F 104-G Star Fighter

Guy Rump
Following with interest. 👍

Marcin Dudek 著者
You are always welcomed Guy 🙂

Mr D
Nice little project 👍 think l recognise this kit is it the 1:144 ??
I did the mini hobby models version.
Good luck with it 😃

Marcin Dudek 著者
You are right Mr D, that is exactly that model 🙂

Mr D
Good luck with the build, nice aircraft the Starfighter 😃👍

Marcin Dudek 著者
I would like to ask for Your advice, mates. I have problem with two parts. First is the exhaust - this part was to big to fit in the fuselage. I left it for later hoping I will think a way to deal with it. Maybe I will manager to cut the ending (just the part with grooves) so it will fit the fuselage this way. Second is the clear part. It is absolutely smooth and as if the planes canopy was composed of one part. I am afraid my skills are not enough to draw the lines myself and I am thinking about leaving it as it is, not painted.

Spanjaard
with a bit of making tape, you can have a couple of lines. in that scale, they do not need to be anything thicker 😉
you can do it before you glue the canopy

Robert Podkoński
Marcin. If you will position masking tape carefully you can paint very thin lines (primer first, then paint) - like here:
Homebuilt | Album by podkon (1:72)

Mr D
Hi Marcin 👋 yes the canopy is just one clear piece due to the scale, l didn't bother painting one on my model.
Yes your right about the exhaust..... My one didn't fit in the opening at the end.
I glued it just to the back and didn't push it inside fuselage.... I think that is how it should be.
I will take a photo of my one now and add it to my IAR-80 album for you to look at.
Good luck 👍👍

Mr D
MyAlbum | Album by Mr D (1:48)

Spanjaard
another solution is a decal of the right color cut on stripes and placed in the right place. if you do not have one of the right color, paint a spare one (very thin), cut it in stripes and then place it

Marcin Dudek 著者
Thank You mates for tips 🙂. I knew I can count on You!

Mr D
The exhaust on the Starfighter is quite long out the back to get away from tail.
The glue will soften it into place a little and if you have any gaping you can fill it with filler, paint, or carefully with super glue.
Gently Gently with the fragile canopy.
Looking good you doing a nice job.
😃👍

Marcin Dudek 著者
Thanks for the advice Mr D. Today I tried Roberts method with the canopy. It went quite good, considering my skills 😅

Mr D
Good for you Marcin 👍 it looks good.
Remember that poli glue can fog up canopy glass, lf you fix with poli best hold your canopy with a bit of blue-tak and just add a few drops with a pin, alot of people use PVA as it's bit safer.
👍👍

Robert Podkoński
👍👍

Marcin Dudek 著者
Phase one of remodeling the exhaust - I drilled a hole to make it look more realistic

Mr D
That's better job, l painted a black circle, but this will look much better.
This Starfighter was one of my early builds.
Good luck on next steps 👍👍

Marcin Dudek 著者
Thanks Mr D. I manager to cut the exhaust with a mini grinder. The result is not perfect but once painted it looks ok.

Mr D
Should be a better job, l looked at some photos of Starfighter and the exhaust is shorter and inward like you cut it.
Are you going to paint a bit of black on the inlet cone's ??
For detail work l found that "Nail liner brushes" are the best, they are for beauty parlours to paint pictures on women's nails, but incredibly fine for detail model work.
I get the 6mm ones. AliExpress, eBay ect.
Enjoyed watching the build 👍👍

Marcin Dudek 著者
Already done that with set of my new, Temu ordered brushes 😁

Mr D
Looks good 👍, l like the antenna you made for the nose,
Those brushes look 👍 good nice fine tip... Post a link if you get chance.
👍

Marcin Dudek 著者
share.temu.com/gyaYf6EDcMA
They look a little bit different in real, the "0" brushes are very similar, most probably they have the same size. They seem ok so far.

Mr D
Thanks 👍

Marcin Dudek 著者
I call this one completed 🙂.

Mr D
Hi Marcin 👍
Looks great , the extra work and details really paid off😃👍 especially the antenna and exhaust.
Great job ..... well done 👍

Robert Podkoński
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Jennifer Franklin
Looks great!

Spanjaard
very nice

Guy Rump
Looks great! 👍

Marcin Dudek 著者
Thank You Mates 🙂

Neil
Lovely work indeed 👏