phantom Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Next Starfighter shall be a 1/48 Hasegawa F-104J converted to CF-104 using a bunch of spare resin and Canuck decals. To make the 421 squadron special super-sonic Coke can. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 It begins, seems my spare parts added up to almost an entire Black Box cockpit...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Parts going in....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 And thats it for today while an abnormally large amount of putty dries. Must not have thinned out the cockpit enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pete Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Nice, the first pic looks like some massive bloody massacre. Let's hope the clear parts will fit alright. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Humm that a diffent approche to paint the fuselage prior to puttong it together Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 I do that most of the time. Especially with odd colours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 On its legs...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bashace Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Humm that a diffent approche to paint the fuselage prior to puttong it together yup, I had to mask and paint the blue color on my Starfighters Inc F-104 before installing the intakes so that the paint around the intake spike would be clean. I'm sure some of the other F-104 schemes will require odd paint and construction sequences. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bashace Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 By the way...You're a raffle winner! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Cooll!!!!!!!! Back to this Starfighter. I forgot how quick these 1/48 scale Hasegawa jobs fall together. I watch old Star Trek videos while I build. This is now at 3 complete episodes. One a day. So it sits here now.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Paint is drying. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bashace Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Now that's a bright jet! Looks like a Firebee drone's cousin or something. V/r Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Colin K Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Which red did you use on there, Shawn? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 Model Master Guards red as per the instructions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I'm thinking of pre-painting around the wheel wells of my fishbed to simplify masking those parts later. It's a technique I've seen occasionally and was going to try. You appear to have taken that approach but fully painted the part. My concern about pre-painting is blending. I was going to make sure I had a (near) finish coat around the wheel wells but then taper down away from the openings so the actual exterior finish coats could be better blended. How do you approach that problem? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 I never get to technical. On this build I had a drop fall out of the airbrush cap and land on a wing tank when the model was upside down. Did not notice until it was dry that there was this big glob of paint. Sanded out the blob , Got out a brush and fixed it. Just like they do in real life. As for blending. The original colour was Tamiya red. Not red enough. Got out the guards red and gave the entire thing a squirt of the correct colour. There is a couple tiny lines of the original red that sort of came out as subtle weathering. Hard to see in the photos but I like the effect. I never get to worried about IPMS style ubermodelnazi rules. Its a hobby I use to relieve stress. No point blowing a nut over it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Sage advice... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 Starting to look like a Coke can. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Rest of the decals are on....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sledge Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 That is one bright jet! Very cool scheme. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bashace Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 OK, I have to ask, is the big white patch a decal or did you have to mask and paint that? Bad*** looking jet! V/r Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 The big white area is a 5 part decal (on each side of the jet). Made the finishing very simple. Canuck decals did a great job on this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 (edited) Both you and Canuck did a great job. FWIW, that white area is called the Dynamic Ribbon Device on a Coke can or sign. Edited October 11, 2014 by David N Lombard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Here are a couple more photos...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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