nick Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 As promised here are some photos of my Tamiya F-4B. Absolutely amazing kit, stupidly complicated, super-detailed, and the best fitting thing I ever saw - glorious. I have admittedly become addicted to 3D printed cockpit decals now, as they are so good, so they make an appearance as do some rather nice nozzles. Otherwise OOTB. here goes:- just test fitting this thing is an experience, it kind of locks itself together in an very precise and satisfying way, you probably won’t understand that until you build one, but I know what I mean! here’s me chimneys spent a while looking at refs and painting these, but fairly happy with the look now. here’s the office It’s not so long ago I would have been happy with this in 1/32nd but this is 1/48th! very little to do with me, it’s the 3D stuff, it’s just so good now. Back to the kit, this is the moulded-in engine detail barely visible when the air-bleed doors are open, as they are in the kit love it! stay tuned for the next bit. thanks for looking. Nick 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Amazing kit, I still have to start mine. The printed cockpit details are perfect! What did you use for the AM engine nozzles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, billn53 said: Amazing kit, I still have to start mine. The printed cockpit details are perfect! What did you use for the AM engine nozzles? The nozzles are the reskit ones, they’re almost too good, if that’s a thing - there’s some PE in there that a gynaecologist with a super trouper couldn’t find, but I know it’s there! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Nick those cockpit placards and the A/ B nozzles look great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 A few developments, treated myself to this beauty after pretty much wearing out my trusty Iwata. not the colour scheme I would have picked, otherwise, We like. Here's the latest on the Phantom, got the bang seats now with a bit of trusty Eduard PE, Although I chose to keep the handles as PE always looks too flat to me. As is customary, now I've photographed it, I can see the paint work needs tidying up of course. Looking suitably old school busy in there anyway now which is the main thing The obligatory scale shot to finish thanks for looking and all the positive feedback so far. Regards, Nick 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Looks good so far, mine is sat in the box waiting for me to tackle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Looks nice, however it's an F-4B. The F4B is a Boeing biplane fighter (which I'd hoped to see in 1/48!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattp7999 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 That looks absolutely fantastic so far, the 3-D decals are brilliant.. are they just for the cockpit instruments or also for the side consoles too? The bang seats are also excellent. Well done so far.. I really want a Phantom now.. Regards Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 You’re doing a super job with what must be my favorite aircraft. Now you’ve got me thinking about pulling mine out of the stash. Whose seat harnesses are those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Sabrejet said: Looks nice, however it's an F-4B. The F4B is a Boeing biplane fighter (which I'd hoped to see in 1/48!) The hyphen is silent which is what threw me. I stand corrected. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Mattp7999 said: That looks absolutely fantastic so far, the 3-D decals are brilliant.. are they just for the cockpit instruments or also for the side consoles too? The bang seats are also excellent. Well done so far.. I really want a Phantom now.. Regards Matt Side consoles too. Honestly, I prefer the Quinta sets, which include all the ejector seat stuff too, but the current Russian situation has pretty much closed that option down both morally and practically, which I totally understand, but still a shame especially as a micro-producer of model bits myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattp7999 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Are they the Eduard ones @nick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 33 minutes ago, Mattp7999 said: Are they the Eduard ones @nick? The 3D decals are Red Fox, but they do suffer from the same ‘dithering’ effect you get with Eduard stuff with plain light grey colours such as the ip background colour. Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 1 hour ago, billn53 said: You’re doing a super job with what must be my favorite aircraft. Now you’ve got me thinking about pulling mine out of the stash. Whose seat harnesses are those? Eduard steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, nick said: Eduard steel Wow! I was sure it was fabric, until I took a closer look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Nick, the seats look great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 Getting some paint on now. You’ve got to love the actual size scheme/decal charts Tamiya now provide. I’m using AK colours for the first time and despite several coats, insignia white still looks pretty grey to me? I always seem to struggle with white as stupid as it sounds. Nick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 5 hours ago, nick said: Getting some paint on now. You’ve got to love the actual size scheme/decal charts Tamiya now provide. I’m using AK colours for the first time and despite several coats, insignia white still looks pretty grey to me? I always seem to struggle with white as stupid as it sounds. Nick I have yet to find a gloss insignia white that covers worth a damn, without a flat white undercoat. AK is no exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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