stevej60 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) Morning Folk's,back in 1972 when I was just settling into my second year at comprehensive school every night the news was full of doom and gloom about the state of the country,the Middle East and some far of war in Vietnam,think Vietnam air war and the Phantom will always come to mind. Academy's kit is of the famous Showtime 100 the mount of Randy "Duke" Cunningham and his RIO Willie Driscoll on a return from a strike on Haiphong they got into a bit of a scrap.https://theaviationgeekclub.com/showtime-100-vs-colonel-toon-the-most-epic-1-v-1-dogfight-in-the-history-of-naval-aviation/ The kit was given to me by my eldest most parts off the sprue but not started with the Airfix build going well I think there's time for this one. Edited September 19, 2019 by stevej60 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Watching with great interest, as I also have this kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Ive built its 1/48 older brother, these are great kits if you can get past the multi colored plastic. Though i think it was matchbox kits that did that originally, so if you've built a couple of those its not to bad of a kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 (edited) Hi folk's,better get a move on as I want to catch up to the Airfix Phantom to paint them together started the cockpit and wing assembly. Edited August 23, 2019 by stevej60 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 Morning folk's all the U/C fitted now on both Phantoms.Time for paint. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Going to interesting to see both finished side by side, one piece fuselage? solves the problem of a join line down the middle, always my bug-bear! It's a shame Airfix insist on those slightly deeper panel lines, the ones on the Fujimi kit I'm doing look really fine. Davey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 White primed both today time running out fast in this GB!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 9, 2019 Author Share Posted September 9, 2019 Morning folk's apologies for slow progress and not getting around the other superb builds in this STGB,after priming I gave the undersides a spray of Tamiya white and masked the US Navy machine for it's top gray(I think she's a touch dark but will do). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 Hi folk's,apologies but having to give this one a miss for the deadline,the kit is fine boxed her up for now but the decal's were the worst I've dealt with for many years(and that's after four months of Frog building) for a state of the art kit touching the £25 mark Academy really dropped the ball on this one,brittle, wafer thin and out of register.I'll have a look for some after market decals when time permits. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 1 hour ago, stevej60 said: Hi folk's,apologies but having to give this one a miss for the deadline,the kit is fine boxed her up for now but the decal's were the worst I've dealt with for many years(and that's after four months of Frog building) for a state of the art kit touching the £25 mark Academy really dropped the ball on this one,brittle, wafer thin and out of register.I'll have a look for some after market decals when time permits. Sure you want to give up? I’ve got some spare italeri decals for showtime you can have 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 Cheers Stu I'll PM when I get in from work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 On 8/22/2019 at 11:38 PM, stevej60 said: Hi folk's,better get a move on as I want to catch up to the Airfix Phantom to paint them together started the cockpit and wing assembly. Just caught up with this one Steve. You painted the upper wings and fuselage before mating them - is the fit that good? Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 2 hours ago, FortyEighter said: Just caught up with this one Steve. You painted the upper wings and fuselage before mating them - is the fit that good? Hi Mike I didn't like the idea of fitting the upper wings after joining the lower one to the fuselage so I cut off the pegs and as I suspected the join was a tight fit no filler needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Great shame. Be nice to see this done. Hopefully you'll get the Airfix build done though 👍 Davey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 14 hours ago, DaveyGair said: Great shame. Be nice to see this done. Hopefully you'll get the Airfix build done though 👍 Davey. Thank's Davey,Stu has fixed me up with a fresh set of decal's which should arrive soon,i'll get her finished just won't make the Gallery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 (edited) Afternoon folks,thanks to Stu I'm back on track with this one.I'm a bit annoyed as the original aircraft didn't have those "thing's" on the intakes above the Star and Bar and if I'n honest I've gone a bit too dark on the gray but I can live with it. Edited October 1, 2019 by stevej60 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 (edited) Hi Stevbe, According to several of my books, those "things" as you call them were the antenna and cable duct for the AN/ALQ-126 DECM (Defensive Electronic Counter Measures) fitted to many USN F4 starting with the late F4B. It came in 2 versions, the B, RF4B and N having a long and thinner version, and the J & S having a shorter thicker one. However, pictures seem to indicate that it was not fitted to all aircraft so perhaps this particular one did not have it. FYI the RAF F4J had the duct but the DECM was not actually fitted. Cheers Pete Edited October 2, 2019 by PeterB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 13 hours ago, PeterB said: Hi Stevbe, According to several of my books, those "things" as you call them were the antenna and cable duct for the AN/ALQ-126 DECM (Defensive Electronic Counter Measures) fitted to many USN F4 starting with the late F4B. It came in 2 versions, the B, RF4B and N having a long and thinner version, and the J & S having a shorter thicker one. However, pictures seem to indicate that it was not fitted to all aircraft so perhaps this particular one did not have it. FYI the RAF F4J had the duct but the DECM was not actually fitted. Cheers Pete Thank's Pete,I bit the bullet today and removed them glad to say no issues and under a repair coat of paint look good,Photos of the Squadrons aircraft show none fitted at the time and these decals show a different aircraft than the Academy kit so Showtime 100 may not have been the callsign for this aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 On 10/1/2019 at 10:06 PM, PeterB said: FYI the RAF F4J had the duct but the DECM was not actually fitted. Cheers Pete There's always an exception to the rule Pete, for some reason ZE350 "T" for tigger didn't have the DECM antennae duct. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 Evening folks sadly life has overtaken modelling this weekend no way will I make the Gallery on time but due to Stu's help with the decals she must be completed so keep an eye out in future for an RFI post. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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