discussion Hasegawa 1/32: F-104G Turkish Air Force

[Guest]

Hi folks!!!

For my long-term project "100 years of military aviation in Turkey" I have now finished an F-104G Starfighter in 1/32 scale. The kit comes from Hasegawa....it's an oldie but goldie..

This aircraft was assembled as a license built at Manching (Germany) with parts manufactured by Lockheed and made its maiden flight at November 5, 1962. It was flown by the german Squadrons "JaboG 33, 36, 32 and 34" and underwent many repairs and upgrades. Turkey bought this F-104 in late 1985.
My Model shows an aircraft of the 192nd Filo (Squadron) at Balikesir Air Base in May 1988.

Cheers....
Stefan

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[Guest]

Very nice looking 104 mate. On the ground it doesn't look like it should fly with those tiny wings. Done a great job on the camo. Looking forward to seeing more of your Turkish air force.

 

[Guest]

Great detail and super paint job.

 

[Guest]

Excellent paintwork!
Very nice looking build Stefan, very nice

 

[Guest]

You can never go wrong with a F-104 no matter what the colours are :-D
Exelent build, well done

Theuns

 

[yak face]

Fantastic build Stefan , the colours and paintwork are stunning.cheers tony

 

[papa 695]

Great work Stefan. I have one of these in the stash, I hope I can pull of a job like that one with mine.

 

[Guest]

Great work stefan. Very accurate, nicely done model. as a turkish citizen i am glad to see this excelent work
here are some original plane photos

All f-104s in our airforce are retired. 192. "Tiger" squadron planes are f-16 C/Ds theese days. this is also NATO fleet and attend NATO Tiger Meet annually with fancy decals as a tradition.
Most of the F-104s are ended up in junkyards but some of the luckiest ones made their place in aviation museums in Istanbul, Ankara, Eskisehir etc with this very noticeable position

Cheers!!!
Safak

 

[colin m]

Very nice Stefan. It looks like it's doing 800mph just sat there.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your comments, mates!!

No fear, Papa. The kit is quite easy.
And with your previous great building quality, you will finish a top starfighter.

Yeah, Safak......thanks for the pics and the informations. The development of military aviation in Turkey is very interesting.
So in 2014 I started my long-term project to show this development from the Ottoman Empire since today......as a cross-section in 1/48......with little exceptions like my latest F-104 in 1/32.
So far I've built....Spitfire Mk.I, Mk.Vb, P-40, Fw 190 Aa3, Hurricane Mk.IIc, P-47D, F-100, Ta-38a, F-84E, T-33, RF-4E.

This is still planned......Spad XII, F-16 "Solo Türk", F-4E "Kara Sahin", F-4E Terminator, A-26B, F-16C, F-16C in 1/32, RF-84, F-86, PZL P.24A, F-5...
So there's still a lot to be done........

Cheers....
Stefan

 

[flyjoe180]

Great work Stefan, your Manned Missile looks ready to go.

 

[Guest]

Great job.. have always loved the 104 since I was a kid