Just an observation- the inner portions of the horizontal stabs should be a silverr/metal/titanium color, above and below. There is a panel line from front to back about 1/2 way out from the fuselage that is the break point.
Maybe try and split your three colors pretty much evenly on the upper surfaces and sides (each color should cover approximately 1/3 of the painted wings and fuselage). At least from my weak memory-[;)]
Other than that, looking good. More practice with the AB will help. What is it doing as far as not working right then going back to good? We might be able to help troubleshoot.
Yea I’m going to go in with a paint brush and paint the stabilizers with titanium later on.
I was having a hard time keeping with the reference I had printed out, between it being a pain in my ass, and trying to feather colors out, and make it look presentable, I got off track with the pattern.
I’ll shoot a little bit with the airbrush on some scrap to make sure everything is working properly, pull back and get just a little bit of paint, everything is going well, then it seems to shoot out way too much paint and I land up with runs. It very well could be my own stupidity.[:$]
Sounds like you are inadvertantly pulling back a little more without realizing it and getting more material flow. Don’t feel bad, happens to me all the time. My eyes tell the brain “too light” and what is left upstairs tells the finger to yank back. More practice and use is the cure. I know I sure need it. Just put a couple of light runs on the BUFF I’m doing for a GB.
Practice does make perfect, lol. Just have to keep at it I guess. I think I’m a bit too hard on myself sometimes. I did just get into this hobby over the summer, and I’ve got quite a few builds under my belt, but I’m still learning with each one. I still have a lot to learn. I learn best with hands on experience, too bad there isn’t a class or something to at least teach me the basics, lol.
Probably be a few more days before I can get back to the Phantom. Taking care of the house cleaning, and getting some other stuff in order before I get back to it.
From what I see, everything you’ve done, you’ve done to the best of your abilities. Looks great and I love it! Like you said, you got a few things to do before you can get back to it to clean up the Phantom.
That’s what I’m doing with my P-38 Lightning build. Cleaned house and am now babysitting my grandson for a few days. I’ll then be able to primer my P-38. Sometimes, it’s good to step back and do a few things before going back to our beloved hobby to have some good ole’ fun!
Toshi
P.S. As for the AB thing, you’ll get it. It’s just practice, experience, and repetition. Before you know it, you’ll be getting to know your AB as if it were second nature! A forum member described to me what an AB is; “Imagine painting without brushes”. This concept, helped me greatly.
I had some things to take care of this week, catch up on house cleaning, get a crap ton of blood work done, which I put off for over a year, lol. Now that is all done I spent quite a few hours working on the Phantom today.
Nose painted, and a few other bits.
Landing gear and doors in place.
All the fun bits, lol.
The moment of truth, standing on her own.[:D]
Hopefully I’ll be doing the decals tomorrow. Then comes the hardest part…finding somewhere to put it!
Thanks guys! It certainly won’t be an exact replica, but a cool display peice representing a little of the history of Niagara Falls. Will be heading off to get started on the decals shortly. Soon as my coffee kicks in, lol.
Nice save with it, good looking bird to add to the farm. Good to see it got put together.
Practice with the AB on the silvers/titianiums, I think you will like the results better than brushing. At least for me, brushing those don’t lay out right.
I’ll offer one nit-pik, from an old Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) guy. Back in the day, granted it was 40 years ago, the ECM pods were gloss white, and the radomes on the ALQ 119’s were black. Don’t know about currently or recent past. The paint on the 119 in the port forward missle bay is nicely painted, but jumps out. As an old ECM guy I appreciate seeing them so prominate, but a little out of whack.
Of course you could leave it as is, your build and bird.
Got some decals laid down this morning. I had ordered a decal sheet from Reid publishing that had the decals for the particular aircraft. But in my excitement I failed to notice that they are indeed for that aircraft, but in the ADC grey scheme. Oh well, trudging on anyway.
Underside, can barely seem the decals they are so small.
Rainbow and camo, lol.
We are scheduled to have an air show next summer, so if I can get to where the Phantom is on display at the base I will take a whole slew of pictures of it, and do another model someday.
I will just have to call this one a loose interpretation, lol.
I did wonder about that, seeing as I was going with my own version, lol. I just painted it how the kit instructions said to. I think sometime in the future I will do another model of the same subject, but maybe in one of the other schemes it was painted in, but will match it more closey. I’ve become quite fond of the Phantom, and think it will be worth it to pick up a few reference books. I wish I could afford to do the same with every aircraft I build, but unfortunately being a stay at home mom, I have to choose wisely, lol.
Sorry for the little hiatus, lol. It’s been a little crazy around here lately. It’s going to get even crazier in 2 weeks, I’ll have a new puppy to keep an eye on.[:D]
I kind of winged it with the decals. My fault for not having proper reference. [:$]
