Chrisj2003 Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 Most of the stencils done on one side now, along with fin markings. More to do than I thought last week. Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 This one is keeping you busy Chris but it's a worthwhile effort 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 And most of the other side's stencils. Oddly they are easier to see on the photo than when trying to place them. Chris 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted May 14, 2022 Author Share Posted May 14, 2022 A little more progress between tidying home for visitors. Command stripes at centreline not prefect and don't align with camo as real life, name, red line and tail letters do. Exhaust can just in for effect. More next week. 50 : 50 on completing to deadline. Chris 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 Only 2 more decals before setting solution (hoping to get rid of the few bits of silvering), wash and varnish. Leaving the ones immediately under the fixed part of the canopy off until after that's in place. Drooping the ailerons created work as 3 decals span onto them. Chris 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Amazing perseverance. It's starting to look great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 Took a few costs to get a solid matt finish that suits a sun-bleached plane in Nam. Matt coats do show the two greens as clearly distinct. Then glued the cans in and started weathering underside. And with the sun shining down into the cans I thought maybe I should have done more. Still got to: seal underside weather topside seal topside fix u/c and stores weather fix seats and canopy last decals weather ...so even the 2 weeks' extra isn't enough. Chris 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Your weathering on the underside has that 'dog has been rolling in mud' look essential for a Phantom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Great work there, Chris. I too am up against it for the deadline, so you have my sympathies. Better to miss the deadline than mess up the model by rushing though. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 very nice work!! looks like this might be manageable until Sunday.... but do not rush her, would be indeed a shame! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 So main weathering and varnishing done. Then minor doors, then main undercarriage, then front, and just now painting around fixing points because the parts are so precise you cant get them on with amny paint. So that will need to dry before I get the undercarriage bays and gear weathered and then the stores..... (then the canopies etc) Belly tank not glued; needs weathering before fixing on. Chris 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 Just varnished. Weathering is required; the pristine undercarriage bays aren't compatible with the grubby underside. 😀 I do like the last 3 on the front door. I fixed the pylon on station 8 because its not as fragile as the bombs on the other station pylons which will wait until weathering is done. Four and a half months wasn't enough for this. Thanks for all the encouragement, @Col. and others, it has been a great GB full of lots of fascinating builds. I will progress this because there are still a lot of bits of it around the workspace, but even the canopies will take multiple days because there is glue, filling, decals and varnish on the fixed centre bit before the main bits can go on. Chris 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 You're making good headway with this one Chris. Please keep the progress updates coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Taking a long time to get bombs on TERs and MERs. Even with superglue they keep coming off; part of the issue is the parts are so flexible they bend so pressure to put one bomb on leads to another popping off; but nearly there. In the meantime applied some solid black decal to the strike camera and gloss varnished with Clear. Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 Underside done; not perfect. So on to cockpit; ejection seats, coaming and gunsight (?), which has to go flatter than real life because of the thickness of the plastic windshield. Painting and maybe rearranging of wires behind pilot before next bits on. Chris 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 looking good chris. the handles from the quinta set where a good investment being so visible. good job adding the wiring looms behind the pilot in front / on the reos' instrument panel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 Calling this finished. More photos in RFI; thanks for all the encouragement; its taken time but without positive response it would still be languishing. Chris 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 That's a great looking model, Chris, well done! James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, 81-er said: That's a great looking model, Chris, well done! James James, thanks, I am at the happy to have finished but noting a number of bits could / should have been better stage. 6+ months for a 1/72 fighter. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Nice result Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisj2003 Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Col. said: Nice result Chris @Col. thank you; it would not have happened without the GB (it would have stayed as part of the large stash of F-4s). Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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