825 Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 Canopy on, masked and painted. There was a seam which I filled with Krystal Kleer. I've also used Krystal Kleer to glaze the small triangular middle windows as Matchbox never provided anything. Once I get a bit of time there is a marathon transfer fixing session to come, courtesy of the lovely Airfix stencils kindle provided by Brian. Though that's a few days away. It's not perfect but it looks like a Phantom. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 This has been sitting in front of me as I have worked away on other things. I've decided as I was laying down layers of white on the Scimitar, that I could probably work away on the Phantom between coats. I've finished painting the centre line tank, missiles and pylons. The wing tanks are part of the way along. As mentioned before Brianthemodeller kindly gave me the stencils from the Airfix kit and I have been plucking up the courage to start using them. It's quite intimidating as there are about a zillion of them. So I grit my teeth and started. So far I've done the underside of the fuselage and some round the tail end but it is slow work. I've done some upperworks bur on the wings the small black stencils are hard to see against the EDSG finish so I may omit a number of the small ones. Obviously they do show up on the white undersides. And do break up the monotony of the finish. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 My second favourite Phantom (after 43 Sqdn 1970s) when we were living at Leuchars it was the "Land Base" for the Ark Royal Phantoms when she was in port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 8 hours ago, 825 said: As mentioned before Brianthemodeller kindly gave me the stencils from the Airfix kit and I have been plucking up the courage to start using them. It's quite intimidating as there are about a zillion of them. Thats why I gave them to you and didn’t put them on mine!! 😉 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 That is looking rather good. I flicked my MB Phantom off years ago but after seeing yours & @CedB 's builds, I'm tempted to go on a MB Phantom hunt, there is bound to be another MB GB sometime I'm sure, the last one was a blast. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Kinda shows ho good the Matchbox Phantom kit can be, there are three builds on here at the moment! Lovely work there 825! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 A real trip down memory lane and, as others have said, a strange fascination with a marginally accurate kit but, at the time I loved them !. Back in 1977/78, I had a veritable production line of Matchbox F-4 underway, motivated by regular sightings of the real thing during APCs at RAF Luqa, Malta. I had discovered Modeldecals some 4 years earlier too so a regular mail order supply of decals from the UK combined with a weekly visit to Britannia Models in Valletta kept me going and I managed to complete ten examples (including one complete rebuild) before another family move brought an end to the line. I think the radome on your kit has been changed however as the original was quite a bit blunter; one of the more noticeable inaccuracies. Well Done, Sir ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Looking forward to seeing this in RFI. Martian 👽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 Thanks for the kind comments. I've added more stencils I've finished (or more appropriately got fed up) with the undersides and have popped some on the upper wing surface but black on ESDG hardly shows so I may be a tad restrained. I'm now working along the fuselage. I've spent about 4 hours already, and still have the stores to put transfers on before mounting them. They are sitting painted waiting for a free hour. It may be time consuming but it gets a bit addictive after a while. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 Tiring of adding stencils I've cleaned up the stores and repainted some of them. I also unearthed a seam on the wing drop tanks which have been filled. Here's we are at the end of today. Stencils and stores. Has a bit of a ring to it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 Transfers onto the missiles. Will have another bash at finishing them tomorrow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Congrats to you for being so patient with all that small stencilling, I would have added the bigger decals and called it a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 I've got to the point that I'm completely 'stencilled' out. Despite having these all left. Mind you can anyone see the black stencils n the upperworks? They do make the missiles look good though. But these are finished now Off to watch some rugby so will try and complete tomorrow. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 8 hours ago, 825 said: I've got to the point that I'm completely 'stencilled' out. Despite having these all left. I've looked at the stencils for these Phantoms and you've done better than I will...far too many for my liking. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Courageous said: I've looked at the stencils for these Phantoms and you've done better than I will...far too many for my liking. Stuart Thanks Stuart. I think it's time to stop the transfers and start putting on the Sidewinders. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 A nice looking build, I'm impressed how well the Matchbox Phantom can look when made & painted with skill, yours is a good example. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-fever Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Nice work. So great to see Matchbox builds, brings back fond memories as a child. I think I lost the rear canopy of my FG1 during construction, but a bit of scotch tape turned out to be my solution. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 No Sidewinders yet, as I got diverted by some further stencils going on. Though the AMRAAMs are on and look good. Well IMHO. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 Now fully laden. Should be finished now. Quick check and then photos for RFI. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Finished 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 As I was making a Seafire for the Pacific at War GB and finished at the same time, I thought a comparison would be interesting. Its amazing to think that there was only 25 years between these two iconic fleet defence fighters. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Superb - both of them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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