Crimea_River
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Beauty. Photo close-ups can be good or bad, depending on your viewpoint.
**** DONE: GB-51 1/48 F-4E Phantom II - No Propellers
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fubar57
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Looking good Don
Lovely work so far!
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Donivanp
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Thanks for all the good commits' and checking it all out. I started working the aft section which is all metal. Steel to be exact, I had to do some seam work and then sand smooth and needed to in part use Mr. Surfacer 500 to cover up some of the seam but it all worked.
Vallejo gloss black primer over all and the set of plates running up the middle I shot in Alclad stainless steel.
I also shot the center of the stabilators in the same. The stabilators were molded with an alignment setting for the reinforcement arrow but you were supposed to trim that off. After trimming it off there was quite a bit of fine sanding and clean up as well, I had to do it a couple times to get it right but it's looking good now.
I pulled out several sets of Hasegawa Weapons set A and started the bomb truck load.
Vallejo gloss black primer over all and the set of plates running up the middle I shot in Alclad stainless steel.
I also shot the center of the stabilators in the same. The stabilators were molded with an alignment setting for the reinforcement arrow but you were supposed to trim that off. After trimming it off there was quite a bit of fine sanding and clean up as well, I had to do it a couple times to get it right but it's looking good now.
I pulled out several sets of Hasegawa Weapons set A and started the bomb truck load.
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fubar57
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Nice. I've never used Alclad due to my inability to vent the fumes anywhere
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Donivanp
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Ah heck Geo, Fumes are half the fun.
I tried the Vallejo Metal Colors but was not happy with the colors.
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Donivanp
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Using Alclad stainless steel (lighter) and steel (darker) I shot the metallic sections. At first I shot the bottom in stainless but I had to go back and redo that in steel and the side in stainless. Also the stabilators pivots are in steel. Exhaust cans are also in steel.
Touch up needed on this pivot
Touch up needed on this pivot
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Donivanp
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Moving right along.
Starting to look like a Phantom.
Starting to look like a Phantom.
Crimea_River
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Looking good Don.
Good work so far!
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Donivanp
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Getting close to a gloss coat but trying not to jump to far out. Getting gear on and painting doors etc.. Needed a way to paint up the weapons cache and found alligator clips and cotton swab stims worked the biz. The Tamiya turntable did the rest... Shot them all in Mr. surface 1500 black. I'll shoot all the noses in yellow and then mask off that with Tamiya vinyl tape and shoot the green. Plan is to have fuse extenders on the wing and regular Mk84's on the centerline. I went with the Academy centerline rack it required the lest amount of modifications and looked the part the best.
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Donivanp
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Looks like birthday candles. Shot the yellow tips.
Then I masked using Tamiya vinyl tape, I think it is 1.5mm.
and last but not least I shot them green
Mary Mary quite contrary how does you garden of bombs grew?
Then I masked using Tamiya vinyl tape, I think it is 1.5mm.
and last but not least I shot them green
Mary Mary quite contrary how does you garden of bombs grew?
fubar57
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Cool
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Donivanp
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Great progress there Don, looking good man....
Nice work so far!
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Donivanp
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Thanks all for checking in and the kind words. Latest update, I'm still working on the load outs. I talked to a friend who flow F-4D and E's during 72/73 out of SEA including Linebacker as to what load outs looked like. I'm going to use the fuse extenders though he said he did not see them use very often. This is a 68/69 bird and you will note that is was around 69/70 that the formation (slime) lights were applied. This bird does not have them.
He called for a single ALQ-87 ECM pod and three AIM-7E Sparrow Missiles.
The Sparrows are 9 parts each with four fins forward and four aft and the missile body.
and we test fit the missiles and the ECM pod adaptor.
Next I started with the Eduard Brassin ALQ-87 (V2). Now I'm going to go too far in-depth with this but I just want everyone to see how cool this product is. This kit makes up to two pods. There are a lot of spares incase something flies away (and one did).
I elected to do the EGEG configuration.
Where it says F it's really G.
As you would expect the attention to detail id awesome. the body of the pod (there are two)
I just used a Mad Works PE saw and a file to clean each part ups and superglue for attachments.
Looks great need to prime and paint.
He called for a single ALQ-87 ECM pod and three AIM-7E Sparrow Missiles.
The Sparrows are 9 parts each with four fins forward and four aft and the missile body.
and we test fit the missiles and the ECM pod adaptor.
Next I started with the Eduard Brassin ALQ-87 (V2). Now I'm going to go too far in-depth with this but I just want everyone to see how cool this product is. This kit makes up to two pods. There are a lot of spares incase something flies away (and one did).
I elected to do the EGEG configuration.
Where it says F it's really G.
As you would expect the attention to detail id awesome. the body of the pod (there are two)
I just used a Mad Works PE saw and a file to clean each part ups and superglue for attachments.
Looks great need to prime and paint.
fubar57
General
Lots of stuff, looks good though
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Donivanp
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Installing sway braces on the ejector racks.
God did not give Job enough patience to do this. I broke down and bought a new set of thin nosed nippers, I feel in love on first bite.
expensive but I do believe I'm in love!
these things are small and I've already shoot good lord only knows across the room.
but I have gotten two TERs done. Had to put it down for now as I have shoot three across the room just trying to get on on the MER.
Also got a primer coat on the Sparrows and ALQ pod.
God did not give Job enough patience to do this. I broke down and bought a new set of thin nosed nippers, I feel in love on first bite.
expensive but I do believe I'm in love!
these things are small and I've already shoot good lord only knows across the room.
but I have gotten two TERs done. Had to put it down for now as I have shoot three across the room just trying to get on on the MER.
Also got a primer coat on the Sparrows and ALQ pod.
fubar57
General
Cool. A bit fiddly but I've had a modicum of success cutting and adding parts using a clear plastic bag, especially when removing small P.E. parts
