Gary C Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 More greyness . I still remember the fantastic displays the Vikings pair used to put on at the Alconbury and Mildenhall shows in the 80's and it just wasn't the same when the 104 finally retired .... and so this is one of those things I've always wanted to build. Hasegawa kit with the Aires pit, Quickboost FOD guards and Victory Productions decals. The IP in the cockpit set was rather misshapen and I finished up using the etch on the kit panel. Otherwise.. no problems. The decals were selected to represent 26+74, one half of the Vikings from the 1985 season. Hope you like it... Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFY21 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Absolutely gorgeous. The weathering is superb. rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Nice Hooter.......ah, happy days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 SWEEEET! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filler Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 There's only one problem with this model; it's so good I think that I might just have to quit modelling. From where I'm sitting it's modelling perfection. Nice one Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periklis_sale Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 amazing work mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catbird Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Utterly brilliant. You should be proud of that. The Marinefleiger pair were rather good wernt they. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilan Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Great work,mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady72 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Great model and excellent pictures . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Wow that is stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxidad Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Top build all-round! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHREAK Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Love it, love it, love it!!! Occasionally, we get treated with absolute masterpieces which stand out from a lot of superb models. This one stands out in that elite few as brilliant. Take a bow Gary :clap2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiner Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Nice One Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayBee Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Stunning result! My hometown is 1/2 hour away from NAS Eggebek, they flew every day over my house in landing configuration. A shame MFG 2 is now history I really like the weathering of your 104 and the faded dayglo orange of the tiptanks. MARINEFLIEGER rulez! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeew Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Wow, thats nice. I like that scheme on the F-104, always thought it kinda suited it. I have a couple of vague memories of my first airshows when I was kid seeing these display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Fantastic! As others have said, the weathering is superb. Good grief, there's some great builds appearing on Britmodeller this weekend. This site is pure inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Really nicely done! Too bad they are gone now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Bloody hell! That's awesome, great build and the weathering is absolutely first class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 That's a belter! May I ask what colours you have used? I plan to build the 1/72 Hase kit in this scheme at some point, but wasn't sure if the call out for silver undersides was correct? Looking at your build, I'd assume it's more of a light grey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary C Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 Thanks for all the kind words folks, much appreciated! May I ask what colours you have used? I plan to build the 1/72 Hase kit in this scheme at some point, but wasn't sure if the call out for silver undersides was correct? Looking at your build, I'd assume it's more of a light grey There's a lot of conflicting info about this... the later ones were certainly RAL 7001 grey underneath. I have seen it suggested however that they started out with silver laquer and in some pics they certainly look silver. But, like RAF high speed silver I would guess it quickly weathers to a dull greyish colour. Add to that the fact that the German name for RAL 7001 is Silbergrau and it's not surprising there's confusion. Given what I had in the paint stash and the fact I wanted to do one close to retirement I used Xtracrylix FS36375 for the underside which is the FS equivelant to RAL 7001 and Revell Aqua no 77 for the RAL 7012 Basaltgrau on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Marineflieger + Starfighter = Just love this one Gary. Really like the way you weathered the tip tanks as those faded really bad. Looking forward to see what you do with that F-16! (no pressure ) Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahross Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Very nice. Always like the MFG scheme Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) Very nice!,great overall finish. Love the German navy scheme with the dayglo tanks. Any tips on how you painted the faded dayglo look on the tip tanks?, I've got a German C-160 to finish and I'm planning on doing the early scheme with large dayglo areas. Shaun. Edited July 26, 2009 by Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pielstick Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 That's a great model there, very well done indeed. I always liked the Starfighters in German colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary C Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) Any tips on how you painted the faded dayglo look on the tip tanks?, I've got a German C-160 to finish and I'm planning on doing the early scheme with large dayglo areas. Base coat it with white for a start to make the orange 'pop'. I used Gunze flourescant orange and cut it with yellow as it's a bit more subtle, lightening the shade the further up the tank I went. The upper and top areas were where I added white to the mix and just feathered it in. Edited July 27, 2009 by Gary C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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