Popular Post Memir Posted December 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) Italeri 1/32 F-104A Starfighter. Between 1958 - 1960 NAVY loaned 3 F-104A Starfighters from USAF to conduct tests of new Sidewinder missiles. Airplanes were based at NAWS China Lake - California. The kit was easy to build but a pain to get ready for natural metal finish I intended to make. Both fuselage halves had panel lines of different width and depth, surface was uneven and lot of sanding and polishing was required. The fuselage was initially sprayed with MR Surfacer 500 from a can and then sanded and polished followed by a layer of gloss white GX1. I used MRP metallic colors for NMF finish. Mostly Silver 128 and White Aluminium tinted with MRP White and MRP transparent paints. Polished by the polishing stick. Rivets were added after the paint job. I left the surface without a top clear coat as it would ruin the sheen of metallic paints. Aires - cockpit and wheel wells Eduard - exhausts, Sidewinders and wheels Model Master - pitot tube Paints - MRP "MR Paint" Edited December 3, 2019 by Memir Typo Neo, LSP_Kevin, alain11 and 57 others 59 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 I've got a feeling I've seen this one already... (Plastic Winter, Bratislava, last Saturday) Excellent! Congratulations! Juraj florin13, Landrotten Highlander, Rocat and 13 others 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Exceptionally impressive, even better than the real thing. Were the aircraft specific markings achieved by masks? Thanks for sharing! Martinnfb and Memir 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Undoubtedly the best F-104 model I've ever seen - the finish is absolutely stunning, hats off Lothar Martinnfb and Memir 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Beautiful! Especially for a painted model. Congrats! Memir and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav1956 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Martinnfb and Memir 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dog Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Excellent metallic effects ! Martinnfb and Memir 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB20 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 That is the single best natural metal finish I have ever seen!! Memir, Martinnfb and daveculp 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Bettencourt Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Great looking build!! Fantastic scale effect. Rod Martinnfb and Memir 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Great work for sure! Memir and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Jaw dropping Martinnfb and Memir 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 oh my, i never even imagined this one existed in real life, very convincing build, looking great, congrats!!! Martinnfb and Memir 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 I assume this is the Italeri kit? Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbird Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Simply stunning! Martinnfb and Memir 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Awesome modeling in every single way. Congrat's! Cheers, Chuck Memir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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