F-104 Starfighter – Ready to paint!
This Testors mold is clean and fits well for the most part, but not a lot of detail. The cockpit was so sparse of details, I didn’t think to take any pics of it. Maybe I’ll add a pic of what’s there once I have the exterior painted, but before the canopy.
It’s time to paint! I mentioned metal finishes have been a challenge for me. I hunted a long time for something that had good reviews for a really chromey metal finish. I want this to have a fresh from the factory look. I chose this silver paint from Krylon and then a Krylon seal to keep fingerprints from marring the shiney finish. That’s the theory anyway.
On to painting!
You can see there’s some challenges getting the wheels-up look with this kit. While the doors were well molded for being open, they didn’t close quite perfectly against each other. I had to glue one edge of each door, get it to soft set, then swing the door shut glueing the other edges . The doors are almost floating where they are.
Canopy masked and ready
First sweeps of silver!
Wowsers, that’s pretty smooth and clean. I hope I can do this week on the much more visible top.
Wowsers! That’s the smoothest, nicest metallic finish I’ve ever done! Spray can finishes are so easy to over-do, and I got close with this one. but no runs and very little overspray! I’m very very pleased! Let this baby get good and cured and then I’ll get the clearcote on.
Scale Model Wings 