Sebastien Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Hi folks, Here goes the WIP for my (I hope) Phabulous Phantom from Academy. The cockpit is quite nice. I painted it FS36231 using Lifecolor (I strongly dislike this brand, can't get the thinning right, so I blame my incompetence on the paint...), Humbrol gloss black and clear red, and the details were highlited using a tubular pen with a 0.13 tip and white and red inks: img]http://su22m4.free.fr/f-4b/f-4b008.JPG[/img] The front wheel well is made of 5 parts that go under the cockpit floor: The cockpit is then glued to the front part of the belly: The bely is then assembled. I used standard glue, and strengthened the joint with CA glue: I just put the fuselage on top of the assembly. The multiolored plastic reminds a wee bit of Matchbox: Next: main wheel wells, intakes and nozzles. Cheers, S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik W Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Looking good so far, this is one on my hit-list for 2013 so I'll be keen to see how it turns out. Interesting that Academy have chosen to have a drop in panel where the IFR point on other marks of Phantom is located... Hopefully this means a whole range of every mark of Phantom! 2013 could be a BAD year for my wallet! Nik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Degenhardt Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) Looking good so far, this is one on my hit-list for 2013 so I'll be keen to see how it turns out. Interesting that Academy have chosen to have a drop in panel where the IFR point on other marks of Phantom is located... Hopefully this means a whole range of every mark of Phantom! 2013 could be a BAD year for my wallet! Nik Great - a WIP for this one....! I'll start mine within the next days. There's enough stuff in the box to indicate a whole Phantom Family - 4 different fin caps, 4 different Sidewinders, USAF IFR and nose wheel front door, long engine nozzles, slotted and non-slotted stabilators, 4 under-radome-bulges, etc. ...all in the box. The "parts-not-used" list contains around 80 parts. Edited December 19, 2012 by Ingo Degenhardt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik W Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Great - a WIP for this one....! I'll start mine within the next days. There's enough stuff in the box to indicate a whole Phantom Family - 4 different fin caps, 4 different Sidewinders, USAF IFR and nose wheel front door, long engine nozzles, slotted and non-slotted stabilators, 4 under-radome-bulges, etc. ...all in the box. The "parts-not-used" list contains around 80 parts. That's great news about all the spare bits and pieces! Sounds promising indeed for the whole Phantom Phamily coming out. Of course this does now create the problem of what markings to choose - with an aircraft like the Phantom there is so much scope for special schemes and even some of the more interesting 'standard' schemes it could be a real headache! Nik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Looking good, and great to hear that there are more marks in the pipeline from the 'do not use' list. It does mean my Hase Phantoms may lose their value, but I am enjoying the resurgence of new kits in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Small progress on the Phantom. Here are the exhausts: three parts each, painted Tamiya NATO black and drybrushed with white. The nozzles will be painted stainless steel and weathered to give them, I hope, a burned metal aspect. The intakes are off-white. A bit of puttying is needed inside the ducts, but not much: The intake duct from above.The compressor first stage is Tamiya TS30 with a black oil wash: The intake ducts are installed: A rough idea of the completed fuselage: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Anyone seen a breakdown on what you CAN build out of this box, given the extensive 'spares'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hi Sebastien, Looks like a very promising build!! How's the cockpit's side panels quality? I'm asking this since the rest of the kit (so far) seems to have a good level of details quality. Keep up the good work. Cheers Sernak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hi Sebastien, Looks like a very promising build!! How's the cockpit's side panels quality? I'm asking this since the rest of the kit (so far) seems to have a good level of details quality. Keep up the good work. Cheers Sernak Thanks Sernak. The cockpit walls are absent except for the rear starboard one.. Cheers, S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-VIZZ Flyer Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Looks great so far, but, are you modeling the aircraft inverted with 45 degrees of bank? Only the artificial horizon on the instrument panel would suggest you are. A small detail I know but it does stand out because of your great painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Anyone seen a breakdown on what you CAN build out of this box, given the extensive 'spares'? F-4B/N...that's it given the thin wings. You do get some spare parts for other versions though. Jens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverkite211 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Looks great so far, but, are you modeling the aircraft inverted with 45 degrees of bank? Only the artificial horizon on the instrument panel would suggest you are. A small detail I know but it does stand out because of your great painting. Artificial horizon instruments often "tumble" when the aircraft isn't powered up, since there isn't anything to keep the gyro spinning. I did the same thing on a A-7 model I built years ago, a friend's father, who maintained Corsair IIs in the USAF noticed the detail and was impressed that I knew to do that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin77 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Ooooooo got to get one of these new Phantoms. And youve made a cracking start there, i'll be watching this one closly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Thanks! Some progress: the upper surface of the wings have been glued. First one in place: Same thing, from the other side: The fuselage simply put on top of the wing: Now, the nozzles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 nice work on your Phantom! ciao Ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfpack Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Looks great. Glad I got one of these. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 Some more progress today. First, the nozzles got a coat of Gunze super metallic Super Stainless, before a black wash. Then I sprayed heavily thinned Gunze blue and red, before spraying a black wash (well, I had some and no thinned black, so...): The nozzles glued in place, with the heat shield (I guess it is the heat shield anyway) between them: Then, the fuselage is glued on top of all that. Some putty is needed on the right fuselage to wing joint, but nothing major: To be continued (soon, I hope). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c.smith10 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Looking great so far! Oh how I can't wait for them to bring out a C/D! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atdb27 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Looking very nice so far. My all time fav a/c. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted December 29, 2012 Author Share Posted December 29, 2012 I needed a little bit of 1mm thick plastic card to get the intakes to match the fuselage contour: Then, with a little persuasion, everything went quite smoothly: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmick Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 I need an F4 for the collection and might have to do one of these, or a wild weasel as I can't seem to find a RN F4-K (FG.1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 I really like the job Academy engineers did designing this kit. The wing tips just fall in place at the right angle and without any troublesome joint (joint I strongly dislike on Hasegawa kits, for instance). Now with its wingtips and rear section: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Some more progress. It's starting to look like a Phantom: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Sebastian, Marvelous stuff ..MY favorite jet... Thank you for such a lovely build.cant wait for the result.. Woo hoo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Sebastian, Marvelous stuff ..MY favorite jet... Thank you for such a lovely build.cant wait for the result.. Woo hoo.. Thank you for your comment, but I'm afraid you'll have to wait a bit. I've destroyed two quite bovious decals: the 200 that goes on the left of the nose, and the right hand "Danger Jet Intake" red chevron. I'm trying to get spare... This is the current status of the model: Meanwhile, I'm working on something quite a bit more exotic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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