vvwse4 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) After finishing the Dauntless this will be something out of my comfort zone. Usually I build WW2 but after Italeri had the 1/32 Starfighter out there was no way of not getting it. I was based at Volkel Airbase back in 1982 and the plane I am building, D8063, was there also. I have no memory of seeing it but I must have. I am planning on a out of box build, the only thing I add are decals from Dutch Decal. Jack pointed me on a mistake I made, D8063 is not a 306Sqdn plane. According to the decals it is a 311Sqdn plane but the pictures above say it is a 312Sqdn plane so that is what it wil be. I made a small start with the cockpit and offcourse the progress will be slow. Rick. Edited January 3, 2017 by vvwse4 Shaka HI, LSP_K2, 109 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) Rick, PM inbound...... disregard, unable to, your personal mailbox on LSP is apparently full with messages. Edited January 2, 2017 by Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Nice! I'll watch this for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvwse4 Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Hi all, Made some progress on the 104, finished the cockpit. Thanks to the freezeing weather not much work so bench time available!! Was a lot more work than I thought it would be, The dials are from Airscale because I did not like the decal provided in the box, the rest is what Italeri put in the box. When I was in the airforce I sat in them and I remember a lot of buttons which I dare not touch, hope this gives the impression of a buzzy place. Hope you like it and commends are welcome. Shaka HI, mark31, MikeC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvwse4 Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) Getting close to paint. It is a nice build. The kit goes together very well, no problems except my own mistakes. I like the way it looks. Rick Edited February 8, 2017 by vvwse4 mark31, HerculesPA_2, Shaka HI and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 nice looking forward to see more have two F-104s in the stash Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Nice build so far Rick! Looking forward to seeing it finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Rick, I always liked the lines of the 104 series. So far you build is rock solid. Looking foward to seeing some paint on in your next update. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvwse4 Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Hi all, With a long weekend and alone in the house finally plenty of bench time. First some preshading, I just like doing this, and after that it was time to put colours on it. I made a mistake by using the wrong colour gray but I could correct this. After a couple of hours it starts to look like a Starfighter. I like the look of it. Let me know what you think, comments always welcome. Rick. MikeC, HerculesPA_2, Uncarina and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Rick, Nice job on the camo paint scheme. Looking forward to seeing it with the decals on. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Nice paint work, Rick! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvwse4 Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Decals.....you love them you hate them. After putting the model in Future to make it shining I figured it was time to put the decals on. I had purchased a nice set and I was gonna use Mr Mark setter and softer to make sure that the result would be good. Well, I thought. The first decal went to pieces before I even touched it. I saved them in an envelope and dry and they are a year and a half old, should not be a problem right? Try again. Number two seemed good at first glance but when dried it also was cracked..... This was a kit decal. After drying there was a airbubble. So I punctured that with a needle and applied some more softer. With this result somehow everything melted and the colours went "strange" ......also the softing fluid affects the future so not really happy right now. I just hate decals. Wat is the best way of removing them off the model without ruin the paintjob. And more important what am I doing wrong???? Rick HerculesPA_2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Damn bro! That is a great build so far! Really like it! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 love the camo, very different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shujaa Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 (edited) Hi Rick, to bad to read You're having problems applying the decals on this iconic bird... In answer to Your question "What am I doing wrong ?", it look's to me that there is nothing wrong with the way You are applying the decals. What kind of strikes me is that You are having problems with both the DD-decals, as well as the Italeri-decals. Could it be that Mr. Mark is the culprid at hand...??? From my own experience I know that some decals react quite differently to some decal-agent then others. Maybe You might wanna try a different brand of decal-agent. I found that Micro Set & Sol is quite "soft" and work's with most of the decals out there. In cases I don't have any luck with Micro Set & Sol, I often find that DACO decal-agent does the trick. ("Medium" in most cases.) Kind regards Rudy. P.S.: Which colour did You use for the basalt-grey ? (Paint-brand & colour-number) TIA ! Edited April 19, 2017 by Shujaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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