Well then you are most likely loving the forecast for the remainder of this week. Highs only in the 70s!
Ken
My simple answer to the F-4 in 1/48 scale is Hasegawa, especially the J model. I cant speak to other varients but I have built at least 10 -J’s and I like them a lot. They are definetly more expensive but I think they are worth it… Speaking of which, I went to a model contest and show and I picked up 3 Monogram F-4J’s the black bunny version. I built it about 25 years ago so whats the take on this kit. I bought a ton of aftermarket decals for them since the kits were about $5 a piece. Thanks for your input in advance
Steve
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-O
Gosh O, after drilling fer oil in all the wrong places…you need a break man…but keep drilling, i saw a 1/72 kt that needs to reverse its outlook, ere…turn those rivet nubs into rivet divets…lol…
Hey, wait 'till you see my roughed in J-79’s…lol…i’ll be on that there rig pal,…lol…
TB379
I’ll definately look into those retailers of the putty. But after reading Mike Adamson’s build of the Hasegawa -E, where he removed most of the raised detail and left it without scribing, I think I might take the same way, even if it is the cheap and easy way. Will the 3 tone camo I’m using on both (different schemes though) make a difference to how it looks without scribing?
Cheers
MA101
So;
The J79’s are still in process:
Cut the cans to fit, yeah for those of you turning purple waiting to inhale:
Feathers in place:
Side view, YES, they are not quite aligned …shish…stop shouting already…lol…:
There they are, hope they align with the intakes, used a straight edge…shish…
Looking okay so far,
Why did i bore you with that, hey, the pot of paint is $6.99 dammit! how else you gonna know???
YES, I finally put away tanning oil and all of those hot young females just ripping at my non tanned…lol…
Put those after burner finger-sander-offers in…chicks just waiving good-bye from the bus…okay I’m back…
Yeah, this definitely ain’t rocket science…20 ffuffuffufffufffuuuudding segements, right, do you think the name of **** anything would actually align? Well, I thought they might be close…lol…
Looks like ****ing Las Vegas up that *** pipe!
Apologies to the sensitive, and if you are sensitive, go ****, oh wait, this is a family channel!!!..lol…
Yeah, I had packing tape, adhesive lables, metal foil, all ready to line that Las Vegas pipe, and nothing would Flanigin Usefully stiCK! yikes I am actually cursing…must be winter already, apologies to Texas…
oh man…where’s that needBeer guy…
My “F” getting ready for some paint to be thrown at it. You can see a bit of a test I did a while back on the end of the wing.
Should be an easy pattern to shoot as it is all straight lines on the bird I’m modeling. Still, I haven’t really decided how to go about the underside and what is called silver/gray. Most reports call for mostly a gray with a touch of silver added. I read that most f’s have faded to a light gray in the field and little silver is apparent. But which gray, I don’t know. The kit calls for silver, but I have had less than good luck spraying that in the past.
By the way, the canopies are being held in place with glue stick. Hope it goes well! (And comes off well!)
That looks like hard thirsty work
Steve /Ken
It looks like Hasegawa is the way to go but wow what a list!
http://modelingmadness.com/splfeat/kr/has48d.htm
I’ll be looking …
The sun is going down, I’m drink ing Stella, making supper for the kids, then back to the workbench …
Steve
[:D] [:D] [:D]
Ken
Hi Dom,
Very nice work on scratch building those J79s!!! Nicely done!! [Y] [Y]
Ken
Hi Jim,
Your “F” is looking good! I know you have been doing a lot of research on the color for the underside. I am sure you will be pretty accurate when you decide on the color.
Ken
I’ve now built two Hasegawa F4 kits and have one under way. I actually prefer them a bit over the Monogram/Revell kits. They seem to have crisper detail, and a slightly more well thought out design. I still love the Monograms though, I have a couple in the stash still, including the Black Bunny. I did not like the old Revell one though. I mean the one before Revell started using the Monogram molds. It’s the one in the ai aces double kit pack. The pack with the MIG 21 in the same box.
Rich
And Caspers:
Hmmmm…Jim has a point…lol…
Yeah, and I was out!
Thanks Ken and Need Beer;
The original idea was to use BareMetal foil to line the cans, so I could perforate the foil and replicate the look. Problem was the foil is so thin it couldn’t take all the bendig, so I tried to put the foil on packing tape first, but it doesn’ let go once it touches anything, then I tried shipping lables, but they were way too thick, so then I re-dry fittted everything, and the darn pieces kept falling out or twisting inside the can like a rifle-bore…duhhhh…byt the time I got the second one done, as you see it was past 2a.m. and I was getting a bit ornery, and I was out of beer…so apologies for ranting a bit…
I can’t complain, like Ken says, it’s the process, and in spite of my plans and confidence, I am forever being challenged and humbled by the properties of simple materials…that is, i always thought of them as being simple…lol…
Hi Everyone,
If anyone is interested in building an EF-4C I found decals. They are made by “Twobobs Aviation Graphics”. Their web address is http://www.twobobs.net Do a search for “Phantom” and you will see in the results a set of decals titled “F-4C First of the Weasels”. They have them in 1/72 and 1/48. Of course it is incorrect to say they are the first of the Weasels, but the first of the Phantom Weasels.
Ken
Hi Everyone, its been a while since I had some progress to report. Between work and being out for surgery I havent had any bench time. I took advantage of the holiday weekend to get back to my Tamiya 1/32 J. I finished off some construction on the fuselage and then went for some pre painting
At this stage of construction I decided to start the painting by doing a pre shading of the panels and hopefully main paint to follow. I will do the canopies and fiddly bits when its painted
Since these pics earlier today I got the white of the undersides painted and hope to tackle the gray soon. Thanks for looking
Steve
Ken, I saw those and that’s why I was doing a bit of a search for a C in 1/72 scale. The thing is, that after I finish the F-105G, I will most likely be burnt out on SEA paint schemes. The “E” in my stash will most likely be painted in a Gray/green European theme. I didn’t find a whole lot of C’s and I am not sure what would have to be backdated off of other later versions.
I’ve got the painting done. I’m sort of happy with it, but not my neatest or best effort. I find airbrushing very light gloss colours quite challenging. Also the Alclad didn’t quite perform as well as I’d hoped. It orange-peeled a couple of times.
I’m hoping the decals and a good weathering will hide some of the imperfections. I remember a comment though from someone that the airbrushing is often neater than the real plane.
Cheers