1/48 Hasegawa F-104C

Gallery Article by Nazarov Vladimir aka Nazar on Feb 18 2010

 

1/48 Hasegawa F-104C Starfighter Snoopy Sniper

In 1965 the first squadron F-104C the Air Forces of the USA has been developed in Da Nang and used for drawing of blows on the purposes in Southern and Northern Vietnam, having had by considerable losses, has been withdrawn back on base in the USA. From the middle of 1966 till July, 1967 one more division F-104C has been directed to South East Asia and applied to performance of shock problems, has not been replaced yet by more effective planes F-4D.

Really, becoming one of the most "useless" planes of the Vietnamese war and being never applied on the direct appointment, Vietnamese Starfighters were applied basically to cover of transport aircraft and direct support of land armies, it was never noted in air fights with planes DRV, one Starfighter the truth has been brought down during incident with Chinese Мig-17, but the American side denied this fact.  Nevertheless, for a time it there was an outstanding jet, with not less outstanding characteristics.

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It not the first Starfighter which I collected, to it knew, that I am am expected by rest from the basic projects and very effective model on an exit, especially Dmitry Smolin аka SDA, has shared with me one of variants on Vietnamese Starfighters with noseart.  I managed a variant on F-104C b/n 0-60914 "Snoopy Sniper" the pilot major Herb Drisco, the plane was a part 435 TFS and flied with this ornament on a nose to the period with 66 for 67 year

The model is very simple in assemblage and will not cause complexities at modeller any level. The model demands a little aftermarket and gathers "on click".
Assembly of the model, has passed at me for some days, from aftermarket the set of etching from Eduard (a cabin and a nozzle) was used, so the folding part of a lantern and a nasal part have been finished (is made the self-made case of the aerial by which some were finished F-104C LO.

Colouring was spent with use water-soluble Akan which once again perfectly has shown itself - fine colours and excellent reserve allows me to recommend this set to all wishing to reproduce the Asian camouflage of the Air Forces of the USA.  The camouflage was painted by means of plasticine Blu-Tack, shaded as usual a water colour, has then sealed all this Future and has resulted in a definitive kind, a thin layer of a semimatte varnish

All work on my model took about one week and delivered a weight of pleasure.

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Yours faithfully

Nazarov Vladimir aka Nazar

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