To my fellow forum members,

As you may all know by now, I sprayed the 104 with MM Enamel Chrome Silver.  The chrome silver enamel takes forever to cure.  So I'll be starting another thread. Once the 104 cures, I'll restart this thread.  Thank you for your support.  By the way, the next thread will be a F-22 Raptor by Revell.

Toshi

Nice work Toshi.  In the spirit of helping you create a pretty accurate CF-104, there are a few things, paint wise, that you might want to do.  First off, NMF CF-104's in Cold Lake, Alberta were painted differently than those based in Europe.  Cold Lake CF-104's were painted as depicted in the thread below.  NMF CF-104's in Europe had Gloss White wings and horizontal stabilizers (top), aluminum wing tanks and the undersides of the wings and horizontal stabilizer and the bottom part of the radome was grey (Model Master Gloss Aircraft Grey) is almost an exact match.  Here's a link to a Cold Lake two seater that I put together for a group build over on ARC.  I'm not doing this for accolades.  It's easier for me to explain with photos. 

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=274686&st=0

From post #36 on, you can see the colours I used to get the tone variations on the back end and the colours I used for the wings, tail, tanks, radome, etc.  Masking can be a bit of a pain but the results are well worth the effort.

As I said, nothing more than a helping hand.  Continued success with your build.

Mike

murph

Nice work Toshi.  In the spirit of helping you create a pretty accurate CF-104, there are a few things, paint wise, that you might want to do.  First off, NMF CF-104's in Cold Lake, Alberta were painted differently than those based in Europe.  Cold Lake CF-104's were painted as depicted in the thread below.  NMF CF-104's in Europe had Gloss White wings and horizontal stabilizers (top), aluminum wing tanks and the undersides of the wings and horizontal stabilizer and the bottom part of the radome was grey (Model Master Gloss Aircraft Grey) is almost an exact match.  Here's a link to a Cold Lake two seater that I put together for a group build over on ARC.  I'm not doing this for accolades.  It's easier for me to explain with photos. 

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=274686&st=0

From post #36 on, you can see the colours I used to get the tone variations on the back end and the colours I used for the wings, tail, tanks, radome, etc.  Masking can be a bit of a pain but the results are well worth the effort.

As I said, nothing more than a helping hand.  Continued success with your build.

Mike

 

Your photos will be of great assistance as a reference for my Starfighter!  Thank you so very much for your help, it's greatly appreciated.

Lol, I know you want to keep moving on this but good idea on letting her wait for the paint to be good and dry. Just don't let the model wait so long you have to wash the dust off like I do... 

Looking good, Toshi. 

BK

Gamera

Lol, I know you want to keep moving on this but good idea on letting her wait for the paint to be good and dry. Just don't let the model wait so long you have to wash the dust off like I do... 

 

Toshi

BrandonK

Looking good, Toshi. 

BK

 

Toshi

To my fellow forum members,

This is how far I got with the Starfighter.  I had real problems with this build.  Actually more so with the paints.  I had the F-104 primed, sanded, and had MM enamel chrome silver applied with an AB.  I sealed it with clear gloss after allowing the NMF cure for a week.  When it came time to mask the Starfighter, disaster struck!

I used Tamiya and Frog tape, both tapes pulled off the NMF up to the primer!  I literally freaked out and became very upset.  I couldn't understand what was going on.  How was I going to fix this?  I wet sanded the F-104, then I hand painted the NMF on.  What you see below is my handi-work.  I'm very pleased with the outcome.

I'm very happy to say that I had practiced hand brushing with the last build of which was the Zoukei Mura Kyushu Shinden.  I was weary to do so at first but once I got started, everything fell into place for the Shinden build.  I was hesitant to hand brush the MM enamel chrome silver.  As you can see below, it turned out well, at least to my humble opinion.  Thank you forum members for visiting this build!

Toshi

Toshi Grand Work!!!!!!! congratulations is over so Excepcional........... Greetings Friend.....

RONALD ALVAREZ

Toshi Grand Work!!!!!!! congratulations is over so Excepcional........... Greetings Friend.....

 

Toshi

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To my fellow forum members,

This is how far I got with the Starfighter.  I had real problems with this build.  Actually more so with the paints.  I had the F-104 primed, sanded, and had MM enamel chrome silver applied with an AB.  I sealed it with clear gloss after allowing the NMF cure for a week.  When it came time to mask the Starfighter, disaster struck!

I used Tamiya and Frog tape, both tapes pulled off the NMF up to the primer!  I literally freaked out and became very upset.  I couldn't understand what was going on.  How was I going to fix this?  I wet sanded the F-104, then I hand painted the NMF on.  What you see below is my handi-work.  I'm very pleased with the outcome.

I'm very happy to say that I had practiced hand brushing with the last build of which was the Zoukei Mura Kyushu Shinden.  I was weary to do so at first but once I got started, everything fell into place for the Shinden build.  I was hesitant to hand brush the MM enamel chrome silver.  As you can see below, it turned out well, at least to my humble opinion.  Thank you forum members for visiting this build!

Toshi

Toshi

To my fellow forum members,

This is how far I got with the Starfighter.  I had real problems with this build.  Actually more so with the paints.  I had the F-104 primed, sanded, and had MM enamel chrome silver applied with an AB.  I sealed it with clear gloss after allowing the NMF cure for a week.  When it came time to mask the Starfighter, disaster struck!

I used Tamiya and Frog tape, both tapes pulled off the NMF up to the primer!  I literally freaked out and became very upset.  I couldn't understand what was going on.  How was I going to fix this?  I wet sanded the F-104, then I hand painted the NMF on.  What you see below is my handi-work.  I'm very pleased with the outcome.

I'm very happy to say that I had practiced hand brushing with the last build of which was the Zoukei Mura Kyushu Shinden.  I was weary to do so at first but once I got started, everything fell into place for the Shinden build.  I was hesitant to hand brush the MM enamel chrome silver.  As you can see below, it turned out well, at least to my humble opinion.  Thank you forum members for visiting this build!

Toshi

 

 

 

 

TAD 

Holy crud, Toshi! You hand brushed MM Chrome Silver ENAMEL?? I don't even dare try that! Super impressive!!  :O

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Toshi

To my fellow forum members,

This is how far I got with the Starfighter.  I had real problems with this build.  Actually more so with the paints.  I had the F-104 primed, sanded, and had MM enamel chrome silver applied with an AB.  I sealed it with clear gloss after allowing the NMF cure for a week.  When it came time to mask the Starfighter, disaster struck!

I used Tamiya and Frog tape, both tapes pulled off the NMF up to the primer!  I literally freaked out and became very upset.  I couldn't understand what was going on.  How was I going to fix this?  I wet sanded the F-104, then I hand painted the NMF on.  What you see below is my handi-work.  I'm very pleased with the outcome.

I'm very happy to say that I had practiced hand brushing with the last build of which was the Zoukei Mura Kyushu Shinden.  I was weary to do so at first but once I got started, everything fell into place for the Shinden build.  I was hesitant to hand brush the MM enamel chrome silver.  As you can see below, it turned out well, at least to my humble opinion.  Thank you forum members for visiting this build!

Toshi

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toshi

To my fellow forum members,

This is how far I got with the Starfighter.  I had real problems with this build.  Actually more so with the paints.  I had the F-104 primed, sanded, and had MM enamel chrome silver applied with an AB.  I sealed it with clear gloss after allowing the NMF cure for a week.  When it came time to mask the Starfighter, disaster struck!

I used Tamiya and Frog tape, both tapes pulled off the NMF up to the primer!  I literally freaked out and became very upset.  I couldn't understand what was going on.  How was I going to fix this?  I wet sanded the F-104, then I hand painted the NMF on.  What you see below is my handi-work.  I'm very pleased with the outcome.

I'm very happy to say that I had practiced hand brushing with the last build of which was the Zoukei Mura Kyushu Shinden.  I was weary to do so at first but once I got started, everything fell into place for the Shinden build.  I was hesitant to hand brush the MM enamel chrome silver.  As you can see below, it turned out well, at least to my humble opinion.  Thank you forum members for visiting this build!

Toshi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great recovery, Toshi!  I've been watching awhile and have enjoyed your work emmensely.  I would have lost my mind if I'd pulled up the NMF, but you've done a wonderful job in recovering it.  Well done, sir!

 

 

TAD 

 

Toshi

M. Brindos

Holy crud, Toshi! You hand brushed MM Chrome Silver ENAMEL?? I don't even dare try that! Super impressive!!  :O

 

Toshi

WOW. Too bad about the tape problem. Whenever I use tape, whether it is the blue tape or Tamiya tape, I always first press it on my work surface a few times to remove some of the stickyness. By doing this I have never had tape pull off paint.

JohnnyK

WOW. Too bad about the tape problem. Whenever I use tape, whether it is the blue tape or Tamiya tape, I always first press it on my work surface a few times to remove some of the stickyness. By doing this I have never had tape pull off paint.

 

Toshi

Toshi, that just looks nothing short of spectacular. 

BK

Toshi, this is another one of my favorite planes. You are on a roll. Nice!

Bakster

Toshi, this is another one of my favorite planes. You are on a roll. Nice!

 

Toshi

Looks good, but I think the wing tip tanks are on the wrong wings.

Great save Tosh!looks really good!

jmcquate

Looks good, but I think the wing tip tanks are on the wrong wings.

 

Toshi

philo426

Great save Tosh!looks really good!

 

Toshi

Toshi

 jmcquate

Looks good, but I think the wing tip tanks are on the wrong wings.

 

 

 

Thank you, I'll fix that right now.

Toshi

Very nice save to an unfortunate issue Toshi.  She's really starting to look like a Cold Lake Starfighter.  Good show.

The long fin on the wing tank that orients toward the fuselage; make sure the angle of it is the same as the trailing edge of the wing.  It's the same for all Starfighters.

I'm not sure what the kit decals are like (thick, won't conform, brittle, etc).  I used aftermarket decals on mine.  If you do have issues with the kit decals, try to find a set of Leading Edge Models or Belcher Bits CF-104 decals.  Both are very nice and there are Cold Lake decals on each.

Keep up the good work!

Mike

Toshi, that is a very impressive kit. You are really knocking this one out of the park. I really like this one.

BK

BrandonK

Toshi, that is a very impressive kit. You are really knocking this one out of the park. I really like this one.

BK

 

Toshi

She's looking great so far! 

Gamera

She's looking great so far! 

 

Toshi

Here is (Finally, after the paint issues) the completed F-104G Starfighter.  If it weren't for my paint mistakes, I feel that this kit is a very decent Revell model.  One mistake I found was that one of the red stripes by the tail section, was numbered 1.  It should have been number 21.  Other than that, the F-104G went together relatively smooth.  Some very minor putty work, some sanding, and with a little adjustments, this is a fine kit.

Toshi

Very nicely done, Toshi, another great one in the logbook. Thanks for the WIP and photos.

Patrick