1/48 Hasegawa CF-104 Red Indian

Gallery Article by Serge Dompierre on Sept 29 2015

 

      

CF-104 Red Indian 421 RCAF squadron

This CF 104 is from Hasegawa in 1/48 scale built ootb except for the decals which are from Leading Edge. 

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It's painted with Humbrol # 19 Gloss Bright Red. I kept the weathering to the minimum, on the real thing there are no visible dirty panel lines as the plane is almost impeccable. 

The model is for a Canadair 104805 of RCAF 421 squadron. In 1983, she was painted in 421 Squadron's "Toothbrush" scheme as she was called by 439 and 441 personnel or the Arrow scheme to those in 421 for the squadron's 40th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of CFB Baden-Sollingen as a Canadian NATO base in West Germany. 

Serge Dompierre

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Photos and text © by Serge Dompierre