Shane's F-104 double build ** finished**

shangos70 · Post by **shangos70** » March 18th, 2015, 9:39 pm

I've painted the nose cones and masked them off, the undersides have had a light coat of Vallejo silver. I will flat it back and give it another bosh over.. Both should be ready for the grey by the weekend.

Nigel Foster · Post by **Nigel Foster** » March 19th, 2015, 7:53 pm

I love Starfighters so I am really enjoying watching your double build. Thank you for sharing.

Nigel

shangos70 · Post by **shangos70** » March 19th, 2015, 8:15 pm

Nigel Foster wrote:I love Starfighters so I am really enjoying watching your double build. Thank you for sharing.

Nigel

Cheers Nigel, I'm enjoying the build. No super detailing , just a crisp clean finish from the box ( I hope)

shangos70 · Post by **shangos70** » March 19th, 2015, 11:16 pm

Both had 2nd coat of Vallejo silver. Spray nicely, first time I've used it. Thinned with Tamiya thinners.

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » March 20th, 2015, 7:57 am

Looks good and Vallejo silver is a very easy to use paint. I've used it successfully quite a lot.

shangos70 · Post by **shangos70** » March 20th, 2015, 10:47 pm

Cannon port sanded and filled on 2 seater after reading Freds thread. Research , research.

shangos70 · Post by **shangos70** » March 21st, 2015, 12:08 am

1st coat of basalt grey RAL 7012 has gone on the single seater.

shangos70 · Post by **shangos70** » March 22nd, 2015, 12:19 pm

Here is the single seater almost ready for decals. I have the wing tanks to finish then gloss coat needed.

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » March 22nd, 2015, 1:05 pm

That's nice and crisp.

MarkyM607 · Post by **MarkyM607** » March 22nd, 2015, 2:01 pm

Looking smart!!. Wish I'd done another Starfighter now!, maybe later.

fredk · Post by **fredk** » March 22nd, 2015, 7:12 pm

They look well.
I wish I'd used that Vallejo paint on the underneath. I used V 883 Silvergrey, which looks ok but is a bit too grey and not enough silver.

shangos70 · Post by **shangos70** » March 22nd, 2015, 8:06 pm

fredk wrote:They look well.
I wish I'd used that Vallejo paint on the underneath. I used V 883 Silvergrey, which looks ok but is a bit too grey and not enough silver.

I've used a Revell silbergrau on my Thunderstreak and has no metallic in at all. I read that the Weiss Aluminium weathered quickly to a flat grey like finish. Bit of a minefield with different sources quoting Ral this and that.
I've just done the second coat of basalt grey on the 2 seater. Will let it harden off before I do the black intakes. Getting the red stripes on the pitot will be fun.

fredk · Post by **fredk** » March 23rd, 2015, 2:25 am

I'll be trying a length of thin red decal strip wound in a spiral.

shangos70 · Post by **shangos70** » March 23rd, 2015, 9:01 am

That was my first choice too Fred.

TobyC · Post by **TobyC** » March 23rd, 2015, 9:06 am

shangos70 wrote:That was my first choice too Fred.

I didn't bother. Look forward to seeing yours.

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