TB, I have another Monogram F-4 that I plan to build as a Happy Houligan. I had the pleasure of playing with those guys while I was a B-52 Navigator. They chased us all the way into Canada one day. Lost at 400’ over Manitoba with my Radar Navigaitor puking his lungs out! Ah, those were the days!
One more time into the model box!
Shes a beauty Jim [Y]
And that Luftwaffe bird is looking pretty sharp too Jimbot58 - Not far to the finish line now!!
Nice start RedCorvette - I love watching the different paint schemes as they come along
I’m very tempted by this. I usually don’t have any double ups on models, I have only one of each aircraft I have built so far. Having completed a F-4N for the last build I am very tempted by Tamiya’s offering in 1/32 of the F4-C/D
Put me down and hopefully I can get it done in time.
Cheers
A bit of progress: finished painting the metallic areas around the exhaust. You can’t see it here, but the bottom is sprayed with a darker color, plus I added a bit of thin flat black to simulate the sooty exhaust stains.
Also added is the decal warning here of the arrestor (spelling???) hook and I cemented in my turned brass replacement for the broken pitot tube on the tail. A bit of paint will be needed here.
Looking good, Jim! Your masking is a whole lot sharper than mine was, and your paint looks nice and smooth. Which shades did you end up using? I remember you mentioning it but I can’t locate the post. I’m thinking my own Luft RF should be back on my agenda before long, and your is an inspiration!
Cheers, Mike/TB379
it’s time for my first post since there’s a lack of free time!!!My project was to build a Greek F-4E P.I. 2000.So i used the 1/32 revell kit since it is my opinion the best choice… Although there are some inaccuracies in some points(closed aux doors,taller vertical fin and unslotted stabs for the E versions) the kit is very good with nice detail and it has 4 aim-120 which are used now by the greek phantoms and the correct shape of the radome due to the installation of the APG-65 radar.I also used the flightpath exterior set for the F-4E which includes a great amound of detail(formation lights,hook,chaff-flares dispensers,nozzles,stabilators,rbf tags,detailed gear bays and lanfing gears) the legend cockpit and the opened aux doors with the engine bay and the corrected fin
Finally re-opened the front offices. I tried to get some decent photos with my camera-phone and these were the best I could do after editing the results.
Wish I could get a bit better fill around the wind screen. The edges are still visible to me.
I don’t remember who it was that suggested using the craft glue stick to temporarily tack the canopies in place, but it worked like a charm and the glue was easy to remove after popping the canopies loose. Thanks a bunch!
Jim
Looking fantastic, Jim! Your paint looks so smooth! Yes, will definitely be completing mine too – I have a black panel wash on its way, after my Meteor camo experience I know the Dark Dirt is not dark enough to develop a clear effect over colours as deep as these.
Cheers, Mike/TB379
All my Phantom kits are in storage and inaccessible at the moment. I will have to see if I can pick up something for this build.
Mike,
Let’s call this one complete. Time to start on the next Phantom.
Craft glue stick for tacking canopies on? And it worked out well for you?
Can you take a pic of the product in question? I’d love to find something new (and improved) to try temporarily attaching canopies while painting.
Jim – looking great! Congratulations on being the first completion for Rhinos III! Sorry I didn’t get back to you yesterday but I was having some connectivity problems at this end, plus couldn’t log into FSM overnight. I’ll get your build onto p1 right away.
Cheers, Mike/TB379
Great news here guys. Jim (Buffirn) offered me his Hasegawa F-4S as a replacement for my original which crashed and burnt at the end of Rhino 2. We arranged a trade and when the package arrived today I found Jim had also slipped in a Italeri RF-4C/E.
Thanks Jim, your a top bloke!
Mike could you adjust my entry on page 1 to include both of these 1/72 birds please.
RAG – adjusting your listing right away. The cameradie in this squadron is top notch, I salute you guys!
Cheers, Mike/TB379
The RF-4 looked lonely sitting on the shelf and I thought it would like to see the world.
I went into LHS today, they have 2 of the Tamiya F4-C/D kits on stock. I’m picking mine up in 2 weeks.
I had a look inside. Massive fuselage, the things as long as my forearm. And it comes in one piece. The office slots in underneath. Details are very good. I think I’ll do this kit OOB with some scratch. Not much around for this anyways, was thinking about a bit of Eduard but may be nice to leave this one alone.
Cheers
Lucky you – have wanted to do this bird since it came out! looking forward to the build pics! Will add it to the build roster,
Mike/TB379
Ok, I’ve decided to add the Brassin ejection seats and the Eduard exterior set! No more! [:D]
Cheers
PS. Don’t hold your breath waiting for this build, Mike. It’s probably going to be at the end of the year!
Well, the “F” finally stands on its own now, with the attachment of the gear! Also added were all the gear doors and some of the bits that stick out, like blade antenna and such.
I did have one minor accident as a drop of cement from my Touch-and-Flow got away from me and landed on the lower wing surface. It did damage the finish and started on the underlying paint before I was able to remove it. I was able to do some fine sanding and re-sprayed the area with my finish coat. It’s still a little visible to me, but it is on the bottom of the wing and unlikely anyone will ever see it.
Still to go is adding the tanks and pylons, (and of course the canopies!) and whatever weapons I decide. It will have sidewinders of course, but what else I can’t decide. Early F’s were not capable of using AIM-7 Sparrows, but a later upgrade allowed them to carry the AIM-120 AMRAAM’s. I read that these were not available anyway, after the upgrade, until much later on. As I mentioned before, I may go ahead and hang a MER under the centerline with 6 MK-82’s bombs to do something different.
As to the next build, I still haven’t decided on what to add next, though I do find Hasegawa’s F-4S sitting on my side desk and the instructions in my hand more and more. It may be time to do something other than an Air Force bird. But should it be one of the Navy versions or perhaps the Marine version…? Decisions, decisions, decisions. It would be interesting to hang one of those gun pods I have several of under this one. Maybe some bombs in an attack role[*-)]
That’s a fine looking bird Jim, looking forward to seeing it with canopy, stabs, and cans.[Y]
As long as that little glue spot on the bottom wing looks like weathering, it’s all good…it was a dirty bird…