rainstel109 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 (edited) Right, I reckon this complete enough to post here, theres still a few bits to fit but only small ones. This kit languished on the shelf of doom for a while until I saw some pics of an FGR.2 built by "Arkady72" which spurred me on to complete it. I used the following:Model Alliance decalsAires cockpit detail set (real pain to get to fit)Verlinden seatsMr color (gunze) paint Got a problem here boys, it appears ALL my images have disappeared form imagshack. I'm currently trying to get them back. Edited February 12, 2014 by rainstel109 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 What is this? RAF Phantom month? Another superb model and the Gunze colours look spot on to my eye. Great weathering too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 That is something very special, great paintwork. I think Artur will be very pleased to have inspired you enough to produce that beauty. How much did you lighten the colours by, they look just like a well used Toom should? Duncan B (hoping, one day to produce a Toom half as good as this one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainstel109 Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 (edited) That is something very special, great paintwork. I think Artur will be very pleased to have inspired you enough to produce that beauty. How much did you lighten the colours by, they look just like a well used Toom should? Duncan B (hoping, one day to produce a Toom half as good as this one) Well seeing as me photo skills are virtually non existent, the shading doesn't show up very well in the pics. I just laid down the basic colors, then post shaded in lightened and darkened shades of the same paint, then oversprayed again to lessen the effect as it has a tendency to end up looking overdone. I then attacked it with very dark brown and white pigment powders from Florymodels. I did all the green and grey freehand due to the amount of post shading would tend to damage any really fine faded demarcation lines between the two colors Incidentally, this kit is the Royal Navy version done by Hasegawa and half way through the build I thought it wouldn't be too difficult to do it as an RAF versh. I picked up another two of the RAF kits from the bay of E as I fancy having a go at an all grey one in the future and mybe an FGR.1 Edited February 10, 2014 by rainstel109 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueliner Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 (edited) That's one fine Phantom. Great paint work, lightening for scale effect and weathering.Great Job! Edited February 10, 2014 by blueliner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Well seeing as me photo skills are virtually non existent, the shading doesn't show up very well in the pics. I just laid down the basic colors, then post shaded in lightened and darkened shades of the same paint, then oversprayed again to lessen the effect as it has a tendency to end up looking overdone. I then attacked it with very dark brown and white pigment powders from Florymodels. I did all the green and grey freehand due to the amount of post shading would tend to damage any really fine faded demarcation lines between the two colors Incidentally, this kit is the Royal Navy version done by Hasegawa and half way through the build I thought it wouldn't be too difficult to do it as an RAF versh. I picked up another two of the RAF kits from the bay of E as I fancy having a go at an all grey one in the future and mybe an FGR.1 I think the photos are very well taken too. Remember to add the ILS aerials to the fin (unless you know they weren't fitted to this airframe at the time) as the RAF aircraft mostly got them fitted at the same time as the RWR, whereas the FG1's while in FAA use only had the RWR. Nothing is ever that straightforward though as we did have a couple of Tooms at Leuchars that had the ILS but no RWR if I remember correctly it might have been the twin stickers. A wee dab of silver on the end of the radome would finish that off too. Great build though, I really like it. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainstel109 Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 I think the photos are very well taken too. Remember to add the ILS aerials to the fin (unless you know they weren't fitted to this airframe at the time) as the RAF aircraft mostly got them fitted at the same time as the RWR, whereas the FG1's while in FAA use only had the RWR. Nothing is ever that straightforward though as we did have a couple of Tooms at Leuchars that had the ILS but no RWR if I remember correctly it might have been the twin stickers. A wee dab of silver on the end of the radome would finish that off too. Great build though, I really like it. Duncan B Yep, I've got the ILS antennae in the box drying off as I type this ready to be fitted. One question though mate could you let me know if these ILS aerials were white, grey or green in color as some pics I've seen show these items being a very pale grey or white and some models display them as camo color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Great scale effect. thanks for sharing this. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 very nice finish of a wonderful plane rgds mr b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Yep, I've got the ILS antennae in the box drying off as I type this ready to be fitted. One question though mate could you let me know if these ILS aerials were white, grey or green in color as some pics I've seen show these items being a very pale grey or white and some models display them as camo color? Very light grey or white as I remember. (Unlike Black Mike's there in my avatar picture) Duncan B Edit: But I can only find photos showing them to be the camo colours so my mind could be playing tricks on me, best check plenty photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 That's a cracking looking Phantom! Lovely work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 absolutely awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailorboy61 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 great model, and loving the weathering - well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 fantastic build.looks great very nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 That ticks all the right boxes Superb model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Phabulous! Cracking effort, good paintwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raguk Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Phantastic!!! Probably up there as one of the best I have seen finished Thanks for posting Rick G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Fantastic, I'm inspired to start one myself. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady72 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I am glad you did it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Well that is very pleasant. In RAF terms, you've caught the weathering at about the most extreme. Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnley63 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Now I do like that - A Phantom from my childhood. Great weathering effects and excellent modelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Another super spook!! keep them coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Really nice. The weathering is spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Really great model, super weathering, and decals too!!! VERY NICE JOB! compliments Linus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Boah. Great! This looks extreemly good. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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