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Note the decals are from the German F-104, much like the Centuri version. Germany's Air Force purchased many F-104 jets.
The parts of interest:
The vacu-form canopy, the same used in the F-16 kit. Centuri used the same molded canopy in all of their Fighter Fleet kits.
The thick dowels will be carved into the wing tanks.
To the right are the split nose cones for the jet intakes. In the picture the bottoms have been contour sanded to fit the curve of the main body tube. For the kit, the nose cone will be cleanly split, the builder will sand the bottom contour. (Don't worry, it's easier than you think.)
The printed cardstock piece is the intake template. This is wrapped around a BT-20 and will cut to fit the main body tube. This intake is much like the ones on the Estes Lynx and Scorpion kits, but larger.
Are the plit nose cones for the jet intakes - Pre-split? If so that's awfully nice of you.
ReplyDeleteAnd sanded to match the body tube?
ReplyDeleteHi Scott,
DeleteThe nose cone will come already split. The center split is the hard part so I'll do those myself. I was going to sand the contour but it is pretty easy to do and a valuable skill for any builder.
The Canadian F-104 tiger paint pattern would look great on this build.
ReplyDeleteHi Wildcat,
DeleteYou're right - it would look great.
That would have to be a hand paint job, something I don't do very well -
Nice work Chris. I see I have another kit to build over the winter. There are lots of good paint schemes out there for the F-104. I'll have to see if I can come up with some.
ReplyDeleteThanks Frank,
DeleteThere are a lot of different F-104 paint schemes. I went with the German pattern like the old Centuri kit.