Gordon Sørensen Autor
Almost finished an later-time period all-green F-104, so figured I would do an early Grey/White Wing one as well.
The kit is molded in bright red. The fuselage is in two pieces, split after the wing. I assume so they could use the forward fuselage with a different tail to make a 104A/C…
Overestimating my ability once again (and the fact the kit only cost me $12.50) I am going to try to pose the leading and training edge flaps in the down position.
I am going to replace the kit Lockheed C2 Ejection Seat with the one from my Hasegawa kit.
The Res/Kit resin wheels will be used, as the kit wheels are a little 'underwhelming'….

Maciej Bellos
Grabbing a seat!

Robert Podkoński
Watching too!

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3, what a cool sprue colour 😄

Gordon Sørensen Autor
Cockpit complete. Had to trim the bottom of the Hasegawa seat a little to fit under the canopy.

Bernd Grün
Following!

Gordon Sørensen Autor
Took a couple coats of primer to cover that glaring red. The fuselage is a light grey, while the wing upper surfaces are white, so I used Tamiya Light Grey Primer and Mr. Surfacer 1500.
Need to mask the rear fuselage/engine area and vertical stab for aluminium.

Gordon Sørensen Autor
I was having so much fun masking the F-86D, so I figured I should break out the F-104 too! Unmasked a little prematurely, and will need to re-spray one panel.

Mid Franconian
💺!

Guy Rump
Following! 👍

Gordon Sørensen Autor
Wish militaries the world over would post the paint FS numbers for their aircraft. Would make life so much easier.
Sources vary, saying it was ADC FS16473, while others say FS16515. I am leaning more toward the ADC grey, but will need to order paint either way.
The paint guide I have says the Radar-Dome is `light grey with a faint green undertone`. Yeah, that narrows it down. Going to take a look at early RCAF F-104s and see what their colours are. The Danish 104s (single-seats, anyway) were built by Canadair - about 30 km from where live!
It also lists the Anti-Glare panel as `Dark Matte Grey`. Looking at period photos, there does seem to be a difference between the anti-glare panels and engine inlets. Might try Humbrol 32 Dary Grey for that.

Michael Kohl
Joining