stew290 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 (edited) Hello all. I thought that, after being a member for a quite few years, it's about time I posted something. I've just finished this for a former 74 Sqn pilot and thought I'd like to share it with you all. Tamiya kit, obviously (not as good as it's been bigged up to be, in my view); Avionix (formerly Black Box) cockpit; Aires jet pipes; Flightpath Sidewinders and Houchin; some American company's gun, who's name escapes me; scratchbuilt ladder, chocks and one or two other little bits. Anyway, enough spiel, here are the pictures, if I can get it to work! Please feel free to criticise, as it's by no means perfect. Thanks for looking. Stew Edited November 19, 2012 by stew290 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismac60 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Ace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 That I like, a lot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper3111 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Stunning!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Fox Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Looks handsome as hell. Lovely change to see one in RAF scheme. Very very nice. X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 NICE!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Lovely, must look mighty impressive in the flesh at 1/32 too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caution Wake Turbulence Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Looks great! Did you have to make any changes to the kit to represent a UK Phantom? Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Cracking Diorama Stew, well done and I admired this in the flesh at the club night on Monday, just awesome and makes me want to build one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Tiger Sqn they're grrrrreat!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Worboys Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Tidy!! it seems that you are getting the hang of this modelling stuff, shame its for someone else mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Excellent Build! Another great phantom kit done in amazing style! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Holy smokes, that is quite some modelling! The third picture down is exceptionally realistic, superb effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Superb, love it. Looks very real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matcham11 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 This looks great! Every detail is there! Really like this one! Greeeeeeeeeeeat job!!! Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozo Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Excellent Phantom!! Amazing finish! I often wonder how you all make the finish as tight and sharp as it is in the pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Wow! Superb work, if I may, Phabulous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j22mdr Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khimbar Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Great stuff! Where did you get the refuelling thingy? I need something similar to hide some power cables! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stew290 Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Thanks for the comments guys. It turned out better than I expected, although I'm still not overjoyed with it - two months ago it was about to go ballistic with assistance from my left boot! Andrew, it's ironic that you should ask if I had to make any changes to represent a Brit Toom. Aside from the bit I'll get to in a minute, all I did was move the white anti-collision light on the spine aft a couple of centimetres and scratchbuild the ladder, Brit style chocks and the intake blanks, which I forgot to mention earlier. I had a fair few issues with the kit, not least of which was the supposed method of construction. On the whole, I expected better from Tamiya (and for the price!), but nothing was insurmountable when I put a bit of thought into it. Now, the bit I've really got the hump about is the rear fuselage, where the jet pipes fit. Every time I've seen this model finished I've been surprised to see a relatively large gap between the pipes and the fuselage, which shouldn't be there. No problem, I thought, the Aires pipes will rectify that. However, they didn't. At first, I thought that Aires had just based their pipes on the "inaccurate" Tamiya ones so, intrigued, I reached for the most accurate plans I have (FGR2) and overlaid the upper fuselage. Doing this, I have established that Tamiya and Aires have got the jet pipe diameter about right, but Tamiya seems to have got the rear fuselage wrong, as the width of this part of the fuselage is - wait for it - the same as a British Phantom. Oo-er, Missus. The bad thing with that is that you either have to narrow the fuselage at that point, or alter the construction method to push the pipes outboard and hope that no-one notices (I chose the latter, easiest option!). I think I got away with it Pike. The good news is that it makes my planned FGR2 conversion ALOT easier!! Anyway; enough of my whingeing. It's finally finished and, for the most part, I'm fairly pleased with it. The REALLY good news is that, as it's going to a Phantom driver, he has no clue what the outside of his cab looked like, so he'll love it! And yes, I have already told him that. He just shrugged. Thanks again for the kind comments chaps. They might encourage me to make more than one model every five years!! Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stew290 Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Khimbar. The "refuelling thingy" (nice one - like it) is a Houchin Ground Power Unit, manufactured by Dave Parkins at Flightpath. You'll find it on his website www.djparkins.com. He does all sorts of stuff for Brit (and American) jets, from missiles to loads of different pieces of airfield support equipment. All good stuff. Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khimbar Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Khimbar. The "refuelling thingy" (nice one - like it) is a Houchin Ground Power Unit, manufactured by Dave Parkins at Flightpath. You'll find it on his website www.djparkins.com. He does all sorts of stuff for Brit (and American) jets, from missiles to loads of different pieces of airfield support equipment. All good stuff. Stew I knew it had a proper name! Thank you kindly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alan P Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 So you're saying that the Tamiya F-4J is actually an FGR.2? That means Meteor Productions went under for nothing, and every Tamiya Phantom ever made is wrong? How did the internet modelling fraternity ever let that one go? If it had been a Trumpeter kit it would have been rendered unbuildable. Yeah, nice model anyway, shame about the black panel lines, but nobody's perfect eh? It's the base that makes it for me, the actual plane looks odd with the pink roundels and dodgy scratchbuilt ladder. Hope you appreciate the constructive criticism, it'll help you when you get round to your next one. If I haven't grown too old by then Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stew290 Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Thanks Al, that was nearly funny. I used to like you. Just because the Green Eyed Monster has been sitting on your shoulder since club night (when your F15 got thrashed, as I recall; can't think what thrashed it!), there's no need to use my lack of prolific-ness (is that a word?) against me. All of the above should have humerous emoticons added by the way, as it's tongue-in-cheek, but I can't work out how to do it. Seriously Al, I can see now why you like your "big grey jets" - they do look mighty impressive when finished. Just a shame I've got nowhere to put them, so I'll be sticking to 1/48th. And it'll save me a fortune in paint - won't need a 2.5 litre can of Dulux! Ithengyaw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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