Well, here’s the old “Bavaria” F-104G chestnut in 1/72. Quite a nice kit to put together, with the exception of the intakes, which were a pig to blend in with the fuselage and in the right (or wrong!) light I can see where the filler hasn’t been sanded down quite enough. [:(]
It’s an OOB build, with the exception of some foil seat straps to flesh out the cockpit and “gizmos” added to each side of the HUD which were on my German F104G cockpit source pic.
This was the first crack at using an airbrush, for the gray/green camo pattern - the remainder was brushed. The decals were pretty good, except for the large ones on the tail, which went a bit squirrely [xx(]
As it’s 1/72 and an exhibition scheme, I decided to hold back on any washes, weathering etc. The couple of pics I found of a squeaky clean museum German “G” in the same grey/green show that the panels are quite difficult to see from any distance. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it [:p]. It’s certainly a pretty addition to the line-up on the shelf.
Thanks Rob, like I mentioned, watch out for where the intakes join the wing root. I think I needed to be a bit more aggressive on the sanding/filler and rescribe the lines [:D]
hehe just spotted the gray/white bleed on the tail that I forgot to tidy up. Oh well. No FSM cover shot for me this month [;)]
Great job ! I’m not much of a fan of post WW II aircraft, but I’ve always liked Kelly Johnson’s “Missile with a Man in It.” A real looker. Seems like you took to an airbrush easily. Keep up the good work.
