One-Oh-Four Galore
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Gallery Article by Alexander Sidharta & Iwan Winarta on
Aug 17 2003 |
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Indonesia Independence Day
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Six
sleek, tall models in sexy colorful dresses walk along the sidewalk,
causing some guys turning their heads, eyes staring, jaws dropping …….
I WISH
….. !!!!!
Okay,
let’s rephrase it…. Six F-104 models in colorful special markings…
blah… blah…. blah…. You know the rest…..
It’s
the “Flying Babes” group build held in Jakarta, Indonesia on June-July
2003. Among the aircrafts
present are these 6 F-104 Starfighters (all in 1/72) in various special
markings scheme.
Photo 3:
Canadian CF-104 Tiger Meet 73 – by Iwan Winarta
Esci/Italeri kit with Modeldecal
Photo 4:
Italian RF-104G “Strega” (The Witch) – by Iwan Winarta
Esci/Italeri kit with Cutting Edge decal
Photo 5:
Italian F-104S Tiger Meet 88 – by Iwan Winarta
Esci/Italeri kit with Tauro decal
Photo 6:
Italian F-104S “The Last Starfighter”, Tiger Meet 1996 – by Alex Sidharta
Hasegawa kit with Cutting Edge decal
Above Photo: Italian F-104S with Cat & Mice on port side of the fuselage,
the marking is to commemorate 50th anniversary of 51º Stormo
Model by Alex Sidharta Hasegawa kit with kit decal
Click on
images below to see larger images
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Photo 7:
Canadian CF-104 Red Indian – by Alex Sidharta
Esci kit with kit decal
A lot has been said
in the ARC Gallery about these 2 kits so we will not go into details about
construction, accuracy, etc. Let’s just say that both the Esci/Italeri and
Hasegawa kits are enjoyable builds, though not “slap together” kits.
The Hasegawa one is
still the best F-104 kit so far in 1/72, while the Esci kit, which has been
reboxed by AMT, ERTL and recently by Italeri, was the best 1/72 F-104 before the
Hasegawa and Revell/Monogram Starfighters were released, but still can hold its
own sitting side-by-side its newer contenders.
Enjoy !
Alexander Sidharta & Iwan Winarta
Article
by Alexander Sidharta & Iwan Winarta
Photographs
by Alexander Sidharta
Special
thanks to Peter Nur Asan for lending his place for the gathering.
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