**** DONE: GB-44 1/48 CF-104 441 Sqn Checkerbird - Military A/C of post-war time

fubar57 · Nov 19, 2019

Username: fubar57
First name: George
Category: Advanced
Manufacturer: Revell
Model: Canadair CF-104
Scale: 1:48

This aircraft wore this scheme for the 30th anniversary of CFB Baden Soellingen, Germany

fubar57 · Nov 19, 2019

A word of warning; shield your eyes.....the innards....

As can be seen, I sprayed these when I did the two-seater.

These are the kit decals which I won't be using. If anyone wants them they're yours

These are the Leading Edge decals I will be using which includes some resin sensors the Canadian aircraft used

You can see why I chose Ole Yeller to do as the black bird as opposed the -104 with the grey sprues. I've only read one revue and there will be mud

Wurger · Nov 19, 2019

T Bolt · Nov 19, 2019

A third 104?! You going to have a dedicated Starfighter desplay shelf?

Airframes · Nov 19, 2019

Good one Geo.
I thought at first that the kit parts were one of Jeff's photos, being yellow !!

rochie · Nov 19, 2019

Airframes said:
Good one Geo.
I thought at first that the kit parts were one of Jeff's photos, being yellow !!

must be a Canadian boxing of this kit

Airframes · Nov 19, 2019

Yep !

Crimea_River · Nov 19, 2019

Taxi!

Airframes · Nov 19, 2019

It's a lemon entry, my dear Watson !

fubar57 · Nov 20, 2019

fubar57 · Nov 20, 2019

Nice try Revell...

Plan B: I do like the decals so I'm going to remove the raised detail on the IP and side consoles. I'll then install deecals 1 & 2 first. This way I can see if there's room for the two end parts I'm going to remove from deecal 5

fubar57 · Nov 20, 2019

Offending raised detail removed; also removed from the IP of my other single seat -104.

A bit of clean-up and then I'll paint them gloss black

Wurger · Nov 20, 2019

rochie · Nov 20, 2019

Nice start Geo

fubar57 · Nov 20, 2019

Thanks guys. ♪They call me mellow yellow, quite rightly♫ Moving by Step 2 and on to Step 3 as apparently gloss paint takes forever to dry.

The details just screams out at you

I'm just going to glue it in place to make sure the door doesn't fall inside when I seal it up

2011, Revell gets it right

Wurger · Nov 20, 2019

The gun bay begs building from scratch or replacing with a resin part at least.

vandee · Nov 20, 2019

Beautiful job so far George! That lovely yellow plastic brings back memories ! LOL- John

Crimea_River · Nov 20, 2019

Sooner you get that damned plastic painted the better!

fubar57 · Nov 20, 2019

Yep and I have to stare at it continuously. For whatever reason, the gun hatches from the other kits fit better. The grey didn't quite conform to the curve on its own fuselage even when I added more curl yet almost a perfect fit on this fuselage.

I briefly thought about swapping a lot of the other kit parts......briefly but I figured it might cause a few seizures

Wurger · Nov 21, 2019

**** DONE: GB-44 1/48 CF-104 441 Sqn Checkerbird - Military A/C of post-war time

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