Homebee Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 At Shizuoka 2019 Source: https://hobby.dengeki.com/event/755726/ V.P. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Another J? Oh for some news on the E, F and G 🙄 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 Dedicated stabilisator upgrade by Hypersonic Models - ref. HMR48032 Source: https://www.facebook.com/hypersonicmodels/posts/2320565981362758 Quote Just released: F-4 Stabilator upgrade for Zoukei Mura kits. This set enables you to mount the stabs in any position of your choice. Also, the detail on the stabs' pivot cover plates is improved and you get a full set of stabilator reinforcement plates for Air Force type Phantoms, not included in the kits. https://www.hypersonicmodels.com/product/f-4-phantom-stabilator-upgrade V.P. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 On 5/8/2019 at 6:58 AM, Homebee said: At Shizuoka 2019 Source: https://hobby.dengeki.com/event/755726/ Were the hips on this kit modified or will I need to get the J kit + the Hypersonic Models resin hip correction for it? Cheers, Unc2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladan Dugaric Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 It is the same kit as the original J. ZM said that they will not modify it, but the upcoming E will have corrected hips. Vladan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 6 hours ago, Vladan Dugaric said: ZM said that they will not modify it, but the upcoming E will have corrected hips. Oh...??? Methinks, methinks, methinks... No deal, no way. Thanks Vladan, mate. Unc2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 11 hours ago, Uncle Uncool said: Were the hips on this kit modified or will I need to get the J kit + the Hypersonic Models resin hip correction for it? Cheers, Unc2 If you had to ask do you really think you need to convert it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 12 hours ago, Scooby said: If you had to ask do you really think you need to convert it? Oh, it's not that I had to ask 'cause I was not able to tell whether this J kit had the wrong hips in "they're" piccy or nay (as it's real hard to tell in that shot). It's just that I was aware that the ensuing long-nosed Phantoms will all come out with "they're" hips fixed. It's been months since I saw there were piccies of the long-nosed Phantoms kits almost ready, hence I assumed that the blokes at Zoukey-Miura might have as well endowed this last J kit with "they're" correct hips, you dig, Scooby, mate, yeh? Nice but not cheap kits the Zoukey-Maura kits are to even have to cater for the Hypersonic Models resin hip correction bit, y'know. I'd rather keep my two Monogram 1/48 F-4J kits for that. In future please try to reason before you post such an enquire. Cheers, Unc2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene K Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 21 hours ago, Scooby said: If you had to ask do you really think you need to convert it? Excellent, well thought out question.👍 Gene K 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 On 02/07/2019 at 16:54, Vladan Dugaric said: It is the same kit as the original J. It seems that ZM are copying Hasegawa and re-releasing the same plastic with different decals and box art. It is a nice F4J though, even with dodgy hips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 Release in August 2019 - ref. 48-09 - McDD F-4J Phantom II NAVY Source: https://www.facebook.com/volksusascale/posts/2282833721978240 V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 On 7/3/2019 at 8:14 PM, Gene K said: Excellent, well thought out question.👍 Yeh, my bad, Gene. It's only that I thought the misshapen hips on the Zoukey-Miura Phantom kits were so unnoticeable that Hypersonic Models needed to come out with a correction set for 'em... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonlanceHR Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Yes, and notice that the Academy is not worth bothering with serious fixes. This argument goes both ways 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 3 hours ago, dragonlanceHR said: Academy is not worth bothering with See? I agree with Lance there. Academy kits that I bought, 1/48th scale all: Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B (actually, a 1/50th scale nightmare) MiG-21MF Fishbed J (wrong forward fuselage/windshield/canopy) Hawker Hunter F.6 & FGA.9 (compedium of issues) General Dynamics FB-111A Ardvark (all terrible) F-16C Fighting Falcon (nay likey at all) Then I just passed on any other Academy 1/48 aircraft kits. Yeh, me did. Cheers, Unc2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyK Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 9 hours ago, dragonlanceHR said: Yes, and notice that the Academy is not worth bothering with serious fixes. This argument goes both ways 🙂 I've made a few correction items for the Academy kit - stabilators, A/C intakes, correct early seats... I also made whole new tail section, made from a Hasegawa tail, extensively reshaped to match the Academy aft fuselage contour. I left it unfinished though as it will be a nightmare to cast and more difficult to install than the ZM shape correction parts. As the ZM tail has more detail than Hasegawa I'm now pondering the idea of trying to make a ZM tail fit to the Academy fuselage (even though we know the A. kit a bit too lean over the engine shoulders) just to get a decent B model...Or finish off the Hasegawa tail part. One day... J 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 18 hours ago, JeffreyK said: I've made a few correction items for the Academy kit - stabilators, A/C intakes, correct early seats... I also made whole new tail section, made from a Hasegawa tail, extensively reshaped to match the Academy aft fuselage contour. I left it unfinished though as it will be a nightmare to cast and more difficult to install than the ZM shape correction parts. As the ZM tail has more detail than Hasegawa I'm now pondering the idea of trying to make a ZM tail fit to the Academy fuselage (even though we know the A. kit a bit too lean over the engine shoulders) just to get a decent B model...Or finish off the Hasegawa tail part. One day... One Jay that I know had better hurry with "they're" 1/48 Sled project instead of investing his precious time in an aftermarket correction bit for an Academy kit. This is something I've heard say by me and another 17 drunk Argie blokes at a modelling shindig, if it's of any use to you, Jeffrey. And that was on a Wednesday evening; I just don't dare think what might have been like had it been on a Friday or Saturday meeting! Yeh, me don't. Cheers, Unc2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 7/17/2019 at 9:52 PM, Uncle Uncool said: See? I agree with Lance there. Academy kits that I bought, 1/48th scale all: Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B (actually, a 1/50th scale nightmare) MiG-21MF Fishbed J (wrong forward fuselage/windshield/canopy) Hawker Hunter F.6 & FGA.9 (compedium of issues) General Dynamics FB-111A Ardvark (all terrible) F-16C Fighting Falcon (nay likey at all) Then I just passed on any other Academy 1/48 aircraft kits. Yeh, me did. Cheers, Unc2 Still waiting for your perfect model in ready for inspection and some more hints on spelling 😜 Academy had the best for some time... thankfully improved upon in the meantime ... sometimes at least!! Not so sure about the Aardvaark.... But Hunter, Su-27/30, MiG-29.... yes- definitely better ones out there 20 years later But Phantom?? . Or B-1 in 144? Or 2 seater F-16 in 32nd? Academy is way ok for certain subjects.... as are many others for different ones ! 🍻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Uncool Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Hola, Werner, my mate! 18 hours ago, exdraken said: Still waiting for your perfect model in ready for inspection and some more hints on spelling Spelling hints I can help you with, but I'm afraid there's no such thing as my perfect model so far; I think I'm a perfectionist who gets frustrated by all those issues in a kit I just can't fix. 1/48 kits that I've started and still haven't completed are: the Hobby Boss FB-111A and Sukhoi Su-27 (for which I ordered parts from the Kitty Hawk kit); the Kitty Hawk MiG-25PD kit (for which I ordered the lower fuselage in the ICM kit and every bit in the Cold War Studio arsenal, including the parachute release actuator and fins - Thinking of ordering the C2D intakes and possibly the exhaust bits for it! Most probably, I'll finish that one when I'm 60 if you add the normal procrastinating). Then there are other bigger projects I've obsessed with, such as the Monogram B-29 kit with all the Flight Engineering and Metallic Details embellisment bits, so the projects are dommed before they even start. And you really don't want to speak about my Italeri Sled project, with a plethora of Metallic Details bits, now that the Hypersonic Models kit release is imminent. 18 hours ago, exdraken said: Academy had the best for some time... thankfully improved upon in the meantime ... sometimes at least!! The all-time best kit by Academy I've seen was the F-86 one; real nice kit. Unfortunately, as I fancied a Sabre in the Argie Air Force service, I needed to pass on it in favour of the Hasegawa F-86F-40 kit with the slatted wing and tip extension (the type of fin-less under wing jugs which that kit brings too). 18 hours ago, exdraken said: Not so sure about the Aardvaark.... Bought the Academy FB-111A kit in 1991 and was highly disappointed in the poor detail it had (there was only the Verlinden upgrade set available back then, but I think it was for the F Varks). Looking back now that there's the Hobby Boss kit I admit that the Academy kit was still much accurate in shape than it's the Hobby Boss one. 18 hours ago, exdraken said: But Hunter, Su-27/30, MiG-29.... yes- definitely better ones out there 20 years later Yeh, all but the MiG-29 kit were the only game in town in 1/48 back then, But when I learnt about the issues in all of them I kind of lost faith, not interest. Fortunately, aftermarket correction set started to abound for each of them. 18 hours ago, exdraken said: But Phantom?? Me didn't likey the fake intake trunk depth make-believe, and that sufficed for me to pass on. Yeh, it did. 18 hours ago, exdraken said: Or B-1 in 144? Me don't build in other scale than 1/48. 18 hours ago, exdraken said: Or 2 seater F-16 in 32nd? Me don't build in a different scale than 1/48, didn't you hear? Besides, I was disappointed in the Academy Falcon kit in that it lacks the wing washout in the missile wingtip, which looked exactly like the Monogram kit. Both kits ended as paint targets (with an Airsoft gun). 18 hours ago, exdraken said: Academy is way ok for certain subjects.... as are many others for different ones ! 🍻 In retrospect, you kind of have no choice but to recognise the ancient accuracy in some of the Academy kits when you have new releases as the Hobby Boss FB-111A kit, for instance. No good to have to invest in a vac-form windshield/canopy and resin exhaust for a kit which has cost you dearly and it's still a setback with regard to the next older one. Then the Customer Service at Academy has been the only one ignoring me (I even had Trumpy send me spares!). Yeh, me did... Cheers, Unc2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 (edited) Released - ref. 48-09 - McDD F-4J Phantom II NAVY https://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=SWS-48-09 https://hobby.ec.volks.co.jp/item/4518992228907.html V.P. Edited February 22 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Oh. 'Another' J. What joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) Soon a dedicated Quinta Studio cockpit set - ref. QD48055 Source: https://www.facebook.com/QuintaModellingStudio/photos/pcb.133955305122847/133955155122862 Here: https://quinta-studio.com/en/product/220/ https://www.ebay.com/itm/Quinta-QD48055-1-48-F-4J-3D-Printed-coloured-Interior-on-decal-for-ZM-SWS-kit/164459144153 V.P. Edited October 22, 2020 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene K Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 5 hours ago, Homebee said: Soon ... . Not soon enough. Anxious to get that set, and hopefully sets for the other ZM Phantoms. Gene K P.S. I downloaded that beautiful painting to use as a Screensaver ... and then I noticed the right aileron being deflected up . (on the F-4, ailerons don't deflect up - spoilers do that) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Now available to buy. I just ordered three sets, though only one will go to a ZM kit with the others being shoe-horned into a Hasegawa and Academy respectively. Now just hoping they'll do the Tornados, Harriers and Super Hornets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 15 hours ago, Nocoolname said: Now just hoping they'll do the Tornados! S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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