Hasegawa TF-104G Itilian AF
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2 3 June 2015, 17:43
Choppa Nuttayou do good work Cliff it's just a shame your lights suck ASS !!! 😄
ahem...... anyhow, some better lights means better photos which your models will present so much better 🙂
I aint nagging or anything but sort it out geezer😉 😄
3 June 2015, 19:59
Clifford KeeslerI will try. By the way I just noticed I put the rear canopy on backwards DUH!. So will have to fix that. LOL.
3 June 2015, 20:03
Choppa Nuttayeah, I thought that didn't look right but I'm unfamiliar with the two seater, easy fix I am sure 🙂
3 June 2015, 20:37
Kerry COXFrom any angle Clifford, it is a real beauty. And you are allowed the odd glitch mate, as I never saw the canopy 'mistake' as I was just so impressed with it's overall appearance. Congrats mate. 🙂 👍
3 June 2015, 20:45
Clifford KeeslerKelly Johnson (designer) proposed a version with larger wings (Called The Lancer) which the Air Force rejected.
3 June 2015, 22:56
JensI'm not a fan of " Starfighter" since the Ramstein air show disaster on 28 August 1988, no longer convinced to fly the Italiner 😄 😄 😄 but to see your model is then but a great friend, absolutely beautiful and clean working 👍 👍 👍
5 June 2015, 03:08
Luis AlvarezAmazing work. Just the little canopy mistake, but really nice render man. Congrats!
5 June 2015, 03:38
Clifford KeeslerThanks mates. @Choppa, I'm going to buy a new camera, as soon as I can. I think that will help a lot. What is the best source for lighting?
6 June 2015, 00:03
Choppa Nuttaat the moment judging by your photos merely another candle would do it haha 😄
I know, I know, I'm such a git !!
without going crazy on theatre lights etc. one of those 200w halogen bulbs would make an awesome difference, especially if it is mounted in a reflective shroud like a regular desk lamp. Another cheap thing that would help would be some white card (or more realistically a light blue card ) off to one side to bounce the light back onto the model emulating the reflected we get from the sky.
My usual setup, is to have the light inbetween the camera and the model but on the left, put the reflective card on the opposing side, if you add a clean surface or dio to sit the model and some kind of backdrop that isn't to busy to look at like faded sky and trees picture to give the impression of depth and that should give you decent results, would be a vast improvement 🙂
You don't need to go crazy though with lots of lights, really with a setup as I have described one decent light should be enough, plus it emulates outdoors much more closely and gives you a single shadow.
Daylight tubes would be a nice touch but the price goes up accordingly, another option is area lights but I don't like them for this sort of thing and they are bulky too. I would say though that whatever light you get 200W would be the minimum, better to have more than less, you can always move the light further away if it is too bright 🙂
I hope I expressed that clearly, I can do a diagram for you if you would like 🙂
6 June 2015, 00:32
Clifford KeeslerI got the idea. My work lights for building are a bit anemic too, So I will try and find the 200w Halogen lights.Thanks.
6 June 2015, 02:48
Choppa Nuttacool 🙂
It is one of those things you have to play with to find out what works for you etc.
6 June 2015, 02:51
John EVery nice work, Clifford! I have that same lighting problem so thank for the tips. 🙂
8 June 2015, 05:15
Clifford KeeslerYes I fixed it. Still haven't mounted it to it's base. I just put up pictures of my new Spitfire MK VIII.
24 July 2015, 01:13
uncle chop chopI mite have to give this one a go i rekon love the F-104 dose hobby boss or trumpeter do one i gess i could look it up
24 July 2015, 10:33
Clifford KeeslerNo I don't think they do. The only ones I can think of are Eduard, Hasegawa and Revell. Itarile does a 1/32 scale one. I have that one. It is super detailed. Hasegawa does a 1/32 one also.
25 July 2015, 02:38
uncle chop chopOk witch ones the better one out of them u think? I like 1/32-1/48 how the eduard one?
25 July 2015, 07:22
Christian RistitsI like this kit very much and you have done a great job on it Clifford!
25 July 2015, 08:16
Clifford KeeslerThank you.@uncle chop chop, The eduard one is the Hasegawa kit with all the resin and Photo-Etch goodies included in the kit. So you actuall save money by buying it rather than the base Hasegawa kit, then having to buy all the rest. IMO the 1/32 Italeri is the best on the market. The cheapest place to get it is Hobby Link.
26 July 2015, 20:54
uncle chop chopO'righty then seriously considering this for my next kit all tho i promised the wife a B-17 Menphis Belle kit lol could all ways do to at once!
26 July 2015, 22:28
Clifford Keesleryes sometimes I have more than one going at a time. My problem is that I have so darn many, I have a hard time choosing which to do next. I'm trying to talk my wife into the new Airfix Spit MKI and Hurricane MK I, but she says I have enough. We'll see.HA!
26 July 2015, 22:47
uncle chop chopKeep trying maybe a candel light dinner after u secretly bye them lol
27 July 2015, 01:15
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Here she is finally finished.
