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Robert Podkoński
Wow! This is going to be a true masterpiece... Watching with pleasure and interest!

Ben M
🤯

CaptGPF
That PE work is insane! Gotta watch this!

Michael Kohl
Very interesting project

Pietro De Angelis
😲

gorby
Looks very interesting build.

Desert Marlin
Oh, very nice!

Hanno Kleinecke
Hell(cat) yeah ! 👍

Mr D
Wow 😲 brilliant 👌👌👍

John Thomas
Very nice work

Desert Marlin
Okay, that's getting crazy good!

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Ben M
👀

Shar Dipree
Looks good so far.

M0rce
Taking a seat 😀

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Jan Janssen
Unusual subject wonder how it builds up, #following

Mr D
Thanks Jan 👍will update through build.
It's from the 1990's

Mr D
Thanks for the likes 😁👍 it's interesting to see how a 33 year old kit builds up ??

David R. Meizoso
Beautiful subject, I'm also in!

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Mr D
Thanks Grumpy Guy 👍👍 bit of a different one..

Skyhiker
Very nice

Ben M
👀

Mr D
Ben👋😀👍

Neil
Really nice work Mr D 💯 Following 👍

Mr D
Great Neil, 👋😀.... Thanks

J35J
Great progress! Following👍🏻

Edouard Carr
Great idea about the watch pins! ⌚ Definitely gonna try this out on my builds. Looking forward to the finished result.

Mr D
Hi Edouard👋😀👍.
Yes l just get cheap ones of eBay, the do different sizes, you can pull ends n spring out for barrel look, or file ends last to have a recoil cannon look.
The gun turret nearly there now....lots of sanding n filling low spot.
Thanks for looking in on build.👍👍

Michael Kohl
Following

Mr D
Thanks Michael 👋😀👍
Good to have you along ✈️

Zbynek Honzik
I'm very curious to see the result. I built this model as a young boy too.

Mr D
Hi Zbynek 👋🙂👍.
Thanks for your interest. Nice to know you had it too, l built X3 the Tu airliner and the bomber. But this was my favourite as l liked the shape and that it had floats n guns.
Got part of tail on this evening.
Keep looking in for updates 😃👍👍

Mr D
Airliner Was the Tu-134

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here as well 😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
An ambitious project: I am building this TF-104 in Italian colours for a friend. The two-seater starfighter brings a welcome and extremely good-looking change to the currently somewhat corrugated metal-dominated modelling scene! In the cockpit of this beautiful Hasegawa kit you can see Eduard's cockpit interior made from etched parts.

Vincent
This already looks great!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Vincent!

Roland Sachsenhofer
I've just realised that it's been a while since my last update here, so here are a few new pictures! This is the current state this morning, but today Gunze H 308 will also be applied over everything as a surface colour for the attractive Italian machine. The build itself, a friendship build for a friend, will be built with the Eduard etched parts out of the box except for the cockpit.

Roland Sachsenhofer
The Starfighter in the smart Italian colours is slowly but surely crossing the finish line: now all that remains to be done is to put the finishing touches to the last few areas that still need attention or correction. These include the position lights, which still need to be sealed with Klearfix, and a few traces of dirt and wear on the underside. Hasegawa's F-104 is still a beautiful kit that forms a good basis. However, I did a lot of upgrading on the seats and especially on the inside of the open cockpit canopies, using wire, etched parts and Tamiya masking tape. At least it now looks better than before! 🙂

Jakub Fiala
It looks perfect, to me 👍

Michael Kohl
The Italians squeezed the last drop out of the Starfighter. Beautiful model you build.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Jakub and Michael, your comments are very appreciated, thank you both!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Boa,.....😉 oder wie die Nicht-ÖO sagen würden WOW
Sehr fesch geworden.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thanks Jürgen, the 'boah-wow' is very appreciated! 🙂
I will send you a few pictures of the now really finished TF-104G later. This was a very nice, refreshing project for me without long sanding and filling sessions but, despite the solid Hasegawa quality, with a certain amount of scratch-built parts. I did the modelling of the two open cockpit canopies myself, as these should not remain empty when they are shown open.
I don't think this will be the last build of this fascinating aircraft!

Mr James
So very good. The last few pics look so realistic. This is excellent paint and weathering.

Robert Podkoński
Awesome photos indeed, and the fantastic model.

Guy Rump
Initially, I thought the photo was the real thing, awesome modelling and photography. 👍

Rui S
Excellent interiors 👍

Anthony Flanagan
Well done! 👍👍👍

Alberto Traverso
thanks!

Trez Mackenzie
Great build but I prefer to see the interior through the hatches

Why is the turret stuck up in the air?

Neuling
Top work on interior. A very good build!

Trez Mackenzie
Not with the turret half blown off. Also author needs to add the expensive cheat Fruil tracks smh. Waste of money

Sebastian Meyner
Very well done Alberto 👍

Alberto Traverso
Thank you Trez, I didn't put the chassis and turret together, I left everything separate just to appreciate the interior's details that can't be seen thru the hatches on the hull and the turret.
Only the spare tracks are friul, left overs from another build. The main tracks are original kit's tracks

Alberto Traverso
Thank you Neuling

Alberto Traverso
Thank you Sebastian 👍

Mr James
Lovely camo paint work.

Alberto Traverso
Thank you James

Guy Rump
Very impressive. 👍

Alberto Traverso
Thanks GuyRump 👍

Guy Rump
Nice collection. 👍

Dominik Weitzer
great skyline, like the color a lot!
whats the yunkyard in the background?

Taro Ford
Thanks the color is Safari gold and it is factory color. the background is the all the kits waiting to get built.

Martin Oostrom
This is a colour that suits the car very well

nikfrost
Really nice skyline!

gorby
Nice work.

Austin LAI
Thank you. I put on the different decal.

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Martin Oostrom
That is some nifty work Petar

George Williams
Nice work. Which carbon fibre decals did you use?

Petar Žorić
Thank you Martin!
And thanks George, i actually found some on aliexpress, like 4 dollars a paper, totally didnt think it would work but it did. I can try and find it if you are interested!

George Williams
Thanks, Peter, here in China it's a question of availability, Tamiya is usually the easiest to obtain. Looking forward to seeing the finished Diablo, good luck with the doors.

Petar Žorić
I see. Well if you ever need it, just hit me up. Thabk you for comments and support! 😄

nikfrost
Really tidy job!

gorby
Very nice work so far.

Eric Martin
Thank you very much

Mr James
Beautiful detailed engine

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Is this seat taken?
Nice work so far.

CaptGPF
Watching!

Guy Rump
Following. 👍