Luke1199 Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Hi all, planning on building the Italeri 1/48 RF-4E in an Israeli scheme for this GB. This was the boxing released last year with new decals included. I'll be building this in the grey IAF scheme of The Bats squadron. Honestly depending on how this kit goes together I'm very tempted to get another as it comes with an additional IAF scheme, an IRIAF scheme, a Luftwaffe scheme and a Turkish scheme. Looking forward to this one! 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 How nice does that overall package look… I can see why you’d like to add another. Good luck getting this one done, should be great. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 This should be a great build I've been sneaking a peak in the boxes I can see one of these in my build future some great schemes.Good luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickE Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Nice, I have an RF-4C to build some day. That Israeli scheme looks like fun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 All those schemes look glorious. I'd have a hell of a time trying to pick just one too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Seems you'll need a few copies of this kit to avoid the agony of decision Luke 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke1199 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 Hi all! Made a start earlier, nothing major just cutting the major parts off the sprue and cleaning up some of the flash. Thought I'd show off the sprues: And show off the (very comprehensive) decal sheet... I really don't see this kit taking long to assemble, it's fairly simple despite its size. Though knowing how many stencils a Phantom has those words may come back to bite me 😅 Thanks for looking in! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 On 2/24/2023 at 11:19 AM, Col. said: Seems you'll need a few copies of this kit to avoid the agony of decision Luke He speaks truths......don't ask me how I know. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke1199 Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 On 24/02/2023 at 19:19, Col. said: Seems you'll need a few copies of this kit to avoid the agony of decision Luke Unfortunately the agony of choice has only gotten worse here! Blame @modelling minion for supplying me with the older boxing of this kit 😅 Holding off on making a thread for it as I have a few builds on the go currently, but if I don't get around to building it for this GB the Greek scheme will make this my Southern Europe GB build.(At least that will spare me having to choose a scheme)! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 We can help you make these important decisions Luke (Buy more kits!) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 4 hours ago, Luke1199 said: On 2/24/2023 at 7:19 PM, Col. said: Unfortunately the agony of choice has only gotten worse here! Blame @modelling minion for supplying me with the older boxing of this kit 😅 Very happy to have added to your options/stash/dilemma Luke.😁 You really do have a great selection of recce Phantom decals from these two boxes, all you need now is more kits to put them on! 🇺🇦 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davmarx Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Good choice Luke. I built it a few years ago in an Italian forum. With a little (not really so little) patience you'll got a nice result. Ciao Davide 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke1199 Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 Hi folks, been super unproductive recently as I've been sick but trying to get my mojo back. Made a tiny bit of progress with the wings today. I was set back a little though by these raises imperfections which needed a lot of sanding as the wing is incredibly thin at the outer edges. Hopefully have the fuselage and wings all together in the next few days, the cockpit sits above the wheel bays and can be added after the fuselage is together so should save myself a lot of time. Thanks for looking in! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 That's strange molding flaws on the mating surfaces Luke. Wonder if the tooling is beginning to deteriorate? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke1199 Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 5 hours ago, Col. said: That's strange molding flaws on the mating surfaces Luke. Wonder if the tooling is beginning to deteriorate? I wouldn't be surprised, its a pretty old molding now. Finding a fair bit of flash too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickE Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I will have to check my RF-4 kit now for those flaws seeing yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke1199 Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 Hi all, some minor progress on this build now, going to focus more attention on it. Wings are together after a lot of sanding- they're huge! I've also began joining the fuselage together now but it's going to have to be assembled in a few stages as there isn't a whole lot of contact between both sides. The cockpit sits above the front wheelbay and is fitted once the fuselage is together and since the wings are mounted so low, the bottom of the fuselage parts are only connected at the nose. I need to make sure the spine of the fuselage fits perfectly or nose and/or tail will end up skewed and need a LOT of sanding. Letting the tail portion dry before i tackle the spine but shes already some size! Thanks for looking in! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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