Plastic Wings

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter

31st Sqn - 10th Wing - Belgian Air Force

Kleine Brogel - Belgium - 1963
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Nog eentje waarover ik blijkbaar niets noteerde tijdens het bouwen, het moet ergens in 2003 zijn geweest. De kit is van Revell, en is niet van de kwaliteit welke we vandaag van Revell gewoon zijn. Het was voor mij in eerste instantie een experiment in het schilderenen maskeren van "bloot metaal". Geen al te groot succes: het afplakken van reeds geschilderde vlakken bleek een ramp. Zelfs met plakband met lage kleefkracht kwamen hele lappen verf mee. Sindsdien is er gelukkig Alclad...
Another one on which I apparently didn't make any notes during construction - it must have been sometime in 2003. An old Revell kit, certainly not up to the standards one would expect today. First and foremost it was an experiment in painting and masking bare metal. Not really a big success: masking over painted areas proved to be disastrous. Even when low tack tape was used, paint tore off. Since then I discovered Alclad...

Data

Kit: Revell, built straight out of the box.
Glue: mainly Zap-A-Gap, both super thin and gap filling. White glue for the clear parts.
Putty, polishing compound and masking tape all from Tamiya. Low tack tape by Scotch.
Decals: from the kit
Paint: Humbrol and Testors ModelMasters metalizers.
Airbrush: Badger 150
Weathering: being in a lazy mood, I opted not to weather this one.
Varnish: Revell Matt
Documentation: F-104 Starfighter in action by Phillip Friddell / Lockheed F-104 Starfighter - Design, development and worldwide operations of the first operational Mach 2 fighter by Steve Pace /F-104 Starfighter - Warbirds Illustrated 44 by Peter R. Foster / F-104 Starfighter - Detail & Scale by Bert Kinzey / Locheed's c/n F-104 G/J Starfighter - Lock On 1 by Hans Wilms / Lockheed F-104 Starfighter by Philip J.R. Moyes and the internet.
Steven De Mulder