Phantom FGR2 - 1/48 - Phinished

[Sebastien]

Hi Folks,

I hope I'll have enough modelling mojo to finish this one and to get back to the Shackleton.

Soooo...

I bought that one second hand, and got in the box a Revell kit with resin intakes I strongly suspect are a quite illicit copy of aftermarket ones.

Being honest only to a point, I decided to use them anyway.

I bought Aires cockpit and as I wanted to do an Air Defence Phantom, I bought Airdoc RAFG Phantom decal sheet.

And so it went.

The cockpit, painted Gunze H306 and black, with white pen to highlight the buttons and switches and whatnot.

I painted the radar screens clear red.

I was a bit over-enthusiastic removing stuff from the cockpit sills before integrating the cockpit.

Too bad...

The lower part of the wing had a stong view about the resin intakes. I had to pacify it using methods I'm not quite proud of:

And the kit fought back:

The upper parts of the wings are glued:

And it's putty time!

The cockpit sill was treated with Milliput. Love that stuff, BTW...

And after some sanding, reputtying, resanding, painting just for a check and starting it all over again:

Nose is painted black, the windshield got a thin coat of clear blue before everything was masked and glued on:

There goes the Dark Sea Gray:

And it's camouflage time.

I made each green part separately: I put kabuki tape on the model, traced the contours on it, then put it on a pad and cut the contour before re-applying the tape to the model:

It's a bit long...

And now we're done:

Before painting the butt, I masked its surroundings:

Then, after spraying some Gunze Super Titanium, I removed the masks and said things that should give me a karma low enough to thing coming back as a dung beetle wouldn't be so bad after all.

Starting to look like a Phantom, isn't it?

For reason I prefer to stay unknown, I first painted the belly Medium Sea Gray. Then I had a brainwave and did it all over again in Light Aircraft Gray:

A first attempt at airbrush weathering later:

It's weapon time:

I don't like code decals with separate individual letters. Really.

92th Sqn markings are on:

And now for the bazillion stencils.

Oh, one thing interesting to know...

When you wipe the wash away, it is of capital importance to use the right solvent to put on the cloth/paper/cat you're wiping the wash with.

Top tip of the week: celluloid thinner is NOT the right solvent.

Back to the paintshop:

And once the wash has been done:

Some more airbrush weathering later, I sprayed some Alclad semi-gloss coat and removed the masks from the windscreen and went very naughty again (paint had seeped under the masks)...

Now, I'll have to install all these:

Next step: the nozzles, some more weathering in the jest exhaust area, and a beer or twelve.

Cheers,

Sebastien

Edited May 18, 2015 by Sebastien

[Val]

Awesome work so far! Can't beat an RAF Phantom

[Sebastien]

Awesome work so far! Can't beat an RAF Phantom

Well, tell that to my RN Phantom to come...

And thanks!

[Val]

Well, tell that to my RN Phantom to come...

And thanks!

Yes, well it's a score draw between those two

[Ex-FAAWAFU]

That monster hook's the giveaway; it was born to fly from a deck. But even with green bits it still looks great!

I shall look forward to the FG1.

[DAG058]

So cool! Thank you for sharing!

[stever219]

You did better with your masking than I did, and good recovery after the wash "disaster". After my masking disaster outburst I'll be lucky to come back as the dung, let alone the beetle! Please note though that your jet is wearing 92 Squadron's markings, not 19 Squadron's.

[gazza l]

Nice job and save, the weathering process really brings it to life.

Yep, that's definitely 92 Sqdn markings.

gazza l

[Max Headroom]

FGR.2's always looked their best in green/grey and this one looks the biz!

Trevor

[Homerlovesbeer]

Hehe cellulose thinners nearly bit you on the bum....good save!

[Phone Phixer]

Very nice looking Phantom.

Well recovered from the thinners oops!!

I've taken notes, for my future build. That will be a grey one though.

And yes, I'll add that's 92 Sqn, 19(F)'s poor relation.

[Sebastien]

You did better with your masking than I did, and good recovery after the wash "disaster". After my masking disaster outburst I'll be lucky to come back as the dung, let alone the beetle! Please note though that your jet is wearing 92 Squadron's markings, not 19 Squadron's.

The wash disaster wrought havoc with my neuron, sorry.

I corrected that bit.

Thanks all!

[Sebastien]

The nozzles are installed, the exhaust area is weathered and it's time to put things under the bird:

Sparrows are next.

Cheers,

S.

[Selwyn]

Hi Folks,

I hope I'll have enough modelling mojo to finish this one and to get back to the Shackleton.

Soooo...

I bought that one second hand, and got in the box a Revell kit with resin intakes I strongly suspect are a quite illicit copy of aftermarket ones.

Being honest only to a point, I decided to use them anyway.

I bought Aires cockpit and as I wanted to do an Air Defence Phantom, I bought Airdoc RAFG Phantom decal sheet.

And so it went.

The cockpit, painted Gunze H306 and black, with white pen to highlight the buttons and switches and whatnot.

I painted the radar screens clear red.

I was a bit over-enthusiastic removing stuff from the cockpit sills before integrating the cockpit.

Too bad...

The lower part of the wing had a stong view about the resin intakes. I had to pacify it using methods I'm not quite proud of:

And the kit fought back:

The upper parts of the wings are glued:

And it's putty time!

The cockpit sill was treated with Milliput. Love that stuff, BTW...

And after some sanding, reputtying, resanding, painting just for a check and starting it all over again:

Nose is painted black, the windshield got a thin coat of clear blue before everything was masked and glued on:

There goes the Dark Sea Gray:

And it's camouflage time.

I made each green part separately: I put kabuki tape on the model, traced the contours on it, then put it on a pad and cut the contour before re-applying the tape to the model:

It's a bit long...

And now we're done:

Before painting the butt, I masked its surroundings:

Then, after spraying some Gunze Super Titanium, I removed the masks and said things that should give me a karma low enough to thing coming back as a dung beetle wouldn't be so bad after all.

Starting to look like a Phantom, isn't it?

For reason I prefer to stay unknown, I first painted the belly Medium Sea Gray. Then I had a brainwave and did it all over again in Light Aircraft Gray:

A first attempt at airbrush weathering later:

It's weapon time:

I don't like code decals with separate individual letters. Really.

92th Sqn markings are on:

And now for the bazillion stencils.

Oh, one thing interesting to know...

When you wipe the wash away, it is of capital importance to use the right solvent to put on the cloth/paper/cat you're wiping the wash with.

Top tip of the week: celluloid thinner is NOT the right solvent.

Back to the paintshop:

And once the wash has been done:

Some more airbrush weathering later, I sprayed some Alclad semi-gloss coat and removed the masks from the windscreen and went very naughty again (paint had seeped under the masks)...

Now, I'll have to install all these:

Next step: the nozzles, some more weathering in the jest exhaust area, and a beer or twelve.

Cheers,

Sebastien

Just a quick note,

Only the Skyflash missile had the 4 antenna's on the front behind the raydome, and skyflash were only ever painted Light aircraft grey. I suspect you want to fit sparrows to the model so remove the antenna markings to be accurate. in the picture you appear to have 3 White skyflash and one sparrow!

Also on my computer you appear to have red bands painted on the missiles. (might be my crappy machine colours , if so I apologise!) they should actually be brown bands.

Selwyn

[Sebastien]

Just a quick note,

Only the Skyflash missile had the 4 antenna's on the front behind the raydome, and skyflash were only ever painted Light aircraft grey. I suspect you want to fit sparrows to the model so remove the antenna markings to be accurate. in the picture you appear to have 3 White skyflash and one sparrow!

Also on my computer you appear to have red bands painted on the missiles. (might be my crappy machine colours , if so I apologise!) they should actually be brown bands.

Selwyn

I just said very loudly very naughty four-letter words.

The Sparflashes are already glued on, and I trusted the instructions...

I'll have to remove the antennas, then.

Thanks,

S.

[bar side]

Very nice build - definitely going to be stealing tips & ideas for my 2 1/48 phantom build at the mo.

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[Val]

Really coming on nicely mate

[Sebastien]

Thanks folks!

S.

[Sebastien]

I glued all the missing bits and decided to call it a day (and leave the Sparflashes as they were).

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