spyrosjzmichos Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) Hi all,Following my F-15I disaster I took a short break to recoup.I decided to start Italeri's F-104G kit and will depict an aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force. While I like Italeri's Greek scheme I'm still undecided on the final one so if you guys can propose another HAF scheme please let me know (preferably a variation of the SEA scheme ). For this kit I will be using a CMK resin cockpit and Eduard's PE set for the gunbay and resin wheels.As the resin sets are still on their way I first started with the gun bay. Italeri's set is for the C variant but I still wanted to add a bit more detail so was happy with some innacuracy. I drilled holes around the plastic and carefully sliced through each one of them with a new blade. I then cleaned up the area in preparation for the PE parts.I figured the PE would be too flimsy by their own so backed them up with thin plastic card.I used superglue to hold everything in place.And the gunbay is ready with cannon in place to see if everything falls in place well! This it the first time I used PE extensively so I'm pretty happy with the result!I also did some detail work in the avionics bay by adding lead wire and plastic to depict various cables and structures.Hope you guys like it! Will update tomorrow following this evening's painting session!Spyros Edited December 15, 2016 by spyrosjzmichos blackbetty, Starfighter, Whitey and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Great start!.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 Great start!.....Harv Thanks Harv! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Hi all! I did a bit more work on the gunbay,undercarriage and engine. First, the gunbay. I was a bit confused with the colour as I found pictured that showed it in natural metal, grey and white. Eventually, I decided to follow the instructions and paint it white. The cannon was painted with Alclad's exhaust then lightly sprayed with aluminium. A black wash brought up all the details. All the undercarriage was painted dark aluminium and details in black and white. A black wash was again used to highlight all the details. For the front undercarriage I used a lense from little cars to depict the light. I also did some work on the engine which I will be posting later today. Spyros Starfighter, jgrease, F`s are my favs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Sorry to hear about the F-15I... Excellent work so far...now let's not drop it! spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 Sorry to hear about the F-15I... Excellent work so far...now let's not drop it! Thanks Shaka! Doing my best not to drop it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Hi all! Having finished the front undercarriage I moved on to the main one. The detail is actually too flat and probably innacurate but decided not to add any extra detail as the wheel covers would cover most of it. All the parts were painted with light aluminium. The wires were first base painted in black and the top with white. A light black wash was the final step. I also built and painted the engine. I used various metallic shades including light and dark aluminium, steel, jet exhaust and transparent blue for the different areas. Silver was used to paint the smaller details. A black and brown wash highlighted all the details. Now I gotta figure how to fill up the empty fuselage. Any feedback is most welcome! Derek B, Starfighter and F`s are my favs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Filling the fuselage?! ... With the engine probably... ))) spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Filling the fuselage?! ... With the engine probably... ))) Lol! I put so much work on the engine I think it would be a pitty not to put it on display! F`s are my favs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 A-ha, yep, it will be very cool. So for the fuselage - i would glue it just like that and then "reinforce" it at a few/dozen key places with plastic rods from the stock sprues. Long thick plastic rods, glued from side to side inside the fuselage. But only if the voidness is accessible... spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 A-ha, yep, it will be very cool. So for the fuselage - i would glue it just like that and then "reinforce" it at a few/dozen key places with plastic rods from the stock sprues. Long thick plastic rods, glued from side to side inside the fuselage. But only if the voidness is accessible... I ended up making a FOD/blanking plate to put at the rear end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Perhaps use PVC pipe the same diameter and length.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Awesome work - are you going to do a really filthy one - greek ones are awesome with that (only a modeler can say that) I just bought the Italeri 104 too, to do a Danish one - very lovely filthy too. Not opened up like yours though. Looking forward to following this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollieholmes Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Looking good. I will watch with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Spyros Terrific start on the 104 - detailing and finish are looking top notch Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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