"Century Series" #4 F-104G Kinetic (Gold)

[Littlemarten]

That's a pretty bird, Edbert!

 

[Edbert]

Made a lot of progress on this bird, but as usual I make some progress and add mistakes. My biggest problem, I can only think it is caused by my feeling of rushing through things.

I totally missed these tiny (hard to see without the camera's zoom and silver color) ejector pin marks on the Hasegawa wings I put on my Kinetic kit. They are unmistakable now that you see them.


Not there!


OH YES THEY ARE! See two on the ailerons, two (one pictured each) on the flaps and leading slats. Why they did not put them on the inside side of the wings I'll never know.

So that is on me for not noticing, fine. This mistake is much more significate, and I do not even know how I did it, but I managed.


There, on the trailing edge of the starbord wing.


It happened during the wash stage, I think while doing the underside. Not sure if that is a fingerprint or what. Regardless, it means more repairs before the clear and calling it done.


Not that everything goes wrong, I am happy with the radar cone (not blurry IRL), just need to attach the pitot, which is the last thing since they are begging to be broken.

 

[Littlemarten]

"Mastery of scale modeling does not consist of not making mistakes, but in knowing how to fix them as if they had never been."

And you can quote me on that.

I use hypo tubing for pitot tubes, because it doesn't break or bend too easily—and it's still the last thing to go on!

This is going to be one impressive build!

 

[BOATMAN]

YES THIS LOOKS a very good build an i think you sir are worryin over nothing regards them ejocktor marke as if you had not said i would not have knowN but very well done on this lovely F 104
CHRISB

 

[BOATMAN]

"Mastery of scale modeling does not consist of not making mistakes, but in knowing how to fix them as if they had never been."

And you can quote me on that.

I use hypo tubing for pitot tubes, because it doesn't break or bend too easily—and it's still the last thing to go on!

This is going to be one impressive build!

HI Ltttlemarten what is this HYPO tubein ? as i will have a long pivot tube on my B/58 HUSTLER an that may be just what i need sir an where to buy it ?
chrisb

 

[Littlemarten]

HI Ltttlemarten what is this HYPO tubein ? as i will have a long pivot tube on my B/58 HUSTLER an that may be just what i need sir an where to buy it ?
chrisb

Hypodermic tubing is what goes on the end of a medical syringe. It comes in many sizes: This is where I get mine, though there are other sources.