Hasegawa's 1/48 scale
F-104G Starfighter

by Andrew Garcia

Hasegawa's 1/48 scale F-104G Starfighter is available online from Squadron

Here is my 1/48 Hasegawa F-104G in Marineflieger markings based on Hasegawa Kit # 07220 F-104G NATO PT20. 

It represents an aircraft of German Marine  26+67,  C/N 7413, MFG1 from Schleswig-Jagel in 1978

The model was built per kit instructions and used CMK resin detail sets listed below: 

·        Replaced CMK resin Lockheed C-2 Ejection seat with German specified MB seat. I used CEC48256 Cutting Edge Modelworks Martin Baker GQ-7A Ejection Seat with belts for the F-104G/TF-104G.

·        Resin non-kit supplied components are:  CMK # 4098 cockpit, rear cockpit electronics black-box area, nose radar installation and 20mm ammo box.  CMK # 4099  provided the J-79 Engine and access panel detail, 20mm gun, landing gear bays and oxygen reservoir area.

·        Added a red anti-collision beacon to the top and bottom of the fuselage as seen on German F-104G’s. The “G” used by other operators may not have this feature since it was a retrofit and late production manufacturing change order for German aircraft.  The large fuselage anti-collision beacons are missing from the kit but clearly visible in photographs seen on page 55 of the Detail and Scale Vol. 38 text.

The airframe was painted with a mixture of Gunze Sangyo acrylic paints # H42 and H337 Blue Gray on the topside with some H307 Dark Ghost Gray on the bottom to match color photos. For the very visible “Hi-Viz” wing tanks I used Gunze H11 Flat White as a base coat. When it was totally dry I sprayed them with Gunze H98 Fluorescent Orange.  

Markings are from  Victory Productions -  West German Luftwaffe & Marine F-104 Starfighters , #VPD48003

·        LOCK-ON # 1   'F-104G/J  STARFIGHTER' authored by  Hans Wilms, Francois Verlinden and Willy Peeters, published by  Verlinden Publications.

·        German Starfighters – The F-104 in German Air Force and Naval air Service authored by Klaus Kropf and published by Midland Counties Publications.

·        F-104 In Action by Squadron Signal Publications: # 1027 F-104 Starfighter In Action, authored by Lou Drendel , ISBN : 0-89747-026-5 published in 1976 and the second release # 1135 F-104 Starfighter In Action by Phillip Friddell ISBN : 0-89747-299-3

·        Lockheed F-104 Starfighter in the Crowood Series,  authored by Martin W. Bowman  with Matthias Vogelsang , published by The Crowood Press.

·        In Detail & Scale  No.  38  'Lockheed F104 Starfighter' authored by Bert Kinzey

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Images and Text Copyright © 2004 by Andrew Garcia
Page Created 28 July, 2004
Last Updated 27 July, 2004

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