modelling minion Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Very nice work Dave, those missiles are fantastic as are the seats, excellent painting mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, modelling minion said: Very nice work Dave, those missiles are fantastic as are the seats, excellent painting mate. Cheers mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 Didn't quite get as much done today as I'd hoped, sidetracked with other bits and pieces. Anyway, the pre-shade is done (rough as a badgers backside as usual 😇) and the nose cone fully sprayed. That just needs masked up before moving on:   Moved on and painted the fuel tanks. I added some heavy oil staining in one or two places as per some pictures I have seen, including a few in the previously shown magazine:   Light Aircraft Grey and Dark Sea Grey from MRP. Oils were the usual mix of Abteilung. (I have noticed the LAG overspray on the top of one of the wing tanks. Damn and blast, will have to fix that!) After the tanks, I finished off the pylons. The kit decals were scrap so I had invested in a stencil sheet from Xtradecal:   Pylon decals used as appropriate:   Edge of your seat stuff. I'm hoping to make some progress on the fuselage over the weekend. Am I right in saying the upper camouflage colours 'wrapped around' the leading edges of the wings by a small margin?  More soon and stay safe.  Dave 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Nice work on the sub assemblies. Strange I am sure that Hasegawa got the wheels right on one of their kits whether it was the plastic style or metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 More good progress Dave. Those stencils look much better than the original kit ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 4 hours ago, Jabba said: Nice work on the sub assemblies. Strange I am sure that Hasegawa got the wheels right on one of their kits whether it was the plastic style or metal. Thanks mate. They could well have done, but definitely not in this boxing from what I can see! 2 hours ago, modelling minion said: More good progress Dave. Those stencils look much better than the original kit ones. Cheers mate. The Xtradecal stencils are a necessary addition I feel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Having looked through my Hasegawa British Phantom kits and reread your earlier post about the wheels, I have seen that the plastic ones are not correct. I think that Hasegawa went down the metal line is because when they first did a British Phantom it was in their Hi Grade series. I think the first one was the FG1 from Boscombe Down, whilst I have the Alcock and Browne RAF one. So it may have been easier for Hasegawa to do this as the other wheels are on a common sprue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Jabba said: Having looked through my Hasegawa British Phantom kits and reread your earlier post about the wheels, I have seen that the plastic ones are not correct. I think that Hasegawa went down the metal line is because when they first did a British Phantom it was in their Hi Grade series. I think the first one was the FG1 from Boscombe Down, whilst I have the Alcock and Browne RAF one. So it may have been easier for Hasegawa to do this as the other wheels are on a common sprue. Cheers Mark.  Having looked at them a few times, they're not great. Luckily Aires do a nice looking resin set, complete with masks. I'll pick up a couple of sets of those for my next two builds. (FG.1 of 892NAS and FGR.2 of either 29 Sqn or 1435 flight.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 Not much progress this weekend but did manage to get the Light Aircraft Grey undersides sprayed: Â Â Will mask that up and hopefully get the DSG/Green sprayed tomorrow. The MRP colours are great for this sort of scheme as they dry so quickly and are not affected by masking tape, for example you don't get marks on the paint or paint peel. There's still some detail to go into the landing gear wells. Â More soon and stay safe. Â Dave 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Nice smooth coat of paint Dave, MRP paints seem to be popular and I can see why from your picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 11 minutes ago, modelling minion said: Nice smooth coat of paint Dave, MRP paints seem to be popular and I can see why from your picture. They are very good, probably the best I've used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 A good bit of progress today. Firstly the undersides were masked up in preparation for the top colours. Once done, I sprayed on a few light coats of Dark Sea Grey. After about 30 minutes drying time, I set to work with the Top Notch masking set. Generally, this is very good with great flexibility and adhesion, although some areas did need an extra bit of either blu-tack or masking tape to get the right shapes. Some of the masks were a bit off but easily sorted:   Then it was on with the Dark Green. Again, two lights coats was all that was needed. Once set, I removed the masking. I actually think that if you were very careful in your removal, you could actually reuse this masking set. However I was just impatient so tore the lot off . I then added a few details to the landing gear wells, painted the Nav lights and added a few details of painting across the airframe.   I've three days of work ahead then a long weekend off so hoping to get the metallic areas at the rear painted on Friday with the aim of getting gloss and decals on over Saturday and Sunday.  More soon and stay safe.  Dave 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 That's looking great Dave  MRP paint is getting a good reputation around these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 4 hours ago, Col. said: That's looking great Dave  MRP paint is getting a good reputation around these parts. Thanks mate!  They are brilliant paints, I highly recommend them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Great job on the upper surface colours Dave they have gone on really well, those masks seem to have worked very well too. Looking forward to seeing the decals go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, modelling minion said: Great job on the upper surface colours Dave they have gone on really well, those masks seem to have worked very well too. Looking forward to seeing the decals go on. Cheers mate, I'm happy with how it's looking thus far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Nice work with the paint scheme. I have never used masks of any kind, but those have worked well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 11 hours ago, Jabba said: Nice work with the paint scheme. I have never used masks of any kind, but those have worked well. Thanks Mark. The masks are very useful, as I say just a bit of tweaking here and there. I struggle with camouflage patterns without masks as I'm not the best as the Blu-tack method so I don't mind spending a few extra pennies for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluffer77 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Nice build so far, look forward to seeing the end results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 8 hours ago, Sluffer77 said: Nice build so far, look forward to seeing the end results Thanks mate!  A bit more done today. Metallic areas around the exhausts painted; MRP silver and Tamiya Gun Metal. Once dry, a few coats of Alclad Aqua Gloss went down.   Might add one more coat tomorrow just to make sure it's extra shiny before getting applying the decals on Sunday. The eagle eyed among you will see that the upper aux intakes aren't painted; I haven't forgotten, I just haven't bothered as they can't be seen when the doors go on  More soon and stay safe.  Dave 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 More nice work Dave, the metallic areas look really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 34 minutes ago, modelling minion said: More nice work Dave, the metallic areas look really good. Thanks mate. Â I've taken a bit of a notion for Spey engined Phantoms - picked up a bundle off ebay which will be a 892NAS FG.1 and got a Revell FGR.2 for a great price from @Duncan B. I had planned to do that as a 29 Sqn jet but might mark it up now as a 1435 flight jet. I seem to get lots of notions for this sort of thing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Looking great Dave and quick as ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 10 minutes ago, coneheadff said: Looking great Dave and quick as ever Thanks Alex.  Browsing the web tonight, I found this picture:   Oops!! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Doubt I'll be able to find it again now but while on Facebook yesterday I seen a photo of a 43 Sqn. Phantom with a checked rudder. Think it was on the Scottish Aviation Nostalgia page Looked rather smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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