PhantomBigStu Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) Mpm f8 kit and my aborted matchbox fr9 conversion in the stash, here’s how it looked when it went away. Kits the RAAF Korea boxing Edited January 24, 2023 by PhantomBigStu 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Welcome along to the build Stu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Great stuff Stu, best of luck mate. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Finally did a load of sanding and got some dark sea grey on, still load more needed on the nacelles and lost the gun port detail so got to redo them and then reshape the wing tips 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 It's coming on well, Stu, and nice rack (insert Sid James laugh here). Good to see I'm not the only one who labels the top of their paint James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) Load more sanding which included snapping the tail off as it wasn't quite vertical (and still there’s a couple of spots that need further attention) including the shortened wing tips Edited November 22, 2022 by PhantomBigStu 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 Load more progress, seething with myself, discovered the MPM F8 I purchased a year ago actually has the FR9 nose parts in it so I was a complete tool for buying the aeroclub conversion......to be fair they don't show on the instructions, but If id actually looked in the box before today I would have seen them....... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 Seems I haven't actually clipped the wings enough now Ive got to look at some f8 wings, not sure which to start next, the kit or a repaint of previous build into an isreali one..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) As I ordered the decals and paint last night decided to start on the f8 repaint this morn, starting with the underside as that I do have the paint for and it’s the worst part of the model, can’t remember why as it was a long time ago but had to separate the wing fuselage left some scarring. Edited November 26, 2022 by PhantomBigStu 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) Marothon of sanding later and the underside is done on the 8…cut one wingtip on the 9, take a lot of work to reshape it and scribe news flap lines as well as add the trailing edge tabs Edited November 28, 2022 by PhantomBigStu 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) Wasn't happy with the underside so did a bit more and now the underside is done and given a protective gloss coat, now onto the upper, as per my post in the chat, the brown I ordered, vallejo 983 isn't coming, the two browns I'm pciking between in the image are vallejo 873(right) and humbrol 29(left), though I can order 983 via amazon prime. Also sanded the wingtips on the 9 properly, apparntly the elevator tabs are there just more restrained on the matchbox kit :edit also discovered I can,t do the one I wanted to do as it has the smaller nacelles so I’ll have to do the other camoed one from the mpm kit with dayglo orange nacelles….. having just had a negative experience with dayglo on another build I’m absolutely thrilled Edited December 2, 2022 by PhantomBigStu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Sorry to hear that you aren't having luck with Dayglo or paint. I hope you sort the issues out soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 Fortunately issues are sorted as I had brought the wrong dayglo so the fact the paint was unusable was merely an annoyance as the correct dayglo could have been in a paint order I’d made hours earlier….now just concerned the different one I’ll have to get now will have issues….also painted a coat of brown on the meteor….just noticed it was neither the two id selected on the sample wing earlier, see how it looks come daylight…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 Think the first choice of Vallejo brown was better, now to sand the seams 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) Sanding done and the right brown painted, quite why I felt the need to power through given the dark blue camo paint is yet to arrive…. Edited December 3, 2022 by PhantomBigStu 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 Was going to do the gun and nose vent scratching when I finished the canopy, unfortunately having done so I noticed the canopy was off centre significantly at the rear so load more work to sort it out. Now done and I do the underside next instead 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 You certainly can't see where you had to fix it, so that's nicely done, Stu James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 Would say the underside is done but the problem with the front nacelle join I had on the upper is repeating so that’s tomorrows job as is the touching up the camo on the Israeli one which I forgot to do today 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 Got the nacelles and the camo done today 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 Only thing left is the canon and nose fairing scratching, decal ready otherwise, not gone with the orange nacelles as I found with some spares box serials and code letter (thanks to a current build in the RFI) I can do the 8sqn option without the day glo. Will go to one side and work on the F8 now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Both look good Stu, you always seem to have several models on the go. Any idea how many you have finished in your collection ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Both look good Stu, you always seem to have several models on the go. Any idea how many you have finished in your collection ? I've no real idea, somewhere north of 200 I can say for definite, and I think not past the 300 mark yet though less sure of that, though many of them have long been scrapped. Cheers, hope to get the canopy on the f8, had to use the spare from the mpm kit so I do get to build it it will have to be the framed version Edited December 16, 2022 by PhantomBigStu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 Canopy on, should also be decal ready by the end of the weekend. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Fine looking pair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) Not decal ready yet, got to touch up the underside, the black side panels and the white and black bits were a pain to do also made the decision I won’t be definitely starting the mpm kit had enough meteors for the foreseeable future Edited December 18, 2022 by PhantomBigStu 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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