1/48 Hasegawa F-104G

Starfighter

by Tolga Ulgur

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Here is my 1/48 Hasegawa F-104G in Turkish Air Force (TuaF) markings

Turkey is one of the first countries to receive the F-104Gs within the MAP program.  The first 15 aircraft arrived in May 1963 and they were placed at the 144th Squadron in Mürted-Ankara .These aircraft were moved to the 191st squadron in 1968.

The model is based on the F-104G ( 61.2613 tail number) from the 191th squadron in 1970.

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The model was built mostly ouf the box except for the modifications in the cockpit.  I used the CEC48254 Cutting Edge Modelworks “Lockheed C-2 Ejection seat with belts” for the F-104G/TF-104G.  I replaced the instrument panel with the parts from Eduard detail set. 

The model is painted with Alclad Aluminium except for the wings . I used different tones of Alclad family for the different panels.  The wings are painted with Gunze Sangyo acrylics . 

National insignias and flags are from “Turquoise Decal” set.  I used “Carpena” decals for the code numbers.  The stencils are mostly from the box. 

Right before finishing the model, I decided to replace the pitot tube with the “Fine Molds AC-51 F-104 pitot tube”   

Happy modelling 

Tolga

Istanbul - Turkey

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Photos and text © by Tolga Ulgur