Subject: Re: gallery submission F-104C Hasegawa 1:48
From: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Martin Kurz" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:30:13 -0800

Hi Martin,
Thanks for sending in your F-104 article.  It looks excellent.  I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC in about 3 weeks.  You did the template perfectly....thanks!!

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com
 
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Martin Kurz 
  To: Steve Bamford 
  Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 3:54 AM
  Subject: gallery submission F-104C Hasegawa 1:48

  Dear Steve!
   
  I'd like to submit an article on my F-104C in the colours of  George Laven Jr. I adapted the template as you detailed in your guidelines. Since this is the first time I submit an article to the - really great - ARC I'm not sure if I did everything right. If something is wrong please contact me.

  Now, here's the article, also attached as HTML-file:

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  <P align=center><B><FONT face=Arial color=#004080 size=7>1:48 Hasegawa F-104C</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=6><FONT color=#004080>by&nbsp;Martin Kurz</FONT><FONT color=#ff0000><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#004080
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        <DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#004080 size=4>Steve Bamford will
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  <P align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#004080 size=4>This is Hasegawa's F-104C in the markings of the 479th TFW flown by Col. George Laven Jr. The kit was built pretty much OOB, except for some scratchbuilt details in the cockpit (e.g. ejection seat details) and the landing gear area. The nose pitot tube was substituted by two hypodermic needles. Decals are from an - AFAIK now out of production - Albatros Modelworks sheet covering rare F-104 birds.</FONT></P>
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        <P align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#004080 size=4>Click on images
        below to see larger images</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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      <TD align=middle width="50%" height=196><FONT face=Arial size=4><FONT
        color=#004080>Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of
        photo <FONT color=#ff0000>0</FONT></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>3</FONT><FONT
        color=#004080><FONT color=#ff0000>.jpg</FONT> here.&nbsp; Clicking on that
        photo will bring up the full sized version of photo <FONT
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      <TD align=middle width="50%" height=196>&nbsp;<FONT face=Arial
        size=4><FONT color=#004080>Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller
        version of photo <FONT color=#ff0000>0</FONT></FONT><FONT
        color=#ff0000>4</FONT><FONT color=#004080><FONT color=#ff0000>.jpg</FONT>
        here.&nbsp; Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of
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  <P align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#004080 size=4>The kit is a very good fit, only the intakes required a little filler to blend them to the rest of the fuselage. An annoying fact were multiple ejection marks on exterior surfaces like flaps and rudder. I filled them with Mr. Surfacer using a fine brush desperately trying to avoid the destruction of the beautiful detail sorrounding them. This was particularly tedious work as the NMF would later show every little scratch and dent in it's full splendour.</FONT></P>
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        <DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#004080 size=4>Steve Bamford will
        insert full sized version of </FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial
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        size=4>2</FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#004080 size=4><FONT
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  <P><FONT face=Arial color=#004080 size=4>Colours used were Alclad II and Gunze Acrylics. For the basic airframe colours I sprayed Aluminium, Dark Aluminium and White Aluminium (sparingly) and a mixture of these to match the panel colour pattern to the real F-104 as good as possible. Some panels with a slight blueish hue were oversprayed with Gunze transparent blue.</FONT></P>
  <P><FONT face=Arial color=#004080 size=4>For the darker areas around the engine I additionally used Alclad II Steel and Jet exhaust. The heat discolourations were done with Alclad II Jet exhaust and Gunze transparent colours (blue, orange and smoke). Before decaling everything was sealed with Gunze acrylic gloss, since Microset/sol sometimes slightly corrodes the Alclad finish. The decals went on with no major hassles and responded well to the decaling solutions. At last I applied a shading for all panel lines and recesses with highly thinned dark grey/brown Hansa airbrush colours. Overall, the painting and finishing took much longer than the plastic work and decaling together.</FONT></P>
  <p><i><b><font color="#004080" size="6" face="Comic Sans MS">Martin</font></b></i></p>
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      <TD align=middle width="33%"><FONT face=Arial size=4><FONT
        color=#004080>Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of
        photo <FONT color=#ff0000>0</FONT></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>5</FONT><FONT
        color=#004080><FONT color=#ff0000>.jpg</FONT> here.&nbsp; Clicking on that
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        src="" border=0></A></P></TD>
      <TD align=middle width="33%"><FONT face=Arial size=4><FONT
        color=#004080>Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of
        photo <FONT color=#ff0000>0</FONT></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>6</FONT><FONT
        color=#004080><FONT color=#ff0000>.jpg</FONT> here.&nbsp; Clicking on that
        photo will bring up the full sized version of photo <FONT
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      <TD align=middle width="34%"><FONT face=Arial size=4><FONT
        color=#004080>Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of
        photo <FONT color=#ff0000>0</FONT></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>7</FONT><FONT
        color=#004080><FONT color=#ff0000>.jpg</FONT> here.&nbsp; Clicking on that
        photo will bring up the full sized version of photo <FONT
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  <P align=center><FONT face=Arial color=#004080 size=3>Photos and text © 2003
  by&nbsp;Martin Kurz</FONT></P></FONT></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>

  Thank you for providing modelers with the opportunity to show our work to a large audience.
   
  Martin

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  Martin Kurz, MD, Associate Professor
  Dept f. Transfusion Medicine
  University Hospital Vienna
  Austria