F-104 Starfighter

[Supah]

How many more acn you do before you can't look at another Starfighter?

NEVER! I just take breaks like doing the PC-7, there are still so much 104's left to do! For the italian airforce alone there are the old green gray silver schemed singles and TF's for each unit (and there are more in that colourscheme then in the grey scheme). Then I still have a lot of Luftwaffe and Belgian machines to do, more RNLAF ones, JASDF, the Taiwanese Airforce .... and then there is the short ruddered A - C models ... I won't run out of 104's to draw for another year

[inkworm]

Why not do some Spitfires for a change, that should keep you going for the rest of your life!

[Supah]

Why not do some Spitfires for a change, that should keep you going for the rest of your life!

Nah as much as I like the Spitfire as a aircraft I have no desire to draw it, I see so many WWII aircraft being done it would be hard to add something to that. If I finish the PC-7 my next side project will probably be a (N)F-5A or a T-33. I still have a F-102 at about 40% done that I could finish too. And I want to redraw my Phantoms ... but that is my next "big" project after I have most of the European Starfighters done

[inkworm]

And I want to redraw my Phantoms ... but that is my next "big" project after I have most of the European Starfighters done

Good, being jingoistic it means you can do some more of that dodgy RAF and RN stuff which will keep me quiet and happy!

Is there any other big US exports to NATO that you can plan, apart from the F-104, F-4 and F-16 I can't think of anything that widely used in Europe, possibly the F-86 at a pinch.

[Supah]

F-86 I could do, the F-5 was quite widely exported, T-33 too. British aircraft would probably be Meteor (don't really like it though) and Hunter (needs touch ups). I'd draw the EE Lightning just because it's cool

[inkworm]

The Hunter would probably keep you going almost as long as the F-104 considering the export types and the fact it is still flying in private hands, I can't think of any privately owned F-104s that are flying but sure you'll surprise me on that one.

I'd never considered the F-5 option but makes sense, even those 'MiGs' in Top Gun

[Supah]

The Hunter would probably keep you going almost as long as the F-104 considering the export types and the fact it is still flying in private hands, I can't think of any privately owned F-104s that are flying but sure you'll surprise me on that one.

I'd never considered the F-5 option but makes sense, even those 'MiGs' in Top Gun

There is a CF-104D being flown in Arizona, A norwegian group almost has one CF-104D ready to fly, Starfighters inc. in Florida flies about eight of them and two ex RNLAF machines are being restored to flying condition in the US.

[Supah]

Done!

[Supah]

And another one!



One day I really should count these, or get an intern to do it

[Supah]

When this one is done it will possibly have been the most labour intensive paintscheme I have ever drawn!