heloman1 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 On 1/11/2023 at 8:25 AM, Bobby No Mac said: Nice to see it being done with the drivers Bobby, drive and passenger... Colin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 After some white was hosed over and into the intakes, sundry bits were glued together. The spine piece gave me some issues this time but after some PPP it looks and feels OK. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Nice progress Alistair and going together quickly. That is a heck of a lot of stencilling to go on. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Great progress on my favourite jet 😍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 2 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Nice progress Alistair and going together quickly. That is a heck of a lot of stencilling to go on. Chris Thanks Chris, That's the bit that's bothering me. 2 hours ago, TonyOD said: Great progress on my favourite jet 😍 Thanks Tony, I've got a bit of time off so there should be some progress. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Very smooth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Looking like a sci-fi rocket! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 On 22/01/2023 at 15:04, heloman1 said: Bobby, drive and passenger... Colin Passenger! Passenger! 🥵 I'll have you know that the Observer's course was harder than the Pilots! 😄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 1 minute ago, Chewbacca said: Passenger! Passenger! 🥵 I'll have you know that the Observer's course was harder than the Pilots! 😄 It's taken a while but I knew there would be a bite at some point. Not much to report today. White, Insignia Red and Aluminium sprayed. An oily wash was applied as well. Not much progress but time consuming none the less. I'll get this bit glued in tomorrow and If my experience of my last Phantom build is anything to go by much clampage and a few days will be required to get a decent fit. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I seem to remember that the stencils took me about a week of fairly intensive work and that the small black ones were nearly invisible on the dark grey, resulting in a few being either lost of mis-aligned!. Best of luck. Pete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 15 minutes ago, PeterB said: I seem to remember that the stencils took me about a week of fairly intensive work and that the small black ones were nearly invisible on the dark grey, resulting in a few being either lost of mis-aligned!. Best of luck. Pete Thanks for the info. I'm not looking forward to them but will give it a go. If I get the build done in decent time I should leave enough time for the stencilling. Cheers, Alistair 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngantek Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Nice work Alistair, this one is coming along really well. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Ngantek said: Nice work Alistair, this one is coming along really well. Andy Thanks Andy. Now the fun of getting the bottom plate in begins. Cheers, Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 Things went together better than I expected. Now it's time for some seam work. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 On 1/28/2023 at 6:46 PM, Chewbacca said: Passenger! Passenger! 🥵 I'll have you know that the Observer's course was harder than the Pilots! 😄 That's when you include the time they spent failing the pilot's course? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 Okay time for a small update and an explanation as to why i haven't shown what's been going on with this one. I must have fitted one of the intakes wrongly and when it came to fitting the covers for them I had massive gaps at the bottom. So, I've hacked away as much plastic as I can get away with and am now left to fill and shape to hide the error. There is still some shaping to get a smooth transition but I'm getting there. I knew the bottom part went on too easily. Thanks for looking, Cheers, alistair 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlight Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 You'll fix that for sure. I'll bet nothing will be seen of this afterwards. Great work indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 minute ago, flashlight said: You'll fix that for sure. I'll bet nothing will be seen of this afterwards. Great work indeed! Thanks Nick, It's no big problem I'm only concerned that as I'll be posing her in launch position I'll need to get this right. Cheers, alistair 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 F-4 intakes are horrible! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 13 minutes ago, Bertie McBoatface said: F-4 intakes are horrible! Can't disagree with that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Great progress! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, Wings unlevel said: Great progress! Thanks very much. Once I get the intakes sorted out I should get moving on this. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 Looking a little more Toomy now. I still have some filler to sand and a slight gap at te wing root to solve but progress has definitely been made. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Bonsai Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Going well. I am trying to put the same together myself. There are a couple of simple gotchas in that the ILS aerials should be removed as they are RAF fit and the right? Hand seams on the wing tanks should be removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 7 hours ago, Plastic Bonsai said: Going well. I am trying to put the same together myself. There are a couple of simple gotchas in that the ILS aerials should be removed as they are RAF fit and the right? Hand seams on the wing tanks should be removed. Thanks very much for the info. Cheers, Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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