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USAF F-104C „Hellooo Dolly" - FINISHED

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Some progress. The „Hellooo Dolly“ 104 had a blue rudder with stars on it. Tamiyas X-14 is quite a good match. A paint which I very rarely use ? 
 

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Painting the blue-yellow striped part of the fin. It is part of the Caracal decal sheet but I prefer to have it painted by airbrush.  
 

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Done. Lets move forward and proceed with painting the white underside. 
 

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The armament has arrived! Together with some additional goodies for my Kinetic Mirage… 
 

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Finally! The belly is sprayed in FS36622. I used Gunze acrylics thinned with Leveling Thinner and a few drops of Tamyia X22 Clear to avoid too much sprinkle. 
 

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Visible parts of the wheel wells sprayed in Aluminium 
 

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104 is coated in Tamiya X-22 Gloss Clear. Ready for Caracal Decals! 
 

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Let’s start with the decals! 
 

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Now with name tag. 
 

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Decaling is finished. I already add some of the small parts before applying final clear varnish. 
 

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Standing on its own feet…uuuhm I mean wheels… 
 

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After a coat of semi gloss varnish final assembly begins. 
 

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Things under wings. Preparing 2 x M117 (Eduard Brassin). 
 

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Done! More pics will follow... 
 

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Comments

53 3 May 2023, 20:55
Mid Franconian
Paintjob in progress…
3 May 2023, 21:00
Villiers de Vos
The paint work is building up nicely.
4 May 2023, 18:12
Mid Franconian
Thank you!
In the end we modellers are just artists who paint on a three-dimensional canvas, aren´t we? 🙂
5 May 2023, 12:46
Dave
Like the soft look of the paint. nice work.
5 May 2023, 13:26
Shar Dipree
Looks very good so far. Watching. 🙂
20 May 2023, 07:56
Jennifer Franklin
The paint job looks good. The decals add nicely, name tag works perfectly.
29 May 2023, 16:57
Guy Rump
Looking great. 👍
29 May 2023, 19:40
Villiers de Vos
Nice progress.
30 May 2023, 06:29
Mid Franconian
Thank you mates! Tonight I plan to finish decaling. Then I need to assemble the two Eduard M117s for under the wings.
30 May 2023, 17:30
Alberto
I agree with the above, love the paint job!
8 June 2023, 08:16
Mid Franconian
Thanks Alberto! My first real attempt on SEA camo… should have tried that earlier!
8 June 2023, 09:58
Guy Rump
Beautiful! 👍
16 June 2023, 15:48
Shar Dipree
Very beautiful. 👍
16 June 2023, 20:40
Mid Franconian
Thank you Shar & Guy!
17 June 2023, 05:20
Neuling
Saubere Arbeit, sehr schöne Bemalung! Kompliment!
17 June 2023, 09:59
Marius
Looks wonderful! Great job!
17 June 2023, 12:52
Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.
17 June 2023, 15:54
Jean-Louis Durand
Perfect build and very professional paint work !
17 June 2023, 16:05
Christian
Genau wie Neuling sagte! Ausgezeichnet!
17 June 2023, 23:25
Mid Franconian
Thank you guys for your comments! I just exchanged some pictures by better ones…
18 June 2023, 09:13
Jennifer Franklin
Very sharp looking!
24 June 2023, 09:17
Mid Franconian
Thanks Jennifer 🙂!
25 June 2023, 19:29

Project info

26 images
1:48
Completed
1:48 F-104 Starfighter Improvement & Completion Set (Daco Products DCC4802)1:48 F-104 (Caracal Models CD48102)1:48 M 117 bomb early (Eduard 648188)2+
Lockheed F-104C Starfighter
US US Air Force (1947-now)
435 TFS, 8 TFW 57-0923 Hellooo Dolly
1966 - Udorn AB TH
 

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