I
took the mythical 1/48 scale HASEGAWA kit that is dedicated to
the F-104G of marineflieger, adding only an Aires resin seat. First of all I colored the model entirely in black, and
once I
started with dry cleared gray with a few drops of white to colour individually
each panel line. After completing this stage according to about 30 cm from the
aircraft and when I finished this, I aligned everything.
Looking at various photos on Internet, I noticed that often there were
paint touch-up by the aircraft specialists. I used cleared grey and applied
it very
slowly with various touches to mimetic the look.
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Do
not worry if you notice a significant difference because following
with layers of paint I gave this transparent effect clear coat.
Then I masked the top and I applied aluminum with few drops of
gray. After drying I applied the orange tank on
the wing tips. I wanted me F-104 to
have a faded weathered look as I had seen in some photos. I
then gave it the first of all colored in orange, then from the bottom upwards in yellow,
and finally the top in yellow tending to white, and I must say I was very
happy with how it turned out. Finally I colored white exercise bomb container and
finally applied two layers of transparent paint coating.
I
applied the decals and used GUNZE to soften the decals to help them conform to
the model better and then I applied
another layer of glossy transparent. Finally as you can see from the
photos I used Tamiya dust to dirty the jet, helping me also tempering the black color.
I was fully satisfied with the end result!
I hope you like it too…
Busolini
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