**** DONE: 1/48 CF-104 Starfighter - The Jet Age.

[Wurger]

 

[JKim]

EXCELLENT work on the seams! Very delicate detail to preserve which is a very fiddly and time-consuming process. Is your eyesight good enough to do this work unassisted? Mine is not and I need to be over a magnifier, which can get awkward with a long fuselage. Still... I feel inspired to do similar things on my Flogger!

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. John, no, I have to use these over reading glasses:

 

[Donivanp]

Great work, I had to put mine away as I neede to get a new seat. I really did not like the kit seat and I think I buggered it up.

 

[Wayne Little]

good stuff Andy, big magnifier/light for me too these days....

 

[T Bolt]

Very nice work Andy. I'm at about the same place with my F-84, sanding and filling seams and dreading all the panel lines that will need to be replaced

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys.

Looked at bit more at this pic which didn't look quite right to me:

Sure enough, research of photos on line shows that there needs to be morework done do get rid of the transverse seams.

Sooooo... more filling and sanding. Yay.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Andy!

 

[Wayne Little]

keep up the good work !

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Well spotted Andy, and it's progressing nicely.
The gas vents for the gun, on the underside, were plated over when the gun was removed, according to info in my references. However, a couple of photos show what might be the vents still open, although it's hard to tell.
I decided to fill them on my RCAF bird.

 

[Catch22]

Great stuff Andy.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. Terry, good observation and will check into that. The photo I posted is actually of CF104 s/n12703 under restoration and the vent are open. Of course it's possible if not likley that, this being only the 3rd production aircraft, later versions had the vents faired over.

Having now begun work on the seam in question, it occurred to me later that my planned installation of the Vinten camera pod will pretty much hide this area anyway so I'll go easy on striving for perfection here. Not much to show otherwise. Just continuing to work the seams while I wait for my Alclads to arrive.

 

[JKim]

Great seam work Andy! I have lots to learn in this area!

 

[Totalize]

just catching up on this group build. Excellent stuff Andy. Nice work on the ejection seat and cockpit. All round nice attention to detail.

 

[Crimea_River]

Cheers guys. Work is progressing on seams but I'm not stopping to take pics. Endless cycles of filing, applying CA or surface primers, sanding and polishing, priming, microscopic inspection, rinse and repeat, scribe..... All you would see is the same apparent pics over and over again as I try to get the surface perfect for a metallic finish. Boring stuff really.

 

[Donivanp]

Good going. I have a couple shots of an F-104A if you want them I'll put them up for you.

 

[Crimea_River]

Not a problem Don. The A is quite different form the CF-104 and I have lots of pics but thanks anyway.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

It's coming along nicely Andy and I know you will have those seams so perfect!