F-104 Starfighter improvement & correction set for all the Hasegawa kits
During the design of the German & Belgian Starfighter decals, and seeing models of the 1/48 Hasegawa Starfighters on various forums and contests with highlightened rivets all over the wings, stabilo and other places, I started with the idea to do a "small" improvement set, as a) the real Starfighters don't have any rivets visible on these places - they were even putty-ed away before painting in real to obtain a smooth surface! - and b) my decals deserved a more accurate kit... This small set grew steady from just a few parts correcting the biggest "annoyments", to now up ending with almost 300 unique parts and more than 500 pieces in total. It includes the wings and stabilo - without rivets and in the correct size (the Hasegawa wings are 2 mm too short in cord and the stabilo 2 mm too short in span), the missing wing-pylon tanks, the three Sidewinder types, various missiles and practise bomb dispensers, recce pods, the 3 different nuclear bombs they were trained to carry over the years, all known ECM & RWR parts for various air forces, everything you need to build a correct F-104S, a complete computer bay including variants on the individual computer boxes, canopy defogging tubings for around the canopy, detailed parts for the German and Italian MB ejection seats, 5 different types of helmets, tow bar and ladder, and so on... this set is very usable to everyone who wants to improve any Hasegawa 1/48 Starfighter model. Did I forget to mention: this set is in PLASTIC INJECTION !!!, as the rest of the model kit ! so no resin !
During the annual Nurnberg ToyFair 2015, this F-104 Starfighter Improvement Set has received an award from the German Model magazin ModellFan!
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