Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 My second build for this GB is another old friend, the Fujimi F-4F. Again, this has been in The Stash since 1985 but in this case the box fared somewhat better. I will also be adding some resin and PE. The scheme is yet to be decided but it will be one of the late-80s air defence schemes. Not the box art scheme though as that was experimental. I hope to find a scheme from JG74 at Neuberg in 1987, to remind me of an excellent squadron exchange I had there. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) Cracking kit Enzo - as you've seen, I've built this one. Built when I heard that an RAF pilot friend was on exchange with Richtofen squadron. Edited April 24, 2015 by theplasticsurgeon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Awesome, look forward to this! David. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Nice one Enzo ! I've built exactly the same kit with exactly the same PE bits a couple years ago, the result was something like this Luckily the decal sheet in the box includes numbers and variations of the unit insignia to build pretty much every Phantom in the Norm 81 scheme. Mind, there are a lot of things to be aware when trying to use the Eduard set in the Fujimi kit, mainly due to the wrong way the cockpits are depicted in this kit. Please feel free to ask any question, I'll be glad to share my experience and a few tricks 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Here we go with the sprue shots. The kit is moulded in white plastic - which for some strange reason is quite unsettling... As Giorgio says, the decal sheet covers pretty much any F-4F in the Norm 81 scheme. I just hope they behave themselves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 First thing to do is build the cockpit. There are no details moulded into the parts but there are decals for the instrument panels and consoles. I actually used the decals from the Fujimi FGR.2 which I am also building. Cockpit fitted into the fuselage halves and the halves glued together. As you can see, there is a slight gap. Nothing to worry about, a bit of masking tape wrapped round the nose while it dries sorts it all out. Wings assembled and fitted, followed by the intakes. In common with every F-4 kit I have ever built, the intakes will need some work. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Cockpit fitted into the fuselage halves and the halves glued together. As you can see, there is a slight gap. Wow Enzo, that is quite a gap. I have seen Starlings with their beaks open less than that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 The last day of the GB and this one is actually finished - I've just been very remiss in updating the thread. Time to put that right. All primed up and ready for painting. Starting to mask And masking a bit more. Until painting was complete. It is quite a complex scheme and I couldn't find matches, so I had to mix colours until they looked right. I used RLM 74, RLM 75, RLM 66, Medium Sea Grey and Barley Grey but don't ask me what proportions I used... Kit decals applied which behaved very well considering their age. And up on its own gear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 And completed. This one brings back a few memories as I saw it when I was detached to Neuberg for a squadron exchange in October 1986. Neuberg is about thirty miles north of Munich. Munich in October? That was a good detachment! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 My entries for this GB pose together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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