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  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Close to Chicago
Posted by JohnnyK on Friday, January 27, 2017 12:58 PM

The Hasegawa kit is a really nice kit. I finished one last year.

The only problem with the kit are the decals. They are real thick and the carrier film has a matt finish. Look at the letters "USAF" for an example.

 

Your comments and questions are always welcome.

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    February 2003
Posted by Jim Barton on Thursday, January 26, 2017 8:58 PM

Definitely looks like a nicer kit than the 1/48-scale F-104 kit by Testors which was the reissue of the old Hawk kit from eons ago that I'm trying to build. Talk about a kit with issues!

"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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    October 2008
Posted by jb007 on Thursday, January 19, 2017 6:52 AM

Sorry iforgot to mention its 1/48 Hasegawa :)

Cheers Brian

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    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:01 AM

Very nice start and as stikpusher asked which kit and what scale is this?  Thank you in advance.

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 10:52 PM

Which F-104 kit is that?

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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    October 2008
And now for something completely different
Posted by jb007 on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 10:33 PM

Well i been wanting to build a F-104 . Took a while to find something different to do . Looked through my 40 F-104 books and came a cross a F-104 that used a U-2 Radome for a test. So i used the F-104 nose cone. I guess where to cut it and graphed on the round part from the back end of a Super Hornet fuel tank  . Its not dead perfect but I am happy with it :) To use the cutting edge C-2 ejection seat in the kit office you have to cut the square out of the Kit cockpit. I Drilled mine out and added a piece of plastic to the bottom. Then added plastic to the ejection rails so to take up space between the seat and rails. 

Cheers Brian

 

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