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4 hours ago, giemme said:

You're a brave man, Jaime! :worthy: I'd have never tried to add those detail parts on an almost completed model!

 

Looking forward to the rest :Tasty:

 

Ciao

Thank you very much Giorgio! I had to do something to compensate for the troublesome decals, so I decided to add some more detail :)

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

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Hi again.

 

Continuing with the WIP thread update.

 

With all decals applyed, I coated the model and all small parts with Alclad Aqua Gloss in preparation for the weathering phases.

 

After letting things dry for a day or two, I started the weathering with washes. Here's the set-up for that:

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First, I applied a grey wash:

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After a few minutes of dry time, I removed most of the wash with damp cotton buds. The panel lines were also enhanced with the same grey wash applied with a fine brush:

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I kept the area behind the serial numbers dirtier, as could be seen in pictures of operational aircraft:

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Here's a top view, after grey wash and panel line enhancement:

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I also applied a grey wash to the missiles. Here are the results for the AIM-7s:

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...and for the AIM-9s

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The same grey wash and panel line enhancement produced the following results on the "horizontal" stabilisers:

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Next, I applied a brown wash but limited to the landind gear, wheel wells and well doors, and also to the underside aft of the serial numbers.

 

Here the wash has just been applied to the underside and the excess still needs to be cleaned:

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After cleaning the excess, this was the result:

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Detail of the nose wheel well after applying the brown wash:

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Detail of one of the main gear wells:

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The brown wash was also applied to the exhaust area:

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The main gear wheels also got a bit of brown wash. Here the top one is still clean while the bottom one is already dirty:

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The wheel well doors after application of the brown wash:

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Main gear legs: the one on the left is still clean for comparison

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The nose gear leg already dirty:

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Finally, I also applied the brown wash to the inboard sides of the external fuel tanks:

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Weathering with washes was completed. It was time to seal everything with the finishing coat of varnish. It seems these aircraft were glossy when brand new and progressively became semi-matte or matte in time. I opted for a semi-mate finish. However, first I had to protect the metallic areas of the aircraft.

 

This was done on the exhaust area:

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On the "horizontal" stabilisers:

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And also on the oleos of the gear legs (but didn't take a picture).

 

With the masking in place, I coated the model and all small parts with Alclad Semi-Mate Kote.

 

Since I was with the airbrush in hand and had noticed that the exhausts in aircraft pictures were not as dark as the Alclad Jet Exhaust I had used, I decided to paint them Alclad Burnt Iron. The following picture shows the left exhaust already painted Burnt Iron while the other is still painted Jet Exhaust:

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Finally, I removed all the masking and this is how the model looked like:

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Thanks for looking. More to follow.

 

Jaime

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Col. said:

Nice subtle weathering work :thumbsup:

Thank you Col.! I'm always afraid of overdoing the weathering :)

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

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Looking very effective after the weathering :clap:

 

For some reason, I thought this kit had the airbrakes that could be posed open - turns out I was wrong (nothing new... :chair: )

 

Ciao

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35 minutes ago, giemme said:

Looking very effective after the weathering :clap:

 

For some reason, I thought this kit had the airbrakes that could be posed open - turns out I was wrong (nothing new... :chair: )

 

Ciao

Thank you, Giorgio!

 

There's an updated tooling of this kit with separate airbrakes. I have two of those for building the Alcock and Brown scheme and for an operational RAF machine with shark teeth.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

 

 

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Hi again,

 

After removing the masking, I noticed some problems on the wind-shield. First, paint had accumulated along the masking tape edges:

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On the other side of the wind-shield, glue had spread under the masking tape and also inside between the transparent part and the instrument panel cover, marring the transparency. I had to sand and polish it with my set of micromesh pads. Unfortunately, I couldn't repair the inside surface (unless I unglued the transparent part, which I decided not to do). In the end I got this, still with some damage inside:

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Next, I removed the excess paint along the wind-shield and repaired the join with PPP:

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This was later repainted by brush with thin layers of paint.

 

Next I moved to the tail area and installed the exhausts:

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and the stabilisers:

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The AIM-7s followed suit:

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Next, I installed the nose gear and doors:

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and also the main gear parts:

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The AIM-9s were glued to the pylons:

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The canopies were unmasked:

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Since the masking was on for more than 3 years, the Aqua Gloss coat was a bit damaged by the removal of the tape as well as the paint along the edges of the frames. This was repaired later by painting and another application of Aqua Gloss by brush. Before that, I glued in place the PE canopy latches and rear view mirrors. Some trimming to the length of the latches was needed:

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The remaining PE detail was applied, with trimming done where required:

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Another area needing some attention was the tail fin: the pitot tube was painted silver and I masked around the area where there was a position red light which needed to be painted:

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The position light was painted with transparent red:

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I also painted the AoA probe silver:

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There was some weathering still to be done. First, I applied black pigments on the exhaust area. Here's the set-up:

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And the results:

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The last weathering step was dry brushing Extra Dark Sea Grey on the canopy latches:

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To finish with, there were a few remaining tasks.

 

The wind-shield central pane was painted transparent blue (thin layer of diluted paint, applied by brush):

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The navigation lights on the tips of the wings were painted with transparent red on the port side:

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... and transparent green on the starboard side:

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Next, I glued the external tanks and pylons with attached AIM-9s in place:

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The ejection seats were installed in the cockpit:

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The covers of the auxiliary air intakes were glued in the open position:

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Very last act was glueing the canopies in the open position:

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Due to the damages caused by the masking tape, in the end I didn't manage to achieve a good transparency of the canopies. For that, I would have to completely remove the Aqua Gloss coat with alcohol (risking damaging the paint) before reapplying Aqua Gloss, which I didn't do.

 

So, after more that 3 years after starting this build, here is the final result:

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I'll post better pictures of the finished model later in a RFI post.

 

Thank you very much for all support and interest. A special thanks to @Troffa for sending me his spare decals, which allowed me to replace the damaged tail fin decals e carry on with the build.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

 

 

EDIT: the RFI post can be found here

 

 

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Thank you very much gents! Much appreciated :)

 

Considering all the troubles I had with the decals, I'm rather pleased with the end result. The kit itself is very nice.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

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Your fight with the decals certainly doesn't show on the end result :clap:And you r final additions worked a treat! :worthy: 

 

On a very minor note, I think you know that the windshield isn't actually tinted on the real aircraft - it's just a reflex coming from the double glass; the brushed on clear blue looks a tad too stark, IMHO

 

Ciao

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Benedikt, Giorgio, thank you very much for the nice comments!

 

3 minutes ago, giemme said:

On a very minor note, I think you know that the windshield isn't actually tinted on the real aircraft - it's just a reflex coming from the double glass; the brushed on clear blue looks a tad too stark, IMHO

Giorgio, thanks for pointing that out. I didn't know that. I'll take it into account in future Phantom builds (I still have two RAF ones under construction and several Hasegawa, Revell and Fujimi in the stash).

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

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Hello,Jaime - And how are you,My Friend? If this phine specimen is anything to go by you’re VERY good indeed!!Wow - It doesn’t seem that long ago since work began on her but I remember the decal debacle.Well,here she is in all her glory and she’s  an absolute credit to you.Your meticulous approach and eye for detail are very evident as always.Beautiful work on my phavourite type!

All The Very Best,Paul.👏😉👍

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Hi Paul ( @mcdonnell)!

 

It's great hearing from you and thank you very much for the extremely kind words, as usual!

 

I also bought recently Airfix's Royal Navy Phantom boxing and expect to build it some time in the future, to compare it to the Fujimi kit. As it comes with many build options, I'll do it with wing-tips up, the radome open to show the radar and whatever else is allowed by the kit :)

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

 

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Just to let you know that I've just published the RFI post with the final pictures here.

 

Thanks again for all the kind comments!

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

 

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4 hours ago, Troffa said:

What a Phabulous Phantom!  Glad that the Tail Flashes came in handy!   

Thank you very much Troffa! The decals were very welcome !

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

 

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On 11/12/2018 at 4:47 PM, jrlx said:

I also bought recently Airfix's Royal Navy Phantom boxing and expect to build it some time in the future, to compare it to the Fujimi kit.

Jaime,

 

I'll certainly be looking forward to your comparison, but frankly, you've shown me that in MANY areas, the "old" Fujimi kit outshines the short-changed Airfix kit (with due respect for your masterful building skills).

 

Gene K

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1 hour ago, Gene K said:

in MANY areas, the "old" Fujimi kit outshines the short-changed Airfix kit

Hi Gene,

 

Thank you very much for your appreciation!

 

Just out of curiosity, in which aspects do you think Fujimi's kit is better than Airfix's?

 

I still haven't analysed Airfix's in detail, just took a look at the instructions. The plastic is still in the bag.

 

Cheers

 

Jaime

 

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