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Bravo Davide!!! Bellissimo lavoro Hope to see her in person some day, keep up the great work Fulvio

Thanks for the great job, I've been waiting for the kit since 1990. Now I'm waiting impatiently for your decals, hope they will be available soon. Ciao! Fulvio

Yes, they are correct. Check these pics: If I remember correctly, you already put them on your Hasegawa conversion, didn't you? :-)

Yes, I did and it's a pain. First, the shape is totally wrong. Academy intakes are too narrow and not "bulbous" enough. I cut the intakes in the middle and added a strip of 1mm. exactly in the center . This solves the problem of the width of the intake but not the shape. Next, I glued the intake in the correct position and then used elbow grease and a LOT of putty to shape the contour to an acceptable result. By the way, I think this is just a walkaround cause' the intakes must be replaced by something built from scratch. Academy's part is almost useless... The pic shows the insert in the

Bellissimo, bravo bravo bravo. One question: what did you use to model the rear cover? I mean the one in place of the gun on the production aircraft.

I'm waiting for this baby for soooo long... I have tons of documentation that are waiting to be used, please hurry up! Thanks from a very happy modeller :-)

Just a brief addition to what said above. Tamiya decals are very sensitive to heat, so you can warm them after the application. I'm using this method (even on my new P-51 built using stock decals): - put the decals in place and remove the excess of water - after a few minute, heat them using a phon set at mid temperature - gently push the decal over the part (or recess) with a q-tip or a soft clothes; you'll see that the decal is now much softer and easy to deal with ;-) - for the very hard spot (i.e. the elevator's actuator under the star on Mustang's left wing) I used succesfully the G

I'm following closely this topic because I'm in love with the 104. I have to say that you're building a real masterpiece, starting from the choice of the subject and continuing with the flawless realization. Keep up the good job! Fulvio PS: I'm an administrator for a Flickr group called "Aviation: Starfighter" where you'll find some nice photos for all the 104 lovers linky

My first was a Matchbox in 1/72. But the first serious Phantom was a Monogram Showtime 100 back in 1983 Ahhh... Memories...

F-4s: 33 F-104s: 18 F-16s: 12 But after your answers I definitely feel like a rookie :D

I agree with all the comments above. Please consider that Italian F-104 faded differently accordingly to their geographical location. I mean that south-based 104s were very faded and lighter in shades (especially the gray, which turned out to be almost an off-white) than north-based 104s that were dark, being less exposed to the bright sun of south Italy and being recovered in shelters, thing that for south-based 104s was not true exposing the aircraft to very sensible atmopheric agents. If you are going to release a 6th Stormo machine I suggest you, as an alternative to the colours already re

AH AH AH AH AH AH!!!! Should I be worried??? <_< PS: You mean you want to see the model SWIMMING in the Future, right? :lol: :lol:

:D Love it!

So you choose to paint orange sections. I understood that they were painted on when the aircraft belongs to training squadrons, did I miss something? BTW, the "Kfir-style" nose looks so strange that seems quite pleasant to me

The Jedi Strikes Back! Great job my friend :-)