Tabio Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) Hello I've phinally phinished this Phantom, and it's my second completed model for the year, it's been trough a couple of house moves in a half made state and survived! Aires burners and quickboost seats were added, otherwise it's all Tamiya. It's a great kit, all fitting nicely as you'd expect, there is a nice amount of cockpit detail but that's quite hard to see now and impossible to photo, so you'll have to trust me! Paint is xtracolour over Halfords primer, the underside being shaded nicely by this. I didn't do any preshading as I wanted to make it pretty clean after doing a couple of dirty aircraft recently, just an oil wash after some klear before and over the decals. The decals were a nightmare on this, most of them fractured into lots of tiny pieces! Worst part of all was removing the masking tape to find that overspray had gotten inside the cockpit and misted up the glass! I had to do some surgery to remove the canopies and clean them up and replace and repair the area- this happened twice! I don't normally close up cockpits and will think twice about doing it again. Overall an enjoyable build and it looks good next to my other 1/32 build, the Tomcat. I tried to replicate the view from the fin camera that I've seen on programmes, hope you like it. Edited August 24, 2013 by Tabio 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim T Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 That is lovely. The contrast between the clean F-4 and the dirty Tomcat is brilliant. Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Very smart looking Phantom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 nice work ,very nice paint work and scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 It's a beauty and the view from the fin is very effective. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Lovely....may make my one, one day - would be happy if she looks like yours..... SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPARKER Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Crackin' looking toom Si Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Looks awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 That's looking good. I will build mine one day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Beautiful model! The Phantoms are a work of beauty in the 3-tone camo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Wood Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I have one of these to build (much) later in my modelling career, when I can do it some justice. You are an artist sir! Congrats on Phantastic Phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Cool, I have a soft spot for the Phantom and have a couple in my stash to build at some stage. Great pics by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Superb work, really top-notch painting. I really like those SEA F-4C/D's, they had something 'pure' about their shape. P.S. Got anymore pics of the lovely VF-24 F-14A knocking about?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabio Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 Thanks to all for the feedback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabio Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 Superb work, really top-notch painting. I really like those SEA F-4C/D's, they had something 'pure' about their shape. P.S. Got anymore pics of the lovely VF-24 F-14A knocking about?! Yes theyre a lovely shape, brutish and purposeful, and they do look great in sea camo. F-14 can be found here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/49300-f-14a-tamiya-132/?fromsearch=1 Cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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