Paolomaglio

Thank you everyone, here you are a few more photos

Yes Thomas, it is always me, Pierpaolo, you can recognize me from the Diana avatar on all forums, and, I know, I still owe you a beer! ;-)

finished this one with custom made decals for 160°Gruppo/394^Squadriglia in Albania 1941. This plane fought both against Greece (and RAF) and over Yugoslavia. kit is very easy to assemble I just added EDUARD PE sets for instruments and seat harness https://www.modellismopiu.net/m+gallerie/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1418163

Thank you everyone for the kind comments!

Used Tauro decals for the markings, printed myself the black oval antenna you can see here above, navigator left screen has been 3D printed, pilots are a mix f Aero Bonus with PJ heads and life-jacket made with blue tack Paints are by MRP

Hi guys, I fear I found a mistake, the panel between the two green lines is too wide by 1,5/2 mm. Nose cone looks perfect in shape and dimensions but that panel is too wide and makes the nose too look more sleekk if you want to try to correct it mind not to glue the radome! The res of the kit looks very good and part fits quite well, it is a pity that decals for instruments are available for the front cockpit only!

I fear they used this photo as reference https://www.flickriver.com/photos/55198703@N02/32998833198/ but it is clearly the sunset that gives a golden light to the gloss surfaces.

Whatever will be the kit you will start from just mind to remove the IR seeker from the base of the windscreen, that is the main difference between CF-104 and early F-104G.

Wonder if anyone else noticed the mistake in the color of the big Tornado silhouette for the BAT Sqn Special Color tail: it should be in steel, instead it has been printed in pink-gold, it think a photo shot at sunset is too blame but many other photos confirm it was just gloss steel paint. It is a pity since more than half of the decals sheet is occupied by these two large silhouettes.

thanks everyone for the kind comments

Thank you Eric, just went to check what went wrong and found that Superglue cracked on the right main gear leg, it will be easy to repair thou!

thank you all for the kind comments!

Thanks Maru, we are fine and you? Have a nice Sunday!

thank you all, here you are a couple more photos of the beast