Collin Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Last build of 2020. Hasegawa kit, modified with antennas removed and some aftermarket seats/intake covers/exhausts (since I ruined the kit ones). Straight forward Hasegawa build and the raised panel lines are perfect (IMO) for these solid International Orange schemes. Pretty much any picture you see of these aircraft, they are not weathered...so I kept the same for this build. Still debating if I want to put a white belly tank on. Caracal decal set CD48176, by far the best decals I have used recently. Cheers Collin 47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Looks fantastic.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaracalModels Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Looks stunning - thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Exceptionally well done. That you got consistent color density painting the orange on is noteworthy. Beautiful end result! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Excellent result of an unusual subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Excellent result! That would certainly brighten up any display cabinet - well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 One of my favorite F-4 colour schemes, and you certainly made the most of it, great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Looks lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Phabulous Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverkite211 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 My, but that's orange, init? Very, very nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 A fine piece of modelling, well done 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff G Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Wow! I've never seen that modelled. You did some fine work on it, what a great Phantom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Ooohh! I can see now that I’ve been building too many green & tan Phantoms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angell328 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Wow! orange is a horrible colour to work with in my experiance, and to get it looking solid and deep, you have done an amazing job there. What a cracking build, thanks for sharing. Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Pete Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Very nice indeed. 👍👍 The orange colouring really jumps out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 That's a striking colour scheme, looks excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Very nicely done! And quite orange! What paint did you use for this? Was the base coat white or perhaps blue (complementary color to orange)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 Primer coat of Alclad white was used and lightly sanded after drying. Then I used Model Masters plain old International Orange thinned with MLT. After the orange was on I took a airbrush cup of MLT and misted it over the orange to level it all out and it really adds to the gloss finish. You have to be careful with the gloss Model Master paints, it’s very tacky. All orange parts sat in my small closet that my home furnace sits in. It’s very warm in there and it baked on the orange finish. After 2-3 days it was hard as a rock. No issues handling it after that painting the walkways and decaling process. Cheers Collin. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Such a beautiful finish, fantastic work. Beats a patchwork 'weathered' model any day of the week. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Really different Beautiful orange beast Paintwork of always problematic orange is excellent Regards Djordje Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Great looking scale model Collin! I love that orange beasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Thanks for explaining your process. It's clearly very effective! I've heard of a flash coat of MLT but I've never tried it. I used MM some number of years ago and I forgot how well it can cover. But I don't believe I ever got such a gloss coat. I now use Mr Color almost exclusively, so I'm familiar with the joys of MLT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 MLT is the acronym for? Thanks for some help! 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 MLT: Mr Leveling Thinner. Cheers and glad you all enjoyed it. Now if I can just find some aftermarket GR.1 decals... that Revell Kit is calling my name from the stash. Collin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Beautiful work! The future's bright.........................the future's..................I'll get my coat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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