Hasegawa F-104J Starfighter

[Miko]

It's here!! Yaayy!!

Given recent posts regarding obtrusive messages in build threads I'm not concerned by the recent really quite interesting thread drift but please don't post a gallery of professionally built immaculate competition standard F-104, my fragile ego might collapse! Ha!



Miko (to the bench!)

[Miko]

This thing goes together really well, the landing gear is a bit fiddly but really well engineered.



No filler just yet! I forgot to take progress piccies!



Miko (firing up the compressor!)

[minitnkr]

Was always amazed this thing flew with such stubby little wings...kinda like TRex forearms.

[Tim Marlow]

Just had a look through and a lot of the images seem to have disappeared? Image posting site issue?

[Miko]

Just had a look through and a lot of the images seem to have disappeared? Image posting site issue?

What? who? where? Images?

Miko (easily confused)

[Tim Marlow]

All the images you’ve posted before your last posting are showing this Miko.

[Guest]

I spotted that too, and it’s clearly because they’re externally hosted: [ICODE]https://i.postimg.cc/C1DP6S63/F-104-Starfighter-JASDF-10.jpg[/ICODE] etc. I’m sure this will please John by not eating into his disk space and bandwidth, but it does mean you can’t be sure photos will remain accessible.

[Miko]

All the images you’ve posted before your last posting are showing this Miko.
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Ohhhh that's a bit annoying!!

I wonder why i can see them okay, but not you??

Miko (technology, it's a mystery!)

[boatman]

Yes Miko i cant see any but 2 pics on page one an if you have these pics on a image hostin site an they delte them then the pics will dissappear from your blog but i use imgbb a very good an free image hostin site as i have a lot of pics on there

[Guest]

I wonder why i can see them okay, but not you??

Could be because your browser has them cached, and so doesn’t actually re-download them — it just goes, “That image? I already have that, here you go.”

To avoid all of this, just use the Attach files button under the field in which you type your messages. This will let you select pictures you want to add into your message, and upload them to the forum itself.

[Andy the Sheep]

Was always amazed this thing flew with such stubby little wings...kinda like TRex forearms.

But T Rex didn't blow air from the compressor on their little forearms to fly... or did they? :rolling: :thinking:

[boatman]

i loved the starfighter a real mans plane like the e e lightning as it was really a rockect with stubby wings i watched some german marine starfighters landin at raf coltishall back in the 70 's in green an grey camo but bright orange day glow wingtanks an one when landing i see a lot of smoke comein from his wheels as he was brakein really hard because the parachute had not deployed an he stopped just before the crash barrier as it was up an the pilot climbed out an walked round to the planes back end an kicked the hatch an the chute just dropped onto the concrete an boy was he angry as i was watchin him through binnoks an then the customs truck came up to see him an he reached up an got out of the cockpit a black bollower hat an a black umbrella an we was laughin as it looked so funny

[Miko]

White wings the nose cone and canopy masked, best get some aluminium paint on the fuselage and tail!



Masking for me was always a chore, so much so I'd take a fine paint brush and with a steady hand negate the need for masking! It's a bit more tricky now I have an airbrush and a not so steady hand! So with practice I've become quite good at masking, that means I really enjoy it now!

Miko (time to power up the compressor!)

[Guest]

I won’t say I really enjoy masking, but I don’t think it’s a chore, either. It’s one of those jobs that, when it’s done, you can feel satisfied about — and hopefully again when you remove the masking after painting

[Guest]

I won’t say I really enjoy masking, but I don’t think it’s a chore, either. It’s one of those jobs that, when it’s done, you can feel satisfied about — and hopefully again when you remove the masking after painting :smiling3:

Masking was #1 on my hate list until the last couple of days ...I'll take masking over damn stencils now.