F-104G Starfighter - 26+63 MFG2, 1981

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August 24, 2024
And so it begins 🙂
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August 26, 2024
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August 24, 2024
The base color brings out the details, seems like a good time to stop drinking coffee and get the magnifying glasses.
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August 26, 2024
Front panel of the cockpit assembled. I am quite happy with the result, the oil wash is maybe a bit too heavy but I will check when it is completely dry.
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August 26, 2024
That was the reference, excellent book with lots of great pictures!
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August 27, 2024
Cockpit nearl finished, working on the ejection seat.
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August 30, 2024
Additional details added, barely visible PE parts. Also added gloss varnish to simulate glas on the instruments. Nothing of this will be visible through the closed canopy of this kit, though...
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September 9, 2024
One of the PE straps lookes pretty weird. Did not really notice that before painting. The PE parts really add to the kit seat, which iis quibad on its own.
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September 10, 2024
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September 10, 2024
Starts to look like 104 🙂
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September 11, 2024
Did a quick test print of the Kormoran with the special pylon and did a testfit. Something seems odd.
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September 11, 2024
Left side is the drop tank that came with the kit, placed according to the manual. The main gear seems to be too wide?
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September 11, 2024
Comparison to a picture I took of a real F-104 with the Kormoran. The jet has to be very light (no fuel, no engine) when I look at the wheel position. But the kit's wheel seems way too far to the side.
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September 11, 2024
Full picture of the main gear and the Kormoran on its pylon.
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September 12, 2024
Changed the angle of the landing gear according to photos from the Duke Hawkins book. The wheel sits just outside the air intake, so I tried to match this line.
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September 12, 2024
Now the space between the drop tank and the wheel looks more like in the pictures and the Kormoran will fit as well. It also seems like the big fins on the Kormoran model are slightly too wide. Shortened them by 1mm to match my photo from the museum better.

Kommentit

21 24 August, 13:21

Thomas Kolb
This looks like a fun project! I will definitely take a seat!

24 August, 14:00

DerMattes
Welcome and thank you 🙂

26 August, 06:37

Bernd Grün
Schöner Start! Bin dabei.

26 August, 12:55

Michael Rotthowe
Since I have started the exact same kit, turning it into a Marineflieger 104 with Kormorans, I will most definitely be following 🙂

26 August, 15:02

DerMattes
Danke Bernd 🙂
@Michael I only have the kit without the Marineflieger decals, hence the Peddinghaus ones. I 3d printed the Kormorans with the specific pylons for the F-104G. They were designed by cults3d.com/@Sufa312 after photos I have taken at the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung in Koblenz. I think he did a great job and the files are free 🙂

26 August, 15:22

Ekki
Taking a seat.

27 August, 18:17

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

27 August, 19:16

S M
Following!

27 August, 20:07

DerMattes
Welcome guys and thank you for your interest 🙂
Started working on the ejection seat. Decided to add the PE to the seat from the kit and see how this will look. Alternatively I have a resin MB MK.GQ-7(A) from Aires, but this thing does not look very different from the kit's seat. And the straps, etc. are PE as well.

27 August, 20:08

Christian Lehmann
👍

30 August, 19:41

Martin
Good Start!

1 September, 09:06

DerMattes
Thank you Christian and Martin! Worked on the ejection seat, besides some weird curve in the PE strap I am quite happy with the result.

9 September, 20:47

S M
Really good looking ejection seat!👍

10 September, 14:11

Łukasz Gliński
Joining the party, the cockpit looks really good 👍

10 September, 14:34

DerMattes
Thank you S M and Łukasz 🙂

10 September, 19:09

DerMattes
Well, it seems like I need to do something about the main gear.

11 September, 13:53

Łukasz Gliński
Or move the inner pylon outside, that should be simpler to do

11 September, 14:20

S M
👀 What museum is that reference picture taken from? Is that MBB's CCV test plane?

11 September, 15:36

DerMattes
Yes, it is the CCV test plane. How did you recognise it? I took the picture at the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz earlier this year.

11 September, 17:00

S M
In the full picture #14 it reads on the plane. Thanks for the tip! I have the Hasegawa's kit of it (F-104G Starfighter (Hasegawa 01987, 1:72)) and wish to dare to build it someday.

11 September, 20:46

DerMattes
I can post some more pictures from it, at least in museum condition. It is a very interesting plane and surely makes for a great model! 👍

11 September, 22:48

DerMattes
Did some modifications to the main gear (angle) and the Kormoran fins to better match the photos I took and the picture in the Duke Hawkins F-104 book.
@Łukasz moving th pylon to the outside would be the easiest way, yes. But as the wings are angled down, the clearance to the ground may become too low. Cutting the gear struts with a sharp knife was surprisingly easy 😉

12 September, 19:05

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Sometime after this F-104G switched from MFG1 to MFg2 on 23.09.1981.
F-104G Starfighter from Marinefliegergeschwader 2, Eggebeck, armed with two AS.34 Kormoran anti-ship missiles.

F-104G Starfighter - 26+63 MFG2, 1981

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