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One-Oh-Four

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  1. Parket Plus or Future is an option. It may need a drop of ammonia to break the surface tension (oppervlaktespanning) so it won't pearl. I Always liked ModelMaster Metalizer clear coat, although I don't know if that's acrylic or not. Don't know how it goes over the different brands of acrylic. I had good results with Tamiya or Gunze gloss clear. It does need some retarder or it will dry too fast and give you orange peel finish. I have HEARD (no personal experience) that if you use Tamiya or Gunze gloss clear diluted with Gunze lacqueur thinner it sprays super. Hope this helps...a bit
  2. Great result, Jeroen! But what's that pilot planning to do with that damn katana? He should have a cup of saké in his hand! Oh, and he should have a hachimaki around his head/helmet!
  3. Bought a thingy on impuls, yesterday.... Nazdarovye, tovarich!
  4. Hasta la vista, Babyyyyyyyyyyy!
  5. How are the Barracuda aftermarket parts for the G-6 and G-10? "Mandatory" or not? Of course they are never mandatory, but if they are a drop fit and markedly better than the kit parts...
  6. Nice, nice! Cannot open the Youtube part, here at work, alas!
  7. Looks promising, no shrinkage on the parts that you can see? That ruined a couple of aftermarket spinners (from a different mfg) for me.
  8. That's about 20:00 our time... You see, he DOES live in Germany/Austria!
  9. Hmm, that's what the story says.... What if that's just a "monkey-sandwich story" (Dunglish)?
  10. Especially Korea would be nice. Quite an underlighted subject! (Dunglish)
  11. Nice reshaping of the slat thickness! I'm not too fond of the Mastercasters products. I don't think his set would be any better than what you did yourself! In the Luftwaffe, air lines and bottles were painted blue. So if they're to be anything else than RLM02, I would think them to be blue. Then again, if those parts aren't bottles at all but fuel filters, the colour for fuel was yellow, for lubricants brown and for cooling fluid green. Ah, good tip on the propeller-blade collars! Didn't know / notice! As for the yellow of the landing light: chances are that these were clear when the aircraft were in use but yellowed on museum pieces over the years. As for the engine instruments: As far as I know, these were only present on the insides of the engines. To be able to use the engine cowls on both sides, both sides of the cowls had holes punched out.
  12. Oh! B-25C/D? B-26 Marauder? A-26 Invader? A-20 Boston?
  13. How about the Fouga Magister? An infinitely more interesting subject but puhlease no IAF aircraft! Just a proper trainer from the Frenchies or the Southern Dutch Belgians!
  14. I checked, and it is the H-1!
  15. Well........ BTW, nice effect with the washes! Interested to see how the door handles turn out!
  16. Great project, Tom and shaping up nicely! The way the lubrication worked is indeed funny; a four-stroke engine that lubes itself like a two-stroke engine...!
  17. Thanks, Danny! BTW, you're spot-on with your painting of the C2! I'm also happy that you posted some pics of (that other) Danny's BAF decals. I have two of these F-104G's and kept undecided which scheme I'd like to finish the second in, next to the RNLAF Zipper. I always liked the BAF adoption of the SEA came on their Thunderstreaks, 104's and Mirages, so a Belgian air-defense variant is tempting to me. Building a Dutch strike aircraft with all the gas bags under the wings and at the wingtips and a Belgian interceptor with underwing tanks and AIM-9's on the wingtips, heck, yeah! So de heer Coremans can expect an order!
  18. Gents, welcome to the utterly tiring & trying task of moderating this site! Ah well, the "welcome" bit is correct, the rest is just kidding!
  19. Great review! Bought a Ta 152H in 2014 at the IPMS Nats in Virginia but don't remember if that was a H-1 or already the H-0? Probably the H-1 but I hope the H-0...! Bought it directly at the Z-M stall. Earlier that year the original H-1 was sold out everywhere, the only possibility to get one was a limited Anime inspired reissue...
  20. Danny, the C2 seats never had back-pads like on the Aires seat. The back was not padded because the padding was provided by the backpack parachute worn by the pilot. If you want an accurate C2 seat, get the (Eduard) Brassin seat. It will add to the cost but as you are already putting heaps of love and effort in the F-104 I think the extra expense will be well worth it! http://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/3861-eduard-brassin-632-047-c-2-ejection-seat-for-italeri-f-104-starfighter/ Mark Verbeek; ejectionsite.com Edit: Replied before I read the whole thread! Sorry for the useless advice!
  21. Lovely finish! Lemme guess, you like the Frenchies? I DO see a pattern emerging....
  22. Nice, different colour scheme!
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