Litvyak Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I've gotten work underway on my NMF Starfighter. This build will be OOB including the decals. Sprues are fine but there's bits and pieces of flash, mostly in the worst places - around the control stick for example! Got the cockpit finished and the fore fuselage halves together, but like a dummy forgot to put weight in there... there's a hole at the back of the assembly, though, so I should be able to get some weight inside there, above the nosegear well. If that doesn't work, then I'll have to make a base - runway, and glue the wheels down... Pics later - I'm out of batteries. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Litvyak, Sounds lik you have done quite a lot of work Starfighter. I hope you ppst pics of the WIP soon, woo hoo "Looking good " ...HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 Some pics, as promised. Got started also on the tip tanks - as you can see on one of them, one of the sprues is very flashy (and not in the good way!). Got some weight into the nose (fishing lead with bathtub silicone). Hopefully it'll be enough... if not, well, then I'll be forced to make a base (end of the runway type of thing, I think). So still much work to do, but I'm off all this week and next, so should be able to get plenty of work done on this (and the Argus and the RA-5C). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
72linerlover Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Litvyak, don't worry about the ballast. The F-104 is not a tail seater. Many years ago I built an ESCI 1/72 F-104 and no ballast was needed. Regards Euge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 Managed to get work done on this despite last-minute shopping yesterday. There's some work I want to do around the joint between the nose half and the after half of the fuselage, especially around the intake cowling on the starboard side. After that, gonna shoot it (and the tip tanks) with gloss black, then we'll see how it looks and what needs done. While waiting for that to dry I'll either work on the Argus or the RA-5C for the USN GB. Some minor annoyances, but overall this is a fun build so far (first plane since I finished my HuAF MiG-21 in spring 2009!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 So my Starfighter is progressing! There's still a lot of little things left to do, but it's at least looking like a CF-104 now! ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 wow. That was speedy. Before you finish the canopy though...I'm not sure about that medium green hood Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 Good point, RKic, thank you for the reminder! I've noted that down on my little List of Things to Do. As for the speed: my workplace is in the usual winter shutdown, we're starting up again only on January 4th, so I've got plenty of free time for modelling and other such things! (But as quickly as this has been going, that's how slowly the Argus kitbash is going - but that one *is* going, too!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Small update - the model is mostly done... only the canopy is left now, needing painting... I've been experimenting with various ways of masking, practicing on random things, the last thing I want to do is kill the build by wrecking the canopy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dirkpitt289 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Very sharp. I'm looking forward to starting mine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 January 26 to May 25... that's how long it took me to actually get the guts to just mask and paint the canopy and finish this build off. It's not great, but it's /done/, and it's /mine/, and I had fun building it, and... actually... I think it looks decent on the shelf from a little distance! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I love that colour scheme - and the under-wing tanks. It's rare anyone models that, but I saw lots of these aircraft fly around with the extra tanks installed. Good work - and the important thing is that you had fun building it! ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Litvyak Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 Glad you like it! :) Re: the underwing tanks - most of the photos I'd looked at had them there, so there wasn't much to think about - and I think it looks better than if I'd just left the wings empty. I really like this scheme too - the red tail and white wings just look really sharp with the NMF fuselage! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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