Lockheed F-104 Starfighter: A Triple (Plus) Build

Started by George R Blair Jr · 112 · 6 hours ago · F-104, F-104G, Lockheed, Starfighter, Triple Build
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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 day, 10 hours ago:

    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros

    @clipper, thanks, Carl. From what I remember, the Dutch 104s did carry wing tip tanks most of the time, so that is what I'm going for.

    @fxrob, thanks a lot, Felix.

    @j-healy, thank you, John.

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    Carl Smoot said 1 day, 2 hours ago:

    John (@johnb), I haven't researched the F-104 much yet, so I am unsure of how they carried missiles if the wing tip tanks were used. Perhaps they were limited to the gun. That seems unlikely. Maybe mounted to the fuselage? I'll have to go an see what I can find out, because the wing tip tanks really add to the look and I would want to include them on my build (whenever I get around to it). But I would also want to include missiles.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 23 hours, 9 minutes ago:

    @clipper, the wing tip tanks could be replaced with missiles. With wing tip tanks installed, they could carry them underneath the fuselage.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 20 hours, 12 minutes ago:

    Air intakes are on, as said by George @gblair previously, the fit is not that great and seams need to filled.


    Plastic putty did the trick. The canopy is masked. Both, canopy and wing tip tanks, are on temporarily for the picture.

    Priming will be next.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 20 hours, 1 minute ago:

    Excellent progress, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 11 hours, 8 minutes ago:

    @fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros

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    John vd Biggelaar said 6 hours, 34 minutes ago:

    First round of primer, which did of course reveal some areas of improvement.