Meng F-4 E Phantom II 1/48

[daneel]

 

Edited December 1, 2024 by daneel

[jhutchi]

Very nice!

[Rod bettencourt]

That came out very nice! Thanks for sharing.

 

Rod

[NFR]

Stunning paint work and great load out choice!

[Airbusboy]

Beautiful F-4 with a stunning finish. Thanks for sharing.

[Mark V]

Very nice.  I have the Meng kit and plan on starting it early next year. What paint did you use for the camo?  It looks pretty close to the real thing. 

[Mynimal]

Amazing

[Toryu]

Beautiful model of my favourite jet fighter. The shine of the finish looks very nice.

[Patton gunner]

One of my all time favorite fighters and in the Euro 1 camo , superb finish . Thanks for sharing!

[Keeff]

Wow! 

 

That's a stunner .... the finish is superb! 

 

Keith ☺️ 

[Bell209]

Not my phavourite scheme but it's a great model - excellent work!

[daneel]

12 hours ago, Mark V said:

Very nice.  I have the Meng kit and plan on starting it early next year. What paint did you use for the camo?  It looks pretty close to the real thing. 

I actually used AK Real Colors... I use a couple of their greens for SEA camo, so I just used them, and used the RC243 (FS36081) for the grey. Every paint was first lightened a bit for scale effect and used for blocking, then lightened a bit more, and used for marbling. Then on some spots, I used even more lightened bits of paint, until I got this really splotchy, well used and abused kind of coverage. AKRC has fast become my favorite go-to paint, and it's perfect for these kind of jobs. The finish it produces is just wonderful.

[Lord Riot]

Brilliant Toom that, proper 80’s USAFE metal. Nice!

[Scooby]

What a beautiful build. Did you pre-shade the panels or did you back-base to achieve that mottled look?

[Calum]

Nice work.  Love the paint finish 

[daneel]

On 12/3/2024 at 1:59 AM, Scooby said:

What a beautiful build. Did you pre-shade the panels or did you back-base to achieve that mottled look?

Thanks Scooby! For a long time, I kinda ignored the Euro 1 Phantoms and did the Navy and Air Force grays, israeli, and greek ones, and of course, SEA ones, but just recently I came across some images of well used Euro 1 Phantoms, and thought that it would be an interesting scheme to do, especially because the Meng Phantom just hit the shops at thet time. 

As for the painting, you're right, i black based the model first, using Gunze surfacer black, then I started adding the paint layers as described in my post above.

[Hook]

Classic Cold Warrior. Great work!

[Brad-M]

You nailed it! Very nice finish. How was the build?

[gazza l]

Stunning work. Great kit isn't it?

 

Gary

[Sky Keg]

By looking at this Phantom, I am reminded as to why I like this type so much.  Simply Phabulous!!!!! 

 

Mike

[SasaU.]

Very nice !