Being the semi-lazy
sort, building these particular models seemed like a really good idea. I
can indulge in my favorite hobby, and celebrate my Norwegian heritage at the
same time.
The CF-104 is the
1/32 Hasegawa F-104G kit with the addition of a CAM C2 seat and a pair of resin
external fuel tanks by PWMP. I scratch-built the RWR antennas under the
nose and tail, and managed to make the rear antennas a bit over-sized.
Perhaps I'll correct them later...riiiight. I'm lucky if I finish putting
all the little fiddly bits on a model in the first place. The paint
scheme is not completely accurate. There's supposed to be a feathered edge
where the green meets the gray. After several botched attempts, I gave up
and gave it a hard edge. The decals came from Vingtor and went on with no
problems.
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I've always found F-16s
rather...uninspiring. It was only the Norwegian Nordic Tiger decals by
Zotz that provided the impetus I needed to build a Law...er, Viper.
The model started as a 1/32 Hasegawa F-16A, with the parapack and birdslicer IFF
antennas robbed from the Academy F-16C kit. The parapack was grafted onto
the Hase vertical stab, with the antennas modified to more accurately portray
the -16A parapack. I had no problems with the Zotz decals, but the
Hasegawa stencilling was another story. Uff da. This is far from my
best build, and thus sits behind the CF-104 on my shelf. It doesn't look
too bad when viewed that way.
It wasn't until I was
photographing the models that I noticed I had forgotten one of the nav lights on
the spine of the 104. Adding that is right up there next to fixing the RWR
antennas on my "To Do" list. Or maybe taking up Photoshop should
be my next hobby?
John
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