2023 at 8:07 AM, Rusty Shackleford said:

Very nice work!

What he said!

[LanceR21]

Small update - I'll use control surfaces form Hasegawa, they're just spare parts from some old kit from a friend of mine.

 

Now, I have Monogawa! 😄

 

 

[Hook]

Nice update, thanks!

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Tail-Dragon]

A suggestion, don't fill in that wedge shaped gap at the bottom of the rudder, it's supposed to be there. It was left so that heat expansion of the tail cone from the afterburner wouldn't jam the rudder!

 

 

 

 

[SouthViper]

6 hours ago, Tail-Dragon said:

A suggestion, don't fill in that wedge shaped gap at the bottom of the rudder, it's supposed to be there. It was left so that heat expansion of the tail cone from the afterburner wouldn't jam the rudder!

 

 

 

 

Edited May 26, 2023 by SouthViper
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[SouthViper]

Image reproduced here for illustative purposes only, under fair use of images, talento from the F-104 page at Prime Portal site. 

SouthViper 

[Ol' Scrapiron]

Not sure if these will help shed light on the proper tail gap discussion, but here are a few shots I've selected (limited to the tail sections) from the 8 different Starfighters I've photographed at various museums.

 

 

F-104G 683-9142

Evergreen Aviation Museum

 

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

F-14D 57-1323
Pima Air Museum

 

 

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F-104C 56-914
NMoUSAF

 

 

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F-104C 56-0934
Museum of Flight

 

 

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F-104 tail section
Tillamook Air Museum

 

 

[Mick_Gannon]

I like the work to date, very neat and tidy, note that you must fill the rivets on the flying surface's from Hasegawa, they don't exsist, all rivets were filled with putty and smoothed over. The monogram kit when it was release was considered the best in 1/48, far better than the original Revell and ESCI kits which had their issues. Of note when I built the flying canary by monogram I had to add a strip of plastic at the base of the tail section to widen the cross section at the joint to the main fuselage, it then required less filler to make a good joint. I must admit having rescribed a Revell SR71 I admire your determination to complete the job. As you say all of us have Hasegawa and Kinetic starfighters, but even those have faults and at a cost of twice the price.

 

[LanceR21]

Thank you guys!

 

Rudder gap will be added as a panel line, a deep one. Or I'll just make the gap with fine saw, like on the real aircraft.

 

When it comes to removing rivets from control surfaces - I'll think about that. Looking at real pictures, there are some rivets on real control surfaces. Not like on the Hasegawa parts but some are there...

 

Cheers,

Nenad

[LanceR21]

Small update:

 

Panel lines are finished. Few fixes here and there but that's it... rivets are next. Rudder gap will be added at the end with some other details...

 

Cheers,
Nenad

[franky boy]

Lovely tidy job on the re scribing there Nenad. 
 

Great work. 
 

James

[LanceR21]

Intakes are in place, same thing for control surfaces. Nose cone still needs some sanding and panel work around that area...

 

 

Edited June 12, 2023 by LanceR21
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