Muller Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 My contribution to the Phantom GB. 1/48 Hasegawa, with Legend resin seats. I started it last Saturday evening. Box and sprue shots.... the kit comes with white metal wheels and rubber tyres. Scheme I'm going with, a red tail! The white bits in the decals are a bit yellowed, so they're in a cellophane bag taped to the window, hope this works, never tried it before! I bought this kit on ebay last year, I didn't notice when I got it first, but one of the fuselage halves was cracked. I don't know if the kit was sold like this, or it got damaged in transit. This is what I tackled first, a bit of glue and filler, a bit of sanding and it's sorted. Resin seats painted.... Cockpit painted, seats are just dry-fitted.... Cockpit fitted in fuselage to check how it looks..... Fuselage halves glued together.... Intakes painted white and weathered.... Intakes and radome (which needed a bit of filler) glued to the fuselage. Wings and a few other bits glued on too. That's how it stands now, it's awaiting a filling/sanding/rescribing session at the weekend Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warris Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Nice job so far looks very realistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgregor Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Going well, love the bang seats! Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muller Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Quick update on this, no pics though. I've been busy in the house and garden with some jobs SWMBO has decreed are more important than this build Plus our new pup chewed up my paint and decalling sheet, thanks to Graham (ursa major) for the replacements! Here's the culprit, a stray that the missus brought home, it looks like she's staying! Back the Phantom... I've learned that the bangseats are wrong for an RAF bird, the harnesses are USAF stylie, but I'm going to leave them. It's primed and I've started pre-shading, which I'm going to experiment with. Different colours along the panel lines and also preshade some of the panels completely. Then see what it looks like with the greys sprayed over. If it's crap, I'll spray more grey on and postshade the panel lines. Thats it for now, I should have some pics in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Great start! The pit and the bang seats look fantastic! Anxiously awaiting the rest of the build (and what more mischief the new puppy can get into!) Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muller Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 Cheers Bill, would you like to see a pic of a chewed up brand new Sony smartphone?! Little fecker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muller Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Eventually got some time to do the pre-shading on this, as mentioned before its an experiment. Greys going on this weekend. Thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muller Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 There isn't a snowballs chance in hell that I'll get this done by the 27th, so I'm bowing out of this GB. But I will continue with a build thread in the WIP section. Thanks for the interest so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abzalon Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Great work ! How did you chose colors for the pre shading ? It's the first time I see a multicolor pre shading ... See you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muller Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 Thanks Abzalon I do remember seeing a member here doing this type of pre-shading on a WWII Japanese fighter, I can't find the thread. I liked the result on that so I thought I'd try it on this build. I have sprayed some of the greys on this and the result is quite nice, I don't have any pics uploaded yet. This thread is now closed, if you want to see the rest of this build, it will be posted here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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