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Official Freewing 90mm F-104 Starfighter Thread
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I got started my on my F-104 yesterday. I stripped all the paint and decals off the fuselage. The starting weight of the fuselage was 2255 grams. It is now 2205 grams. I also removed the pilot and ejection seat and will be installing an JH pilot and Freewing 3D ejection seat they sell for the F-4. The new combination is 4 grams lighter than the stock pilot and seat. I will be filling the seams and panel lines with lite balsa filler and sealing with Polycrylic before primer.
I will be weighing the plane through the entire process to see how much weight is added at each step.
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I sanded the fuse this morning with 220 until I could barely see the top of the foam beads. This plane had some pretty bad gatoring from the factory. About 50% of the fuse sanded out smooth. I have sprayed 2 more coats of primer and will repeat the process tomorrow.
It sounds like a lot of primer and weight but the majority of it gets sanded back off. It’s already looking better.
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Originally posted by Waconut View PostI worked on finishing up the JHH pilot and 3D printed ejection seat. I used the remaining flite metal I had to finish the canopy and hatch. I am pretty much on hold until my order of flite metal arrives.
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I am still waiting on my order of Flite-Metal to arrive. I usually don’t bash any company on forums but.... both orders I placed took over 2 weeks to be shipped and 3 weeks in total with shipping. So if you plan on using this product plan accordingly.
I like the product but I am going to research a different source. This is not a specialty product it is an off the shelf item that is repackaged for re-sale.
Ok enough venting.
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