exdraken Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 Nice start and work on the pit! Quite some parts in there! 1
Greg B Posted September 22, 2020 Author Posted September 22, 2020 Still plodding along. About ready to close up the fuselage after I join the jet engine halves and paint the intake tunnels white. I was not happy with the Aires etch for the seat. After annealing, the brass went very fragile because of its thinness and crumbled when trying to bend. Besides which the Aires instructions were their usual unhelpful self and bore little relation to the actual placement of the belts and buckles! I had an Eduard fabric seatbelt set (laser cut by HGW) in the stash so tried that. My opinion is that it is very fiddly and the fabric is far too thick and that the colour comes away from it when you follow Eduard's instructions to crumple it between your fingers to make it more pliable. I had better results replacing the lap belts with some plain copy paper, trimmed to size and painted with thinned acrylics before threading the buckles. Anyway, after a gloss coat, wash and flat coat it sort of came together but I still prefer a resin seat with the belts cast in! Again, I'm not overly convinced that the ejection seat handles are best served in painted brass. I may replace them. 12
modelling minion Posted September 22, 2020 Posted September 22, 2020 The cockpit and seats looks absolutely fantastic, your replacement belts are really good. I know what you mean about the handles, they would look better made from wire but painting them accurately would be tricky. 1
trickyrich Posted September 22, 2020 Posted September 22, 2020 gee those seats do look really nice! mmm the ejection seat handles, while looking nice do have that flat look of PE, which is a shame, as Craig say's, wire would be better, but painting them........ Maybe there is a market for someone to start producing proper scale and painted ejection seat handles??? Gosh you're doing some nice work! 1
Greg B Posted September 22, 2020 Author Posted September 22, 2020 Thanks Gents. I’m going to see what some tightly twisted yellow and black wire looks like. Hopefully it will represent it a little bit more effectively. 1
Harry Callahan Posted September 23, 2020 Posted September 23, 2020 Looks really good so far. Yes the ejection seat handles are to flat, maybe if you put some PVA glue on upper and lower side it could help to make it round shape, well i never try it.
Greg B Posted October 4, 2020 Author Posted October 4, 2020 Slowly, Slowly, Catchee Monkee. Or something like that. Its been at this stage for a week and a bit. Time as ever is the enemy! Apologies for the slightly blurrier photo's than normal. A new tripod and head and I think I will swap the head out that came with it and find the remote shutter release. Fit has been pretty good. I haven't encountered any of the gaps seen in the build reviews. But I spent a little bit more time on the cockpit and scraping down the tub sides to remove paint and a small peg of plastic on the WSO port side console that was interfering with one of the side wall attachments. From a quick scout online, the exterior colours on the intakes went back 36 inches. So using my rusty maths that's 19mm and a gnats knacker. 6
modelling minion Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 The fuselage looks like it has gone together very nicely indeed, excellent work. The lower wing section looks very nicely detailed and painting the slightly visible engine parts before assembling them to it is a very good idea. 1
Greg B Posted October 4, 2020 Author Posted October 4, 2020 Cheers! Yep you wont see much when the relief doors are open, but just in case 1
trickyrich Posted October 5, 2020 Posted October 5, 2020 gosh she' looking nice.....keep this up and I may have to add a C or D model to the stash as well
helios16v Posted October 15, 2020 Posted October 15, 2020 This is looking lovely. I might have to go dig out my S and paw through the box a bit. I actually wasn't aware they modeled the engines so you could see them through those small doors on belly. Nice touch.
Greg B Posted November 9, 2020 Author Posted November 9, 2020 Just over a month left So, priming of all components done, now just the final painting and decaling. Only one or two spots that required a smidge of filler and rescribing. As ever the intake joints are critical and like a bit of careful fettling to reduce re-visiting with the filler. Flaps and slats dropped to add interest, not strictly accurate but looks pretty good 4
modelling minion Posted November 9, 2020 Posted November 9, 2020 She looks like she has gone together very nicely. The flaps and slats being dropped does add visual interest. Looking forward to the paint going on. 1
trickyrich Posted November 12, 2020 Posted November 12, 2020 wow, even in straight primer she looks good. I'll have to remember that idea of painting the intake insides, it'll make life much easier that's for sure. Mmm the end date is approaching a bit too fast for my liking in know!! 1
Greg B Posted November 13, 2020 Author Posted November 13, 2020 12 hours ago, trickyrich said: wow, even in straight primer she looks good. I'll have to remember that idea of painting the intake insides, it'll make life much easier that's for sure. Mmm the end date is approaching a bit too fast for my liking in know!! Yup, approaching too fast! However the FS34079 dark green went on this evening, with a post shading and post highlighting followed by a tone down mist. Now it’s drying for the night. Never done a Euro One scheme before and its growing on me. 2
modelling minion Posted November 13, 2020 Posted November 13, 2020 The Euro One scheme does look good on a Phantom, I look forward to seeing some pics later.
Greg B Posted December 3, 2020 Author Posted December 3, 2020 Oh dear, 10 days left on the GB, so chances are I'm not going to make it with whats going on in the real world at the moment. However, here is where I am up to now. Paints are Gunze for the acrylics thinned with Mr Hobby Levelling Thinners. Post highlighted with a touch of yellow for the greens and a bit of light grey for the dark grey to break up the monotony. Metals are Alclad; various shade mixes and some careful masking. On to working on the bits that dangle off and the canopy masking now. 9
Chrisj2003 Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 Extremely nice / high quality. Love to see this done. Chris
Christer A Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 Very slick paintjob. The metal at the rear is something extra though! 1
modelling minion Posted December 3, 2020 Posted December 3, 2020 That really is a fantastic paint job, a very smooth finish. I like the idea of using yellow for tonal variation on the greens, its very effective. The metallic area is something special though, that looks fantastic. I hope that you can get this one finished in time.
trickyrich Posted December 4, 2020 Posted December 4, 2020 gosh she looks amazing!! I just love that paint finish. For the sake of a deadline please don't rush her, would be a shame to mess it up!!!
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