nimrod54 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 A further hunt through the stash uncovered a couple of boxings of Mark 1's Starfighter kit, this one was entitled In Europe and contains a couple of single seat variants. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Another fine choice John, everyone loves a Zipper. There are some nice options from the box, have you decided on which to do yet? Speaking of which are you building one or both of the kits in the box? 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Any idea as to which ones you’ll be doing ? I think I’d do the Spanish and Netherlands. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 33 minutes ago, modelling minion said: have you decided on which to do yet? 25 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Any idea as to which ones you’ll be doing ? I think I’d do the Spanish and Netherlands. I think that with Germany being the first European operator will be one choice, but I am not sure which one for the second kit. The Netherlands option would be a nice choice but I also like the Spanish markings and the Italian variant should also be up there too with Italy operating 104's until 2004. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Agree that a German F-104 is the right thing to do for one of the options, and the Marineflieger scheme happens to be one of my favourites, if I was to choose another then I would be torn between the same two as yourself, Spain and Italy. If push came to shove I think I would choose Italy. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 The NL 104 Tail markings look the business 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 I made a start on these two earlier in the week and got the fuselage of the Marineflieger option together. by John L, on Flickr I have also prepped the parts and sub-assemblies for the second option - probably the Spanish version. Here are the parts for the rear section. by John L, on Flickr And the forward section along with the cockpit parts. I still have to add the harness to the seat using some masking tape and matt those parts down. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr Oh! and just for a size reference the squares on my cutting matt are 1/2inch (12.5mm). John. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 A very nice start John. The detailing on these kits is very good for 1/144 scale and by the looks of the soon to be Marineflieger build they go together very nicely too. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 super work painting the 144 cockpit. very impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) On 11/06/2022 at 20:51, modelling minion said: A very nice start John. The detailing on these kits is very good for 1/144 scale and by the looks of the soon to be Marineflieger build they go together very nicely too. 🇺🇦 Cheers Craig, I put the second fuselage together tonight, I will leave that a day or two then tidy to the joins. Meanwhile I can start working on the wings for both, and fit in a set to the first kit. 18 hours ago, Dansk said: super work painting the 144 cockpit. very impressive. Thanks a lot Paul, although I must say that I cannot take credit for some of the detail, the instrument panel and consoles are decals. John Just a quick update to show progress of the second fuselage build (foreground). by John L, on Flickr Edited June 13, 2022 by nimrod54 Photo added 13th June 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) Cute! These do look familiar - aren't they the RoG mold? Cheers, Andre Edited June 13, 2022 by Hook I hate typing on smartphones... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Hook said: Cute! These do look familiar - aren't they the RoG mold? Cheers, Andrr They are indeed Andrr(?) with some additional parts, as are Mark1's Hunter kits - my apologies if the name is incorrect. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 I made a start on painting the Marineflieger 104G today. I sprayed some Hataka International Orange on the wingtip tanks and these are ready for masking up for the upper and lower colours. After that I masked off the demarcation for fuselage upper and lower colours and brushed on a couple of coats of top colour using a Dark Grey from the Ammo by Mig Marineflieger set. by John L, on Flickr Back with more soon. John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Great start on the painting John, the orange on the tip tanks looks very good and will add a nice splash of colour. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Looks great dude. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 On 17/06/2022 at 10:08, modelling minion said: Great start on the painting John, the orange on the tip tanks looks very good and will add a nice splash of colour. 🇺🇦 On 17/06/2022 at 20:13, Hockeyboy76 said: Looks great dude. Cheers Chaps. After a couple of days of hectic domesticity, I got back to working on the Marineflieger 104G today, finally getting things to the decal stage after adding the main wheels a short whilae ago. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Thats looking really smart John.👍 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Very smart indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 still hard to get my head around how small this is. its looking great. funny how the marinefleiger starfighters had no anti-glare paint scheme forward of the cockpit ending at the nose tip, most other liveries do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 19/06/2022 at 20:16, modelling minion said: Thats looking really smart John.👍 🇺🇦 On 19/06/2022 at 23:15, Davek72 said: Very smart indeed. On 20/06/2022 at 17:54, Dansk said: still hard to get my head around how small this is. its looking great. funny how the marinefleiger starfighters had no anti-glare paint scheme forward of the cockpit ending at the nose tip, most other liveries do. Thanks guys, I managed to get the decals on this afternoon, so this one is almost finished - undercarriage doors to add and the Master replacement brass pitot to paint up, followed by a coat of clear to seal everything in. I am as puzzled as you about the lack of anti-glare panel Paul, I have seen some models of Marineflieger schemes with it painted in. Images I have found of this particular aircraft does not show it though. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr Cheers John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 She looks great John, you've captured the look of Marineflieger Zippers perfectly. The decals look like they have gone on very well, and I am impressed with you using a replacement pitot in 1/144 scale, top effort mate. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 I have made start on painting my second option for this European Starfighter boxing with a white primer coat, then I masked off the upper wing area in preparation for the main grey colour. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr I hope to press on with some of the detail painting tomorrow.. John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I wish I was even half as productive as you John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 48 minutes ago, Dansk said: I wish I was even half as productive as you John It's one advantage to being retired Paul. I just have to get Mrs N to stop filling my downtime by finding me other things to do - at least she is out horse riding twice a week John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Nice smooth coat of paint John, excellent work.👍 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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