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

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Other than the red pitot spiral I'm calling the 2 seater done.

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Thats nice
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That's cool, i like that you have left the pilots in. A rare thing these days!
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Blueberryruby wrote:That's cool, i like that you have left the pilots in. A rare thing these days!
Cheers Blue, the kit didn't come with any so I raided the spares box. The pit is just a hole with lookylikey seats and crew hide the lack of detail.
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Great work. I'm not usually a fan of pilots in planes but yours looks spot on.
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Really nice!
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I only have the canopy to unmask on the single seater, I used some adhesive foil and its a bugger to get off.
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Finally both are done, Matchbox TF 104G and Esci F-104G.

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Great work. I'm impressed.
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They both are quite impressive. I think you have just triggered in me an urge to make German starfighters pronto. :)
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Well done, lovely matched pair.

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Cheers guys, I have one more in the stash. I plan to do it as a late 80's Italian recon bird.
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Very nice indeedy
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As always Shane you set the bar for OOB Matchbox builds. You should post which MB kits you have completed so far as you must have done a fair portion of the aircraft.
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