Century Fighters Gallery - F-104 Starfighter - Polling is open

[Enzo the Magnificent]

This is the gallery for the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter.

 

Post your completed builds here. No more than five photos per entry.

Please do not post comments in this thread. All comments should go in the subject's build thread.

[nimrod54]

The Starfighter in Europe Part 1

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter Black 26+72,

2 (Marinefliegergeschwader, Naval Air Wing), Federal German Navy,

Eggebek Air Base, West Germany, early 1980's

 

Mark 1 Models, 1/144

 

Paints used

Ammo by Mig

Citadel

Revell Aquacolor

 

After Market parts.

Master replacement pitot 

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

Link to build

 

 

 

[nimrod54]

The Starfighter in Europe Part 2

C.8 (Canadair Built F-104G) Starfighter,

C.8-17, Black 104-17,

104 Esc. (Sq.), Ala de Caza 16 (Fighter Wing), Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire, EdA)

Torrejon Air Base, Spain, 1968-71

 

Mark 1 Models, 1/144

 

Paints used

Ammo by Mig

Citadel

Revell Aquacolor

 

Aftermarket parts.

Master replacement pitot 

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

Link to build

 

 

 

[DaveJL]

1/48 F-104SASA-M

10˚Gruppo, 9˚Stormo

Italian Air Force, circa 2000

Build thread

 

 

Cheers

 

Dave

[Jb65rams]

F-104A Starfighter.

319th FIS, Patrick AFB, May 1965

 

1/72 Italeri kit with Wolfpack Decals.

 

 

Build thread.

 

 

[Mr T]

Hasegawa 1/72nd CF104 Starfighter, 419 Sqn CAF, West Germany mid 1970s

This is my entry to this GB and goes quite well with my other GB's at the moment, a CT133 and a CF116 The kit is mainly from the box with a few bits of PE for the undercarriage and the ejector seat. The Green is from Vallejo ModelAir range and is supposed to be RAF Dark Green BS241. I am not convinced, it is too bright and too 'green' The decals are a mix of kit and Belcher Bits. The former are a bit thick and the latter quite fragile. The Hasegawa kit is very nice and holds up well, even after thirty years

Build thread is here:

Thanks to Paul and Craig for hosting this group, as it has got another kit out of the stash and built. Also thanks to Enzo for keeping us all safe.

[Lifeline]

My second F-104 build ever....

Hasegawa's beautiful kit in 1/72, but sadly with yellowing decal which cause more problem than building the kit itself.

Not my best, but still looks ok as long you don't zoom in the pictures 😉

 

 

Yeah.. I know I should've invest on some kind of dark background... 😋

 

Cheers,

Mario

Edited August 23, 2022 by Lifeline

[Ghostbase]

ESCI 1/48th Lockheed F-104C Starfighter

 

'56-0889' marked as an example aircraft operated by 436th TFS / 2nd Air Division

 

Da Nang AB, South Vietnam, 1965.

 

20220827_155338 by Ghostbase, on Flickr

 

20220827_155413 by Ghostbase, on Flickr

 

20220827_155309 by Ghostbase, on Flickr

 

20220827_155516 by Ghostbase, on Flickr

 

20220827_155606 by Ghostbase, on Flickr

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TEMPESTMK5]

                                          Italeri F 104C Stafirghter 436 TFS, 479 TFW George AFB 1959

 

Humbrol Metalcote brushpainted

Eduard PE detailling set

 

 

 

Build thread is here

Patrice

[Lex77]

Kit; Kinetic 1/48 F-104G

Masks and decals; Galaxy models

Paint; MRP

 

Build thread;

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wings unlevel]

F-104J ‘Eiko’ 635, 207 Squadron JASDF

Hasegawa 1/72, OOB, mostly AK real paints

 

Build thread here:

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking, a great GB to take part in.

 

Gerard

[stevehnz]

The 1/72 Italeri F-104A/C kit built as a F-104C Starfighter of the 435TFS, 8TFW, while based at Udorn Thailand in 1966/67 but flying missions from there over North Vietnam, mainly as CAP for the bomb carriers but later in the mission, carrying bombs themselves. The subject of this build, 57-925 carrying the nickname Smoke II was shot down by a SA-2 missile on 1 August 1966 with the death of its pilot LtCol  Arthur Finney USAF.  It wasn't a bad build, quite a simple kit which generally fitted with little hassle. Brush painted with Vic Hobby water based acrylics from Japan, the top colours coming from their SEA  set, though I used Humbrol 28 for the FS36622 underside colour as I felt the Vic Hobby underside colour was a little too cool.

My WiP

 

 

 

 

 

Steve.

[Enzo the Magnificent]

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter

c/n 683D-9142, FX-84

10 Tactical Wing, Force Aérienne Belge

Kleine Brogel Air Base, 1980

 

Kit:  Kinetic 48083  1/48

Decals: Daco DCD4864

Build thread:  https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235110967-belgian-f-104g-all-change/

 

 

 

 

 

[arfa1983]

Another group build done! Happy to have finished in time but I really feel I did not do this kit justice. I will definitely need to buy this kit again and do it justice with the Spanish decals that I have left over. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Hockeyboy76]

Freedom Models Compact F104

Brush painted with Mig Acrylic 

 

[nimrod54]

Having come across photos of other Japanese single seat 104's displayed as gate guardians, I decided to see if I could do something similar with this build, so I scratch built a pedestal, formed some eyelets for anchor points around the shank of a small drill and fixed everything to a based covered with static grass. As I said in the build thread, I have no evidence that this airframe was a gate guardian but thought that it would be a nice way to display this little model.

 

Starfighters in Japan - Part 1

Lockheed (Mitsubishi-built) F-104J Starfighter

700/76-8700, No.207 FIS, 83 Air Wing, JASDF

Naha Air Base, Okinawa

 

1/144 Mark 1 Models

 

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

Build thread here

 

 

 

[nimrod54]

Starfighters in Japan - Part 2

Lockheed F-104DJ Starfighter

018/36-5018, No.202 FIS, 5 Air Wing, JASDF

Niyutabaru Air Base, Miyazaki

during ACM training, November 1980

 

1/144  - Mark 1 Models

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

Link to build