Yet another 104 **Finished**

[fredk]

A bit more done.

Need to get that nose done, then some black trim. bright orange.

[shangos70]

Wow, flying along now Fred, I'm putting the basalt grey on mine today.

[Marek]

nice! and fast build.

[fredk]

I couldn't get good coverage brush painted the white on the nose cone so I decided to spray it. So the 104 got cocooned in masking tape;


So, now I've got the white done, the black, wheels on, just doing the orange on the tanks now. Its taking a lot of coats to get it even. Not there even yet. I think I'll start the decaling whilst putting on more coats of orange;

[TobyC]

Ooh. That's starting to look a bit special.

[fredk]

With huge thanks to Marek, who has sent me a copy of the Hasegawa decals placement I can find out where many of the signs/notices/placards go on the airframe from my sheet of decals.

[fredk]

Right, I declare this one finished;

[TobyC]

Fred, that is excellent. Lovely crisp paintwork. Well done.

[shangos70]

Great work Fred, I've just got to attempt the red stripe on the pitot now. Did you find fitting the undercarriage doors fiddly?

[fredk]

Yes, a bit. I used 5 to 10 sec setting superglue. On the first of the main ones I had a couple of tries to find the right angle so that I could fit the wheel.
The decal strip round the pitot was a doddle. Once it had caught at the start it spiraled nicely. Just a couple of touches to get the spacing even. Hardest bit was judging how long a strip to use. I was less than 1mm out, finished off with a touch of red paint.

[Stevehnz]

I so like this Fred. I'm a big fan of camo'd F-104s over silver ones & I reckon that what you've done with this is spot on.
Steve.

[Marek]

Very nicely done! It's the most striking scheme for the piloted missile and you have made it to be a very striking model. I like the Norm 72 scheme!

[fredk]

Thank you for the nice words chaps.

[ronbow]

What a lovely job , brilliant camo job. I don't know why I was never a fan of the widow maker but I am very tempted to build one now.