Subject: Re: Submission
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Todd Pearson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:16:51 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Todd Pearson 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 9:04 AM
  Subject: Submission

  "1/72 Hasegawa F-104S Starfighter" 

  by Todd Pearson
  --------------------

        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here 

  This is my Hasegawa 1/72 Starfighter, finished as an "S-model" of the Italian Air Force.  The kit is built mostly out of the box, but I did add a few details in the cockpit, a Pavla ejection seat, Aires afterburner can, Hasegawa missiles, and a Master pitot boom.  

        Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg
       Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg
       Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg
       Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 06.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg

  I learned a lot about Italian Starfighters and got some great references and ideas from the ARC forums!  Accordingly, I modified a few of the kit parts and selected the weapons load out to more realistically reflect an earlier operational F-104S.  I painted the model with Tamiya acrylics, airbrushed with paper masks and Testors Dullcote for the final finish.  I then post-shaded the camouflage to give the jet a more worn look.  Weathering was done with pastel chalk, washes, and oils.  After I dirtied up the belly of the jet, I sprayed the area with a light coat of future to represent the leaking fluids and such.  Finally I used a sharp pencil to deepen the panel lines and a silver pencil to add wear and tear around the jet.  The decals came from the kit and a massive Sky Decals sheet. 

        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here 

  I used AIM-9B Sidewinders from the old Hasegawa weapons set, however I thinned down the fins and drilled out the rocket motor exhaust.  The Sparrow missiles are modified AIM-7Ms from Hasegawa's newer weapons set.  To make them represent AIM-7Es, I sanded the radomes to more of a point, removed the forward portion of the -7Ms waveguide fairing, and added fairings to the sides of the missiles made from styrene.  Decals for the missiles came from the weapons sets and my spares.  I hope you enjoy the photos!  

  Todd

        Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 07.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 07.jpg
       Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 08.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 08.jpg

       

  Photos and text © by "Todd Pearson"