If we're talking Italian F-104S....
Cutting Edge had a really nice one for the 96' Tiger Meet....
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32 and 48th verisons sold out.
You'll want to check out Tauro Decals, they have a few commemorative
schemes- mostly in 48th. A few in 32, but nothing recent.
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Hasegawa released a 1/48 F-104S in 2002 with a decent yellow/black
scheme. Haven't seen 32nd decals for it.
F-104S Starfighter '82nd Anniversary' #09443
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I'm sure it's only a matter of time before some decal company prints
ones for the recent schemes like 'Ducati 999.'
Sat
Do you mean a scheme in particular?
I.e. Tauromodel has issued some decal sheets for Italian A.F. fancy F-104, but
here the "Last Starfighter" has still to come ;-)
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Luca Beato -
here the "Last Starfighter" has still to come ;-)
Luca:
This thread has struck a nerve with me. You may be the one person on
this newsgroup with the answer. As far as I know, no one has actually
released an accurate kit for an F-104S. All Hasegawa did was re=pop
their G with new decals. Has anyone done an accurate F-104S. More to the
point, are there any accurate drawings/publications that would tell a
Modeler exactly what the changes were so he could use sheet styrene and
Milli-Putt to make an S from a G? I always thought that the S with those
extra missile rails was the meanest looking of all the Starfighters.
Bill Shuey
but here the "Last Starfighter" has still to come ;-)
Esci did something similar with their F-104Gs. I'd like to know just
how much difference there was externally, too. I know about the extra
missile rails and the additional ventral fins but was there any other
noticable difference?
Bill Banaszak
There are no accurate F-104S kits at all, in any scale.
I repost an excerpt from a very old message of mine (1998) about the main
external differences between F-104G and F-104S: * reshaped and smaller underside central fin.
* addictional fins added aside to the underside central fin
* thicker main u/c wheels
* bulged main u/c doors
* slightly different shape of main air intakes (a matter of some centimeters on
the
real thing, almost unnoticeable).
* proper wing pylons for the AIM-7 Sparrow if installed
* Vulcan gun removed and bay plugged if the AIM-7 Sparrow are installed,
to leave room for their wave generator device.
Today I'd list also the engine nozzle feathers as a difference.
Search the message ID " snipped-for-privacy@news.iol.it" on google groups to get
the full original thread.
I'll ask to some friends modellers far more informed on this fetish subject,
both for suggestions and for publications, BTW you see that apart from the tail
fins and the obvious Sparrow's fittings, differences are rather small.
What scale are you interested in?
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Luca Beato -
1/48 or 1/32. My eyes aren't up to the little bitty scale anymore.
Bill Shuey
Luca Beato wrote:
external differences between F-104G and F-104S:
the full original thread.
both for suggestions and for publications, BTW you see that apart from the tail
fins and the obvious Sparrow's fittings, differences are rather small.
Cutting Edge does a conversion kit.
"William H. Shuey" wrote:
external differences between F-104G and F-104S:
get the full original thread.
both for suggestions and for publications, BTW you see that apart from the tail
fins and the obvious Sparrow's fittings, differences are rather small.
The CE conversion is only wrong in that it does nothing about the ventral
fin. Otherwise, the CE set is excellent. I simply reshaped the leading
edge of the kit part. Took all of a minute or two.
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