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I just finished my 1/48 scale Haswgawa F-104C. This is my first Hasegawa kit and it is a real nice kit. Great detail, especially the recessed rivets. Howver, at times a third hand would come in handy.
The cockpit was detailed with Eduards parts. I really like the safety harness.
The real F-104C was left in its bare metal finish, so I chose to finish my F-104C the same way. Some of you know that I no longer paint my BMF airplanes. I always use Bare Metal Foil because it is impossible to duplicate the subtle finish variartions of the individual panels on a plane's surface with paint. Only metal looks like metal. Following is a photo of the plane prior to decals. Note the grain in the metal panels. It would be difficult to do that with a painted finish. Each panel is a seperate piece of Bare Metal Foil (BMF). I burnish the BMF using a paper blending stick. This technique empasisis the joints between the panels in a natural looking manner. I used 0000 steel wool to make the grain. Some grain goes up and down and some goes sideways. I used Aluminum Plate, Improved Chrome and Bright Chrome. Each individual recessed rivet was highlighted using a very fine magic marker. The easiest way to do this is with a glass of really good Bourbon. This is the third model that I finished with BMF and it was by far to most difficult and time consuming. My next kits in BMF is the Hasegawa F-86 and the Revell B-29, both in 1/48 scale. I figure that the B-29 will require 10 sheets of BMF.
This is a photo of the scrap BMF after trimming the panels.
Following are photos of the final model.
Your comments and questions are always welcome.
Beautiful work! Nice and shiny! But you coul have skipped foiling the wings. On USAF F-104Cs, those surfaces were painted white on the upper surface and aircraft gray on the lower surface.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
In the pattern: Scale Shipyard's 1/48 Balao Class Sub! leaning out the list...NOT! Ha, added to it again - Viper MkVii, 1/32 THUD & F-15J plus a weekend madness build!
Yeah Man -
Very very nicely done, patience rewarded you with a beautiful model to display. Completely realistic, great job. Thanks for the info and photos.
Patrick
Johnny, Very nice work and very shiny. Thanks for sharing.
John
Very nice metal finish. I really love this kit as well as I'm currently building a 104S right now. Only thing else I can add to what Stik said is the fins on the tip tanks need to be turned 180 degrees.
Just outstanding!!
Theuns
Nathan T Very nice metal finish. I really love this kit as well as I'm currently building a 104S right now. Only thing else I can add to what Stik said is the fins on the tip tanks need to be turned 180 degrees.
Looks really great. I was actually thinking about trying this on some parts for an upcoming project.
That looks great, congrats!
Do you have any WIP photos of applying the foil?
cheers
-J
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the kind words. I'll share how I apply metal foil tomorrow. Today I need to celebrate the Cubs winning the pennant. The last time they won the pennant was in 1945, 71 years ago.
That is pure technique and a work of art! Absolutely beautiful.
Toshi
On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell
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Didn't Testors, at one time, release an F-104 kit that was chromed (actually, most chrome on model kits is vapor deposited aluminum)? I built one with the metal finish and I seem to remember it was Testors.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Don Stauffer Didn't Testors, at one time, release an F-104 kit that was chromed (actually, most chrome on model kits is vapor deposited aluminum)? I built one with the metal finish and I seem to remember it was Testors.
Yes they did. Along with a F8F, Lysander, T-33, Mig-15, and perhaps a few other Hawk re boxes.
Really nice work on the metal finish. You must have a lot more patience than do I.
Mike
Hector Berlioz
The F-104 took much longer to cover in foil than the P-47 and the P-51 because of the large number of individual panels.. Both of those planes had fewer yet larger panels than the F-104. I think that the F-104 had numerous small panels because of the complex curves of the fuselage .
Hi Everyone.
Go to here to see how I apply foil to model airplanes.
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/13/t/172794.aspx
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