Lindberg 1/48 F-104C

[Magilla]

Hi everyone,

I was given a 1/48 scale model F-104C "Firepower Series" by Lindberg. I am a retied Lockheed Skunkworks Aero Engineer, an A&P mechanic and an avid scale model builder. I have worked on or been on the following aircraft programs P-38, P-3C, S-3B, F-117A, F-22, F-35 A/B/C, SSTO, and others. I have been able to work on a few of Darryl Greenamyer F104s so I wanted to build a model of another of the aircraft I have actually worked on. It is a very basic model, I realized I could improve it and found that the Aires detail kits for the Hasegawa model would fit nicely, so I bought the resin kits for the Cockpit, Wheel Well, and Engine/Tailpipe, might get the rear avionics bays and ammo magazine kit as well.

Looking at the left fuselage I realized the 20mm Vulcan was not modeled in the kit. Can any help with what the profile of the 20mm gun area on left side of the fuselage should be? I wish I had a junk 1/48 104 fuselage in my scrap box where I could section out the 20mm area and graft into the model.

Thank you all in advance

Mike Spivey
Las Vegas NM

 

[BarleyBop]

Hey Mike! Welcome to the Addict!

Hope you get some traction on your request, and looking forward to updates (with picts) !

 

[Edbert]

Can any help with what the profile of the 20mm gun area on left side of the fuselage should be?

Not sure it fits your need for a "profile", but here's the cannon on a Kinetic F104 I built last year.

 

[VegasAWACER13]

Not sure it fits your need for a "profile", but here's the cannon on a Kinetic F104 I built last year.

Looks very cool with the German markings.
Saw a GAF F-104 at an airshow when I was a little kid.

 

[Jakko]

Saw a GAF F-104 at an airshow

What, actually in the air?

 

[VegasAWACER13]

What, actually in the air?

Yes sir. This was in the late '80s, when the F-104s were just about at the end of their service lives. But seeing that thing making a low level pass with the 'burner lit made quite an impression!

 

[Jakko]

Yes sir. This was in the late '80s, when the F-104s were just about at the end of their service lives.

I was actually making a reference to a joke in Germany at the time, "What's the easiest way to obtain a Starfighter?" "Buy a piece of land and wait for one to crash on it."

But seeing that thing making a low level pass with the 'burner lit made quite an impression!

You may want to watch this, then



That's a video about a train hijacking in the Netherlands in 1977, and its resolution. YouTube can probably put up automatic subtitles if you click the gear icon.

 

[Magilla]

I just bought a partially assembled 1/48 Testors F-104C on eBay for 14.00 to be a donor for the 20mm gun area. It has some other items that I will also be able to use. The Lindberg kit does not have the speed brakes modeled the Testors kit does. I will be configuring the F-104C in an A to A role so wing tip AIM 9 s, drop tanks on the wing pylons and 2 more AIM-9 s on the dual belly rail pylon.

 

[Edbert]

Those aren't wings, they're fins!

Just kidding, but if you have ever touched the leading edge of one you'd think the same.

 

[Jakko]

They didn't have covers for them for nothing, on the ground

 

[Edbert]

Speaking of StarFighters...

Dude on FB is going nuts with hyper-detailing a 1/32 version from eat-a-larry. Here's one shot stolen from the post of someone named Κώστας Ξυπόλιτος

 

[Jakko]

Κώστας Ξυπόλιτος

Kostas Ksypolitos

I wonder if he's going to leave it in two halves, because covering all of that work up would be a real shame.

 

[Littlemarten]

covering all of that work up would be a real shame.

I wonder if it will be a cutaway, or clear half of the fuselage?

 

[VegasAWACER13]

Speaking of StarFighters...

Dude on FB is going nuts with hyper-detailing a 1/32 version from eat-a-larry.

Wow. Looks like it should be flyable.

I wonder if it will be a cutaway, or clear half of the fuselage?

I've thought about doing that on a B-17.