Thursday, October 13, 2011

The "Two faced Starfighter" work: Hasegawa 1/48.

After Spain dropped their Starfighters, the Madrid Air Museum at Cuatrovientos contacted the Luftwaffe to get one of their old F-104G´s. The deal agreed was that Germany would sell the Museum a Starfighter for a token price and in return one side of the aircraft would remain in its original Jagdbombergeschwader 34 "Allgäu" Luftwaffe colours. This is the curious way in which the aircraft is preserved, making it one of the most unusual Starfighters on display.

Diego Quijano.























19 comments:

  1. This model blows me away. I've spent hours looking at it in AIR Modeller and it has been the inspiration for a Starfighter I'm building now.

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  2. Best F-104's i've ever seen....Very impressive...Well done Diego...:)

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  3. Incredable! Spent quite some time looking over this build, amazing weathering really cannot believe how real it is.

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  4. Very nice and interesting site...

    http://dioramanet.blogspot.com/

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  5. Thank you, friends.

    Atty, it would be great to see pictures of your Starfighter when finished.

    Cheers.

    Q

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  6. Another superb build and creative concept as well.

    I love it.

    Cheers,

    Jase.

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  7. Wow! Your models are truly amazing, I would love to learn from you your Spanish style detail painting techniques if you are willing to share the secrets in your future tutorials.
    Ricqi

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  8. Jase,
    Thank for your words, pal.

    Ricqi,
    I´m planning new tutorials for this autumn, beginning with a basic modeling guide of assembly and painting. Stay tuned.

    Q

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  9. A real masterpieces , Diego . And now to get a copy of the magazine. Air Modeller is it?, which issue?.

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  10. Hi Bob,
    #30 and 31 of Air Modeller. I´m also preparing an extense article of this model and some others for a book. I´ll keep you posted.

    Q

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  11. Gracias, me amigo.
    Looking foward to your book.

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  12. Mind blowing!! Totally mind blowing!!! I can't wait until you get that tutorial out.
    Bill

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  13. I spent a lot of time searching for a flaw but it's virtually perfect. The more I watch your works the more I feel that it's time for me to quit modelling for good because I will never reach that perfection! ;)

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  14. I'am an avid Starfighter fans. And it's nice to see a new side of History of this "unique" aircraft. Your build is one of the best I've seen while searching on the net. Thanks for inspiring me .Greetings from Indonesia

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  15. ALWAYS amazed at the workmanship and patience.....superb!!

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  16. Hola, està increible, pero tengo una duda..podrias explicarnos el orden de tu ensamblaje? Por lo que veo, primero trazas el cableado y luego pintas el fondo para luego darle el toque final al cableado con pincel? Es correcto?
    Felicitaciones, es una de las mejores maquetas que he visto¡¡

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