PhantomLover Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 This is my Monogram Phantom in 1/48 scale. It took me quite some time to finish. Especially the intakes took quite some filling and sanding. It's more or less OOB, but I used a decal sheet from Caracal (ANG Phantoms) and an an-alq119 from the Italeri RF-4E kit. Paints I used were mainly Vallejo and Mig Ammo acrylics. Some oils for washing and weathering. When kit has raised panellines I use nail buffers to remove the paint from the panellines. O, and I added some RBF tags from Eduard and scratchbuilt rear-view mirrors and some other stuff for the cockpit. Hope you like my Spook.. Kind regards, Gerben 54 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyg352 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 That's a real beauty. Perfect demarcation lines & the idea of showing off (or hiding?) the raised panel lines works really well. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Hemsley Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 That's a very interesting tip about the 'nail buffers'. I've plenty of older kits in the stash that would be perfect to try it on, as opposed to always scribing. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Beautiful modelling.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Beautiful build and finish on her! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 That old Monogram builds up well and yours is very nicely done. The weapons load out is interesting; lightly asymmetric. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Vey nice indeed and what a great choice of scheme too, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 2 hours ago, tonyot said: Vey nice indeed and what a great choice of scheme too, Cheers Tony I echo that too. Fantastic result especially with the panel lines, and great choice of scheme with the transition between SEA and low viz markings 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
112 Squadron Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 A true masterpiece! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfgred1 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Beautiful model and brings lots of fond memories. Really nice executed. When I did mine eons ago, used the identifier letters for the decals in the same Monogram decal sheet, to compose my name in the cockpit sill of the plane as the pilot, and then named the plane as the girl I was trying to "conquer" those days...... Unfortunately, didn't do much to enhance my chances with her....... But the plane remained. Again, congrats for such beauty. Please, keep them coming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Amazing Build! Great paint job, and the details are superb! Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 11 hours ago, Jfgred1 said: Beautiful model and brings lots of fond memories. Really nice executed. When I did mine eons ago, used the identifier letters for the decals in the same Monogram decal sheet, to compose my name in the cockpit sill of the plane as the pilot, and then named the plane as the girl I was trying to "conquer" those days...... Unfortunately, didn't do much to enhance my chances with her....... But the plane remained. Again, congrats for such beauty. Please, keep them coming. That's a good story! Curious about her name.. and thanx for the kind words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 15 hours ago, binbrook87 said: 20 hours ago, Scott Hemsley said: That's a very interesting tip about the 'nail buffers'. I've plenty of older kits in the stash that would be perfect to try it on, as opposed to always scribing. Scott I echo that too. Fantastic result especially with the panel lines, and great choice of scheme with the transition between SEA and low viz markings I love SEA and the wraparound looks the best imo, and it means less masking 😀. thanx for the compliments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 20 hours ago, Scott Hemsley said: That's a very interesting tip about the 'nail buffers'. I've plenty of older kits in the stash that would be perfect to try it on, as opposed to always scribing. Scott Just make sure the model is molded in a dark colour, if not, use a dark primer 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vangos Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Very nice build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Beautifully done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Great result! Did you do something special to the burner cans? They look fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 4 hours ago, exdraken said: Great result! Did you do something special to the burner cans? They look fantastic! Thanks! I just used different shades of metallic Vallejo acrylics. And some polished metal pigment from MiG Ammo. Just apply with soft cloth and rub it in.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaracalModels Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Very nice indeed - thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Excellent Phantom. I’m currently building Monogram’s 1/72 version of this kit, and sanded down all of the raised panel lines. Now, having seen your nail buffer results, I’m regretting my decision. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Bravo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Simply Phabulous!!!!! Very nice Gerben. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodenlee Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Lovely job indeed! The Monogram kit still holds it's own doesn't it! Cheers Shaun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 08/12/2020 at 03:34, rodenlee said: Lovely job indeed! The Monogram kit still holds it's own doesn't it! Cheers Shaun It sure does, especially shapewise it's a great kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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