HL-10 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 This is a project I have been wanting to do for some time now. I have all the stuff I need, a base kit, a set of plans, and an article from some one who has already done the deed. All I lacked was the guts to start cutting up £100 worth of model! For some reason this week I woke up and said, "OK! Lets do it!" So armed with Frank Mitchell's article over on LSP (http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=211) and the new found urge to cut up this: windows 7 screenshot and a set of scaled up plans: image hosting I set to work. I started with the air intakes. I marked and cut them to insert a widening strip, using Dymo tape as a cutting guide: screen cap free photo upload image hosting how do i print screen image upload no limit With the intakes widened, I started to make the cuts on the fuselage to widen that: image upload photo hosting So far, so good! Thanks for looking, and wish me luck! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsPhil Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 That's some project you've started! Good luck, I'll stay tuned for the duration! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Gulp! Watching this this one hopefully all the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Watching this with interest! Good luck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 My dream project!! If only someone would release a decent kit, I'd sell all my 1/48th kits and join Iain and his 1/32nd SIG immediately!! Watching this with a sense of awe... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Marco Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Likewise, an interesting conversion... Good luck, though I somehow think you'll do OK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Brave man! Good luck with that!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 My god. You have got guts. Good luck mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Well thank you all very much for the words of encouragement! I'm off sick with a back injury at the moment so I have plenty of time on my hands at the moment. I've got the air intakes attached and I am about to break out the Milliput to try an produce some seamless air intakes: green shot upload pictures online how to do a screen shot If that fails, then its FOD guards! Thanks for looking. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Great project,great start gonna watch this one with interest,have you decided on markings yet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Great project,great start gonna watch this one with interest,have you decided on markings yet? Not 100% sure yet, may do her as a Royal Navy bird, but the early seventies Phantoms based in Germany are appealing too! I think I'll try and get her finished first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feifeitim Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) Wow! Brave man! I've got one of these that I was going to do as a UK bird! However, I was going to cheat and use it as a base for an F-4J(UK)! Alas I don't have your modeling skills so a 74 Sqn bird is on the cards if I ever get round to it! Will be watching with interest! Edited December 6, 2013 by feifeitim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngtiger1 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Brother, you got some gonads of the size of beach balls taking on this project. I wish you luck and hope you complete it. Perhaps, it'll give me courage to see another person done what Frank did and that I too can do it...someday! So, I'll follow along with the flock... Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvyn hiscock Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 You could do a lot worse than XT868 which was the display Phantom in 1971 usually flown by Neville Featherstone. At the 1971 Lee on Solent airshow this was supposed to do a pass at M0.95 but it was a tad faster and came through supersonic. It lifted the roof of a farm at the end of the runway and plonked it down again. It was also the last RN Phantom to fly and sadly crashed on its last flight killing the Nav. There are god pictures of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooky56 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 You've got my attention...looking forward to seeing how this goes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcap Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) This is going to be a popular thread! Great start and kudos indeed for having the guts (and skills) to tackle such an involved project. Gary Edited December 6, 2013 by redcap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Bookmarked! This will be well worth following. (and as soon as you finish it someone will release a kit of it...) Trevor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 (and as soon as you finish it someone will release a kit of it...) Trevor Yes, you know that's going to happen! So I've decided to start the project to provoke such an out come! I'd be really happy if it did happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 From time to time you hear of conversion sets being considered for the AM but nought much seems to come of it. I am sure that they would do well though I have 2 "J's" in the stash for this and copies of said articles but so far not found the bottle to mangle the plastic wishing all the time that my procrastination will be rewarded by someone - ANYONE PLEASE - manufacturing a set Watching with interest though and learning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailspin Turtle Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 For some pretty good drawings and illustrations, see: http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2012/05/spey-powered-phantom-changes.html For one thing, note that the lower auxiliary-air doors were moved forward. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 Thanks Tailspin, very helpful! I did not know about the lower doors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 I've been busy filling and sanding, and there's been a lot of sanding! Here I'm closing up the gaps created by widening the intakes: photo sharing sites I'm trying to get the intake trunks as seamless as possible. To sand the insides I am having to wrap wet n dry around my little finger to get into the intake: free pic 20mb image hosting image hosting 15mb I'm using Milliput to seal the gaps and then using Humbrol filler to skim over and give as smooth a finish as possible. Once I have finished here, I will be moving on to the rear end modifications, and looking at what needs to be done here, I think so far things have been easy! Thanks for looking and the on going support and encouragement. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooky56 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 You'll soon be ready to do mine for me Lovely stuff, motoring along nicely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gishuk Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 This is a conversion ive wanted to do myself after I saw that article on largescaleplanes, interested to see how you get on with it and will be watching for tips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Wonderful job so far One question...How good does Milliput stick to the plastic? I'm afraid using cause it doesn't "react" with the plastic like regular filler. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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