Ark Royal's last cruise -Phantom FG1:Tractor and base close to completion

[Brandy]

Lovely to see this back Massimo, and that Phantom looks spectacular with the tractor.

Great work!

 

Ian

[heloman1]

17 hours ago, Massimo said:

I'll have a look at them ans see what I can do. 

Hi Massimo, they we slightly longer tan their width. we used to stand on the horizontal stab, and spin the blades to fit them.

[James G]

Wow, superb work Massimo!

[John Masters]

Amazingly wonderful!   Well worth the wait.

[CJP]

Great to see your work again

[Massimo]

Hi fellas!

Another small update:

 

One of the last arrivals was this decals sheet .

 

So I could finally add the serial...

 

...and the Royal Navy marking at the sides of the cockpit.

 

 

Not much of an update, but another step toward the project's completion.

 

This sheet is very useful , with loads of numbersand letters of various sizes. A "must have" item!!! 

that's it for now!

 

Ciao

Massimo

 

Edited December 4, 2020 by Massimo

[giemme]

Great to see this eventually completed, Massimo     Those shots (second and third from the bottom) where you can take a peek at the interiors are just amazing! 

 

Ciao

[Massimo]

Good evening mates,

Today it rained allday, ideal weather for modelling!

 

I started by adding some details to the Phantom's nose gear's doors.

 

I painted them white and   the rocket launchers silver first, then I painted the front black and the rear gun metal.

 

Then I concentrated on the tractor. In my previous pictures, partly due to the artificial light, I had realized the shade of  yellow I had used was a bit too light, so I oversprayed some areas with yellow and a touch of orange, to give it  warmer look.

 

To give the tractor a bit of life, I decided to add a tarpaulin. To make it , I used cooking foil.

 

Then I added rome rust marks.

 

This is how it looks now.

 

Ths is the result of my modelling day. On the right the Canberra's pedals.

 

This is it for now.

Thanks for watching!

Ciao

Massimo

[Anthony in NZ]

Wow....again!

Your painting and attention to detail is wonderful!

[Ex-FAAWAFU]

Careful with that tarpaulin; it wouldn’t be lying around loose on a tractor on deck.

 

Lovely job, as ever!... though someone needs to rebrief Xtradecal; “Royal Air Force...letters, numerals and titles”, eh?  So half the sheet says ROYAL NAVY?  Pah!

[giemme]

5 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said:

Lovely job, as ever!.

Couldn't agree more!  

 

Ciao 

[Xavante]

Very impressive work! I repeated your feat, but in decals 😉 both, 72 and 48

[Ex-FAAWAFU]

8 hours ago, Xavante said:

Very impressive work! I repeated your feat, but in decals 😉 both, 72 and 48

Ooh; XV654 - in my logbook as a Mk.5 of 820 NAS / Ark Royal (the later one!) in 1988…. but someone had crashed it as 705 of 819 NAS before I got to Prestwick