MiGFan79 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Only just remembered it's KUTA time again! I've had this lurking for probably 4-5 years, it saw a coat of primer about a year ago with the intention of being completed alongside the FGR2 I built at the same time - https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235063854-148-hasegawa-phantom-fgr2-xv474-t-for-tiger/ Basically a painting and decalling exercise (fingers crossed) - little bit more masking on this one with the black spine and hopefully I will use the correct shade for the inboard wing panels this time! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiGFan79 Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 Making some headway on this, it's bumped the F-14 off the bench due to the earlier finishing date. Just a bit of masking and painting. This lot should be cured by the weekend so I can then get the black spine masked and painted. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiGFan79 Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 Getting on pretty well with this now! Masked and painted the spine which I expected to be a terror of a job but came out well. I think shooting Barley grey (the main colour) over the tape before applying the black helped to seal it as there is next to no bleed. I'll certainly leave the splitter plates off the next one though! Let the decalling commence! I expected more issues than I actually had. I tried to use some of the Hasegawa stencils but they dried with a very yellow carrier film (to be honest the entire sheet looks "old" so I should have known..), so raided the Revell sheet for these. Insignia is from the Xtradecal sheet and generally settled down very well, I had a small split under the RWR unit on the fin but Gunze yellow was a very good match to hide it. Airframe is now sealed with a coat of Satin varnish awaiting weathering. In the meantime I've been completing all the little sub assemblies - Exhaust cans and FOD's I've got the ILS fins to paint in yellow to match the tail decals then it's just a case of weathering and assembling all the bit and pieces. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiGFan79 Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 Moving on swiftly.... Only really the seats and canopies left to sort now, should be over the line this weekend and on the shelf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiGFan79 Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 Ok i'm calling this one finished - only four years in the making. Apologies for the photos, I really struggle to find a decent place in the house to take photos, especially with the modelling room now being repurposed as an office. And finally with it's stablemate FGR.2 that I complete in 2019... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Excellent work - those seats look great 🤗 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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