goggsy Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I haven't posted any builds for a while and to be honest this maybe isn't the best place to start as the photos aren't the best but I'll try and take some in daylight later when I've hung it in the cave. It's the special edition of the the Flight Test Phantom that I picked up in the Wonderland sale for about £20. I couldn't be faffed with the scheme in the box and I've never built an Israeli aircraft before so I thought "why not"? The wife got me the decals for Christmas a couple of years ago now and I thought I'd throw it together as a fairly quick build. I've made no great attempt at authenticity of type and, unusually for me, I've built it wheels up because I simply don't have room to have this on a shelf. It's absolutely huge, and I love how it captures the beefy presence of the real thing. I haven't gone too mad with the weathering but have added a few streaks here and there. You can't really see it too well on these pictures but I will try and do some better ones in the next few days. The only major investment in effort on this was the pilots; the only ones in 1/32 I could see at hannants were almost as expensive as the kit itself and to be honest I didn't rate them anyway. What I did was pinch a couple of spares I had kicking about; the pilot started life as the driver of the Tamiya SAS pink panther Land Rover. I added a bone dome to the basic head shape and then took a casting of this with the face and grafted this to the guy in the back, who was originally a Tamiya modern US soldier. I added survival vests and pouches to them and shoe horned them into the cockpit along with various wires and things to bling the whole thing up a bit. You can't see that much anyway. 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Hello,Goggsy - You've made my day with this magnificent 'Phantom' build.Beautifully built,painted and finished with restrained but realistic weathering,I love her.Phabulous! 😉👍 All the best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 That's a magnificent beast,beautifully painted and finished too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covjets13 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Great build, god job sir👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 That looks lovely, perfect paint and weathering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 That looks very cool indeed, my friend. You've made a great job of the Israel "Sledgehammer" (which IIRC, is the translation of "Kurnass" as the IAF call her). Thanks for sharing. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 very nice work indeed, the paint and finish looks great........nice job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta7 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 really nice, well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Brilliant looking phantom, like how you did the pilot's 😊 👍 Are you going to hang her from ceiling or make a stand❓ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goggsy Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Cheers everyone, ceiling definitely. It needs to fly! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notty Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 That is stunning... but I feel you've short changed us on the photos! I'd love to see some more in natural light. Beautiful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Shalon Goggsy. very big, and very sexy! Congrat JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Wow! That is superb. Phantastic if you will! Good effort! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Superb looking Phantom! Great work overall, especially with converting the crew from non aircrew figures, very impressive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldwin8 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Great work you've put in to this Phantom. I like it a lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Very nice Phantom, great paint job too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Great looking Phantom , Phantastic paint work. Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneel Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Wonderful Rhino, sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fids Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 A little thing of beauty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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