Hi all, here’s my
1/72 Hasegawa F-104S, done up in Italian AF markings. The kit was built OOB.
Overall, fit was good, but because of Hasegawa’s modular moulding to allow for
a 2-seater to be built, the fuselage came in 4 parts. On top of that, the
intakes were slightly undersized, thus creating a hard to repair step. The
compound curves of the intake do not help too.
I’m
glad I got this kit out of the way as it looked at one time like it would never
get completed. The first coat of paint was too thin and runny, thus forcing me
to repaint, the kit took a 1 metre drop when it slipped from my hands, thus
cracking the wing to fuselage joint, nose and tail pipe area & the
wing tip pylons came apart as a result of said fall. Still, I’m glad it’s
almost over now. I’m left with the navigation lights as can be seen here.