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Frank's Collection Of Scale Model Aircraft
Hasegawa 1/48 F104C/G Starfighter Project
Part #1 - Organizing the Cockpit! This Cockpit has been a very frustrating experience. In the F-104 the pit is a tight "wrap-around" fit to the pilot. Thus at 1/48 scale it is very small. See the pic below with the "dime" reference. As I was building a "C" Starfighter" version, it started out as a "Black Box" - #48028 add on. I was unable to achieve the level of detail desired with that version. Thus I switched to a "Cutting Edge" CEC48251 which is for the "G" version. Augmenting that is an Eduard Color Photo Etched C/J 49222 set from which the upper Instrument panel is constructed as well as part of the lower IP. The other 2/3 of the lower IP is from the CE set. I'm not satisfied with these results, and some corrections will be made to this pit after viewing these "Proof" photographs prior to installing in in the fuse.
The almost finished pit. Three views.
A terpenoid with charcoal and burnt umber oil wash has been applied to "dirty up" the floor a bit! This has also been applied to the various panels and items below.
Left upper fuse side panel Right upper fuse side panel
Upper Instrument panel
Coaming
Lower Instrument panel
Front view of Martin Baker ejection seat
Right side of seat Left side of seat
Top of seat
Two views of the main landing gear bay. "Dirtied up" a bit with the above mentioned wash. Comments are always appreciated!
Something to think about for the future!!
Part #2 - Assembly, Finishing, Details and Decals Part #3 - Completed Subassemblies!! |
