Yaks ‘century series’ in 1/48 part 4 - the Lockheed F-104C Starfighter

[boatman]

LOOKIN A BEAUTIFULL MODEL Tony every thing looks just how it should look to me
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chris

[Tim Marlow]

Looking great Tony. Decal work is excellent!

[scottie3158]

Tony,
Great looking build of a great looking aircraft.

[flyjoe180]

Looking A1 Tony

[papa 695]

Very shiny Tony, nice work.

[yak face]

The starfighter has now had a couple of coats of Klear to seal the decals in and give a nice uniform sheen . The tail area was matt varnished and masked off prior to this , so that the heat staining effects can be applied easier ( eye shadow ) . Ive also been sorting the sidewinders . The kit supplied Aim 9Bs were not a bad representation but no stencils or stripe decals were provided . So out with the spare decal box and they got jazzed up with stencils and stripes , the seeker head made by sanding off the end and adding a blob of kristal kleer to represent the glass . Next up heat staining and then all the sticky out bits .

[Steven000]

Looks great Tony! :thumb2:
Nice model

[papa 695]

That’s looking sweet Tony.

[boatman]

just beautilfull Tony
chris

[colin m]

Very nice Tony. If we didn't know the 104 was real, it might be straight of a Gerry Anderson film.

[yak face]

Made a start on the undercarriage yesterday . The u/c legs and bays / doors are really nicely detailed , the mainwheels and tyres especially - equal to any resin replacement . Astonishing when you think the kit was first tooled in 1978. I had to fit a couple of thin strips of styrene strip to the front part of the main bay so the front doors would fit flush . These doors hang open slightly when the undercarriage is extended so I had to get a good fixing via the strips . I also had a look at the pitot tube , the kit version had two mould seams and a couple of sprue attachment points to get rid of , so I decided on a homemade brass replacement using tube and rod . This has a funky red and white stripe scheme ,but unlike the delta dagger ( spiral ) this ones a straightforward hoop type. Next up heat staining on the rear fuselage .

[Tim Marlow]

Looking great Tony.

[stillp]

+1!
Pete

[papa 695]

Looking good Tony, and nice work on the pitot tube.

[JR]

Not a wingy so missed a lot of this so apologies.
Have to say though the paint work on the Aluminium section is superb.