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

[Wurger]

Jan would be happy of that.

 

[rochie]

Nice work Geo

 

[fubar57]

Thanks Karl. I swapped gun hatches due to a better fit

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Bit of deja vu !
Still looks good

 

[fubar57]

Thanks guys. Decals are on the innards.

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The Martin-ESCAPAC Mk.‰

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking good. I have cockpit pics of a local 104 I can post if you like. Not a 2 seater but half of that.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks Andy but this is it....the entire cockpit. I'll add some colour to the seats and then button it up. I've only found two build of the Revell kit and they both show the same areas that require mud so I want to get at it.

 

[fubar57]

Just found out Quickboost does a C-2 seat.

 

[N4521U]

Just found out Quickboost does a C-2 seat.

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Wouldn't you know.............
nice work so far mate.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Crimea_River]

Couldn't use that, not being yellow and all.

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Geo, and I'll send you some yellow paint for the seat !!

 

[fubar57]

I briefly considered them but to put them in the Revell kits would be like putting Ferrari seats in a Skoda. Innards almost done save for the joy stick

 

[Airframes]

Geo, I'm sure my kit had the Lockheed seat and the MB seat.( The RCAF birds used the Lockheed seat, with the MB seat fitted to European versions)
I'd need to look in the box from my unfinished RCAF F-104, as the seat, not yet fitted, was either a kit part, improved, or converted to Lockheed from the kit MB seat.

 

[fubar57]

Terry, you are correct. I just went down and checked, the C-2 is included in both kits. Odd that Revell would chose the wrong seat for their RCAF boxing though understandable for seat choice on the Tiger Meet kit. Thankfully these seats are installed at the end of the build

 

[Airframes]

Good to know you caught it in time.
Got me wanting to finish my RCAF bird now, and start on a 1/32nd scale Dutch version !

 

[fubar57]

Correct seat compared to Revell's error and painted grey after photo op. It still looks worse than Hasegawa's offering

 

[Wurger]