CasualModel98 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) This is the latest mold from Hasegawa with new parts. Subsequent rebox are with new decals but same kit. Hasegawa 1/72 QF-4E Phantom II USAF Farewell #02238. Pros - correct shape and kit for the 1/72 F-4E to G variants as Hasegawa Phantoms has to to be known. Good decals. Cons - poor fit surprisingly despite this being the latest mold and from a well known brand. Maybe its 1/72 and Hasegawa is looking to milk it for what its worth. This means there is an open market for someone to come along and provide a better fitting 1/72 F-4E to G variant. Edited August 12, 2019 by CasualModel98 minor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) Started with the cockpit. This is the cockpit OOB. Had to cut the decal into several pieces to fit the instrument panel. Decided to embellish the seats with some homemade seat belts. All OOB and scratch build and no PE sets were used. Edited August 12, 2019 by CasualModel98 Add picture. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Nice work on the cockpit! Considering this kit was tooled in the early 1990s it is not surprising the fit is not the best for later issues of this kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 Added some features to the cockpit wall. Printed from the internet, cut and pasted to the inner wall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) Added weight to the nose, note the poor fit of the undernose cannon to the nose. One of many poor fit. The fit of the bulge behind the cockpit was poorly molded and bad fitting. So was this hatch here that was poorly molded and does not fit the service area neatly leaving a gap as can be seen. The intake does not fit the rest of the body well needing a lot of sanding and rescribing to make it flush. Poor molding of the tail parts. It seems the Hasegawa designed did a rush job. Seems like they just cut two rectangular holes to fit the nozzle. Not much thought went into the design to male it flush. Big gap in the engine nozzles to the fuselage. I wonder what Hasegawa engineers were thinking. Again looks like a rushed design with little to no attention to fit anf flush detail. Or maybe its my lack of skill to finesse all these coarse fittings into a nicely shaped plane. Other bad fitting areas are the centerline fuel tank, the two little front air intake just above the main gun was just two rectangular plastic pieces despite the part being curved. Edited August 12, 2019 by CasualModel98 Add sentence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e8n2 Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 F-4s DO NOT require nose weight! They sit on their gear just nice like they are supposed to without any extra weight, just like F-18s and F-104s. Later, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 Disaster struck. Silly me used the wrong glue to glue the weight to the nose resulting in part of the nose melting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 Repairing it took up a week of my life. Lots of filling and sanding, filling and sanding, filling and sanding to get it right and to scribe back the panel lines. Not perfect but it will have to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, e8n2 said: F-4s DO NOT require nose weight! They sit on their gear just nice like they are supposed to without any extra weight, just like F-18s and F-104s. Later, Dave Yeah I know, but out of habit I added weight. So I brought this on myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 To give more feature to the featureless air intake, I printed a random engine intake and pasted onto the intake. Final product looked quite good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 Final reveal. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 Cockpit closeup. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Nice result in the end despite your problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainpeden Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 That looks good (and it's nice to know it isn't only me who has problems with the fit of the Hasegawa kit 😉) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 Nice work, lovely result and now also I know what I will have to deal with when I build mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 Thanks everyone for your kind and supportive comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 17 hours ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said: Nice work, lovely result and now also I know what I will have to deal with when I build mine I really wish someone will come up with a better F-4E/F/G in 1/72 scale. I love the shape of the long nose Phantoms. Unfortunately most kits available from other brands are in the B/C/D short nosed variant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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