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Hello everyone, Priming the model and scribing in lost rivets and panel lines. Way too much sanding in the intake area that resulted loss of rivets and panel lines. Dai

Hi all, The fit of the intakes to the fuse is poor at least in my unexperienced hands. The fit of the underbelly pan is above average. My perception is the old Hasegawa kit with Daco correction set is better than this kit due to the fit of the intakes. I have built the Hasegawa and the intake area is flawless. So the Kinetic kit offers more details but the Hasegawa is better in terms of fit. Tomorrow will be scribing and placement of rivets missing from all the sanding. Dai

Howdy, So far the fit is very good. I am concerned about the belly pans and let’s see how that will turn out. Dai

Hello everyone, The project is started. I thought the grey background of the decals should match the grey of the rest but reference photos show 2 different grey shades. Dai

Happy Tuesday everyone, This project will be CF-104D (two seater) with silver fuselage, upper wing white and underneath grey. The roundels will be the large colorful ones. Looks like I could only use the undersize engine bay, the radar and the details on the vertical tail. Other things could not be used for the 2 seater version. Dai

Thank you Carlos. The Goblin will be started after the Kinetic TF-104 so stay tuned. Thank you for the great referral on the propeller logo. Dai

Greetings, Did some additional weathering to reflect the worn look due to the harsh South America climate. Dai

Hi everyone, I have looked at the F-104G and the TF-104 configuration. I think for the TF version, I could only use the engine on the bottom of the fuse and the detail on the tail. Dai

Hello all, I am going to start this project this week. The version will be TF as I already had build the single seat one. I have the Black Dog Super Set but that is designed the single seat variant. I will need to find out what parts of this resin set I can use in the TF. Your guidance is much appreciated. Dai

I go to Charlotte to buy seafood all the time! Let's meet and thank you for your compliment! Dai

Now finally in the display case ! Dai

I have to go back and weather the top some more to match the condition of the lower. Planes in South America climate weathered very quickly. Photos from samples arriving from El Salvadore to private collectors in the US showed very battered condition like neglected gate guard.. Dai

Greetings Sunday everyone. I discovered the camo is also wrapping around the leading edges of the stab so I added that. It is possible the camo wraps around the trailing edges too as I saw a picture of this but not so sure on my sample. Dai

Howdy all, This project is completed so here are my assesments. PROS: 1. The best Cavalier conversion in 1/48 and the only in this scale. 2. High quality resin castings. 3. Great fit to the donor kit. 4. High quality decals sheet. CONS: 1. The cockpit is not accurate. Cavalier company stripped many of the original parts and replaced with modern instrumentations. None of this is provided in the conversion set. An after market Cavalier cockpit is a great welcome! 2. Inaccurate illustration of the camouflage patterns on my subject.