This latest
decal sheet from Cutting
Edge Modelworks features two Italian F-104 colourbirds in special markings.
The recommended kit would of course be the Hasegawa F-104G with the Cutting
Edge Modelworks F-104S
conversion.
The first
aircraft is an F-104S ASA #MM6716 with 21 Stormo, 53 Gruppo at the Tiger meet in
1996 at BA 11, Beja, Portugal. This
Starfighter is called “The Last Starfighter” and is one very well done and
wild tiger scheme with the Tiger literally appearing to be tearing itself free
from the inside of the fuselage.
The paint scheme on this Tiger
Meet F-104 was painted by two very talented guys named Leo and Fabio over a
couple of days. These guys had
definite talent. The tiger is
featured on both sides of the fuselage, but the starboard side is the best with
the tiger’s head and front paws being visible just below and slightly behind
the canopy. There is a hind paw
ripping through the fuselage further back on the starboard side by the engine.
The port side has the tigers tail appearing through a ‘rip’ in the
fuselage by the tail of the aircraft. Further
forward on the fuselage there is another ‘gash’ in the fuselage showing part
of the torso of the tiger ‘inside’ the fuselage.
Colours for this Tiger Meet Starfighter include a very pleasing medium
high gloss blue FS 15056 (Giallo Cromo15 alta brillantezza) nosecone and tail. The rest of the fuselage and wings are painted Aluminum high
gloss FS 17178 (Allumino 11). Markings
include a big yellow “21Sq” on both sides of the tail and the script “The
Last Starfighter” on the underwing drop tanks. The pitot tube on the nosecone has red and white stripes.
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