Phone Phixer Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Here is the next victim of my "I've worked on that" collection. Phantom FGR2 XV430 'A' of 19F Sqn. Yes, sorry to those DG/DSG camo fans- it's grey! I've not seen the Hasegawa original for quality, but the Revell version was full of flash and seam lines to clean up. I did my usual, throw lots of AM at it to boost my abilities, I'm pretty happy with the result. Thanks for looking. Rob. 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitrogg Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Ooh that's nice, very nice. A phantom looks good even in grey. A good degree of weathering and grime; I can just imagine it parked outside a Wildenrath HAS. There's a bloke at work who was on 19 when they disbanded with the Phantoms and I've wanted to build one for a few years now. Well done. Cheers Gaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Wow!! The RBF tags make it stand out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hello,Rob - This 'Lady on Red' looks phabulous.Superb building and finishing work.I love her. 😉👍 All the best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 "Phantastic" Great looking F-4 some nice looking details Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Captured the weathered look of this scheme beautifully Rob,excellent build and finish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Love work Rob, gotta love an RAF Phantom. Cheers Greg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Lovely job that, very well done. Youre forgiven for not doing the "correct" camo too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Mmmm super job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Great Phantom, looks ace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Excellent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Super FGR 2! ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29Triplex Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Hi Rob, As stated by others above, she's a Phabulous, Phantastic, and may I add a Mighty Phine Phantom. Great in the Grey Ghost scheme - but which paints did you use please? as the shading is perfect. Cheers from a fellow 29(F) Phixer . Edited December 31, 2016 by 29Triplex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Thanks for all the comments folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 7 hours ago, 29Triplex said: Hi Rob, As stated by others above, she's a Phabulous, Phantastic, and may I add a Mighty Phine Phantom. Great in the Grey Ghost scheme - but which paints did you use please? as the shading is perfect. Cheers from a fellow 29(F) Phixer . Hi. The colours are all mostly Humbrol acrylics. Upper surface is Barley grey 167, when first painted it looked to be too green. After coats of Tamiya X22 clear, UMP dark dirt wash & Tamiya XF86 flat clear, it looked just right. The radome is 165 medium sea grey. The undersides are 166 light aircraft grey (this was a faff). On initial paint it looked too brown, I didn't like it so tried Vallejo 70.989 sky grey, the SUU 23a, fletcher tanks & inboard pylons are still that colour. When I sprayed the main aircraft it looked too dark. So I went back to the Humbrol LAG but added about 20% of white to it, then it had the Tamiya clears and UMP wash. Hope this helps. Rob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 nice work Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stesca Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Superb Phantom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 9 hours ago, Phone Phixer said: Hi. The colours are all mostly Humbrol acrylics. Upper surface is Barley grey 167, when first painted it looked to be too green. After coats of Tamiya X22 clear, UMP dark dirt wash & Tamiya XF86 flat clear, it looked just right. The radome is 165 medium sea grey. The undersides are 166 light aircraft grey (this was a faff). On initial paint it looked too brown, I didn't like it so tried Vallejo 70.989 sky grey, the SUU 23a, fletcher tanks & inboard pylons are still that colour. When I sprayed the main aircraft it looked too dark. So I went back to the Humbrol LAG but added about 20% of white to it, then it had the Tamiya clears and UMP wash. Hope this helps. Rob. Cheers for the colours, confirms what I thought for mine - makes a change for me to be somewhere near! Did you use a primer? How did you get on with the resin AIM-9s? Where they warped/bent at all? If so how did you go about straightening them? My set have a beautiful curve in all but one of them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 The primer is grey fine surface primer in a rattle can by Tamiya. The winders were by Brassin bought from Hannants, I did a large order for all the AM stuff for all the builds. They were pretty straight, just needed a quick dunk in hot water to finish the job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Cheers. Did the same with some Brassin AIM-9Js earlier, far less worrying than I thought it would be. Smashing, thanks, think Im all set, apart from decals, for a Falklands jobby now. Oh, just need to figure out the brownish nose, thatll be done on the fly. Appreciate the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 stunning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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