Logo
scale modeling database | stash manager
LodniK
Calvin Gifford (LodniK)
US

Airfix 1/72 F-104 Starfighter

Album image #1
Landing gear doors needed shims and - since I was concerned about light leaks from the cockpit to the exhaust I painted the entire insides black with Walmart craft paint. 
 

Album image #2
Not sure now if I ever had the original Airfix wingtip tanks. The old Hasegawa ones will do though they are a bit on the thin side. 
 

Album image #3
Some decals to spruce up the meager cockpit. 
 

Album image #4
I think the display stand is the original Airfix one. 
 

Album image #5
Pretty sure the bang seat came from a Hasegawa kit also. 
 

Album image #6
Didn't expect my homemade exhaust to give me grief but it managed to! 
 

Album image #7
Got it slimmed down so I can add it after everything is done. Should look the part when I am finished painting. 
 

Album image #8
Had the FAOW for a while but just got the Tamiya Sanding Sponges ($14 @ Amazon) and the Scale Plans book ($12.50 @ Amazon) 🙂 
 

Album image #9
Taking care of some sink marks on the 1/72 Airfix Starfighter while listening to one of my Spotify playlists. 
 

Album image #10
Fuselage together finally! 
 

Album image #11
Intakes fought me all the way! 
 

Album image #12
Basic outline starting to come out. 
 

Comments

30 November 2018, 21:19
Ekki
Watching.
1 December 2018, 09:05
Calvin Gifford
🙂
1 December 2018, 17:38
Gordon Sørensen
Nice progress, Calvin!
2 December 2018, 00:51
Calvin Gifford
Thanks!
2 December 2018, 01:36
Holger Kranich
Wow pure nostalgia! 👍
7 December 2018, 08:51
Glenn
Your brave! 🙂
10 December 2018, 01:47
Calvin Gifford
LOL Some have said crazy but whatever!
10 December 2018, 06:01

Album info

Started this as a mostly OOB build for a 'Desktop' type model. Put in a cockpit tub of sorts, a bang seat leftover from another jet and an exhaust from a Hasegawa kit that got a resin replacement.

12 images
1:72
On hold
1:72 Lockheed F-104G Starfighter (Airfix 02011)

All albums

View all albums »