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[Lucky13]

Any idea why there's two seats in the kit, is it an older and a modern seat, or?

 

[Wurger]

Nice buy.

If you read the kit instruction carefully you will find that one seat is for the planes with markings A,C,D,E while the second one is for the B one.

 

[Lucky13]

Aaah....thank you kindly Wojtek!

 

[Airframes]

Yes, most NATO users fitted the Martin Baker seat in place of the Lockheed C1, although Holland and Canada retained the C1 seat.

 

[Wurger]

Yep.

 

[Lucky13]

Should be the Martin Baker for a Luftwaffe bird then, right?

 

[Airframes]

Yep - it's the one with the large 'horseshoe' parachute container on the head box.

 

[Wurger]

It seems yes it should. The Lockheed C-1 and C-2 were used in the USA and Canada. The MB seat for export planes.

BTW... the Eduard kit is a reboxed Hasegawa one. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/115268-hasegawa-07220-f-104g-starfighter

Nothing more to say.

 

[Airframes]

It's this one, old chap, in this case, cobbled together from Revell and ESCI parts, with some scratch additions.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Fly Past or Aeroplane have a special issue out this month just on the F-104, at least here in the states. Saw it at Barnes Nobles. Looked pretty good.

 

[Lucky13]

Much obliged gentlemen...

Have a few candidates....

At the moment 26+13 is the favourite...I like the Edelweiss badge!

Any idea where they were based the 24, 25 and 26+13?

 

[Capt. Vick]

Oh! Do the German one!

...getting my coat

 

[Airframes]

Nice pics old chap. I have the Hasegawa 1/32nd scale kit, to do as a Dutch example, in a similar scheme to the German one.

Thanks for the reminder about 'Aeroplane' magazine's feature on the F-104 Jim. It was announced in last month's mag, but I forgot all about it - must get a copy.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Glad i could help. I flipped through it. Like I said it was pretty good. Can always depend on them to dig up some rare and awesome pictures. Would have bought it if I had more than a passing interest.

 

[Airframes]

I know what you mean Jim. These days, I only buy 'Aeroplane' or 'Fly Past' if there's something of real interest in them. I think that 'Fly Past' is nowhere near as good these days, compared to when it first came out, over thirty years ago - it seems to be more centered around (excellent) colour shots, rather than real 'meaty' features, as it used to be, although I admit there are sometimes some good, and useful, articles and photos.

 

[Capt. Vick]

True. Wish I could have read it back then.

 

[Crimea_River]

Yes, most NATO users fitted the Martin Baker seat in place of the Lockheed C1, although Holland and Canada retained the C1 seat.

Canada used the C-2. The downward-firing C-1 was not deemed safe for our guys. The seat with the kit is a C-2.

 

[Lucky13]

I like the Aviation Classics magazine... Classic Aircraft profiled every issue - Aviation Classics Magazine

 

[Airframes]

Canada used the C-2. The downward-firing C-1 was not deemed safe for our guys. The seat with the kit is a C-2.

Yep - a typo on my part.

 

[Wayne Little]

You know how it is Master Wayne....

Actually...I Do!...