Italeri 1/32 F-104A/C Broken Canopy Replacement?

GMorrison

 

It's possible to make one. Glue the pieces together and sand out/ fill the cracks.

Then plunge mold it.

Here's a nice website about the Starfighters at Udorn.

http://www.i-f-s.nl/udorn-aircraft-part-1/

Interesting that these aircraft have Navy-style refueling probes.

 

 

 

Air Force used the probe and drogue method on quite a few aircraft in the 60’s. 

Hell, you're on to something, my friend- in our pampered, snowflake society of professional victims, that just might work- seems like it doesn't pay to be honest or ask them to take accountability for a defective part... Rather than ask them to take responsibility for THEIR broken part in a sealed new kit, maybe I should blame myself and say I was distraught because I broke my crayons from my safe space coloring book, and my cuddle puppy ate the part...they'd prolly send me two new kits and a teddy bear ha ha ha!

Actually the way I read it they are saying you didn't make a mistake.

So now, slather glue all over it, take a photo and send it to them saying "I made a mistake and got glue all over it".

Actually I'm halfway serious.

We do not sell parts per se.  We assist customers if they make a mistake or receive a part that is molded incorrectly, etc.

 Regards,

 Debra"

You have to realize that the person you talk to only knows part numbers/kit numbers, likely has no idea what an F-104 is.  It's always best to find the most recent similar release and ask for a part from that kit number, then they have a paper trail to follow.

According to scalemates, Superscale made a set of 1/48 decals that include that one. If you could find it, it wouldn't be hard to blow up the size to 1/32. And it's b/w so it would probably hold together graphics wise pretty well.

It's possible to make one. Glue the pieces together and sand out/ fill the cracks.

Then plunge mold it.

Here's a nice website about the Starfighters at Udorn.

http://www.i-f-s.nl/udorn-aircraft-part-1/

Interesting that these aircraft have Navy-style refueling probes.

BTW I did neglect to mention, the Vietnam-era F-104 Starfighter that I'd really like to do is called "SEX MACHINE," with funky swinging '60s nose art, but tragically, haven't seen any decals for it yet.

Caracal has a great decal for 1/32 Vietnam Starfighters, but no Sex Machine on there, more's the pity!

Thanks a lot, Brother- will do! Looks like Italeri has a kit 2514, "F-104 G/S Starfighter, G/S version," that uses the same clear part.

BTW, just to pass on to help others- I've found Tamiya and Special Hobby customer service to be outstanding.

In hundreds of models in 40 years, I've only come across two or three broken or missing parts, but the two companies stepped up- I got the Tamiya 1/48 Meteor and read reviews that the wings were wrong for 1944, that in doing their research, Tamiya had copied a hybrid Meteor in a museum with a WWII fuselage but post war wings, incorrect for an initial production Meteor.

Wrote Tamiya and offered to swap my wrong wings in the kit for the right one, if they'd corrected the error. Badda bing, got a priority mail package with the correct part and thanking me for being a loyal Tamiya customer for 40 years!

Another great experiecne, I found the old Special Hobby 1/32 Buffalo, Battle of Midway version, but it arrived with a canopy smashed in half. Wrote to Special Hobby and there was some back and forth, but they replaced it which I truly appreciated.

We all should support the companies that stand behind their prodcuts like this! Best, Christian

Have you tried contacting Italeri directly? The canopy off the F-104G or S should be the same as on a A/C version.