1/48 Single Seat, Single Engine F-4 Phantom

[Taiidantomcat]

I can see the difference. Closer to what you were looking for?

[G.Marcat]

I can see the difference. Closer to what you were looking for?

Now I think to have reach the 70/80% of the target I would to reach at the beginning of the painting.

Now will aplly the decals and will left for last job the painting of metallic areas on the tail zone.

[G.Marcat]

This week finally choose which decals to apply.

These decals are sold inside the ESCI 1/48 kit for the F-4J Black Bunny.

The colors on the decals from the box are completely of fantasy  so they are perfect to be applied to the my whatif!

This is the situation:






Hope of to be able to complete the kit in the next month. (Hope).

[sequoiaranger]

>The colors on the decals from the box are completely of fantasy  <

Fantasy?? Can't have any of THAT on this site!!   

[Taiidantomcat]

Very nice 

[Pablo1965]

The Phantom is a very nice plane, but your plane is as nice as the original.

[John Howling Mouse]

That is one fine paintjob....I've tried but I can never get that sort of effect.   

[G.Marcat]

A little disaster is happened this afternoon:



This disaster is  happened with the T-Tailed Phantom  the past year ever in the last stages of the building.
Today is happened the same thing.

The old decals sealed by a pair of layers of Gunze Clear have been eradicated from the Tamiya Tape applied over them.

Please take note that I have reduced the adhesivity of the Tamiya tape considerably: this has proved of not to be sufficient.

[John Howling Mouse]

A little disaster is happened this afternoon:



This disaster is  happened with the T-Tailed Phantom  the past year ever in the last stages of the building.
Today is happened the same thing.

The old decals sealed by a pair of layers of Gunze Clear have been eradicated from the Tamiya Tape applied over them.

Please take note that I have reduced the adhesivity of the Tamiya tape considerably: this has proved of not to be sufficient.

Oh no.  I know how you feel.  Did you coat your completed decals with Future?  The sadly ironic thing is that this would be a perfect effect for a heavily weathered aircraft.

[G.Marcat]

Oh no.  I know how you feel.  Did you coat your completed decals with Future?  The sadly ironic thing is that this would be a perfect effect for a heavily weathered aircraft.

Today will do a look inside the kit's boxes in the stash, I need another white Phantom serial....

The problem happen with the too much old decals: the ESCI decals from the eighties are totally rigid, not one  kind of decals liquid system work on them.
I must launch them from the window.

[bobbo]

A little disaster is happened this afternoon:



This disaster is  happened with the T-Tailed Phantom  the past year ever in the last stages of the building.
Today is happened the same thing.

The old decals sealed by a pair of layers of Gunze Clear have been eradicated from the Tamiya Tape applied over them.

Please take note that I have reduced the adhesivity of the Tamiya tape considerably: this has proved of not to be sufficient.

Actually, this gives a "Well-used" look . . .

Just my opinion, though!

bobbo

[G.Marcat]

Just a word:   COMPLETED.
Eight months of work and this is the result:













There was a surprise (for me): after the masking tape removal the front windshield show signs of dust indide him left from the paint removal process.....Every time the transaprent parts are a source of trouble.

[BrittMac]

That looks amazing.  You did a fantastic job on that.
Brandon

[Gondor]

Great looking plane with a great paint job.

Gondor

[Gary]

This is a simply brilliant record of a brilliant build. For all the things that went wrong and were over come you have inspired. Standing alone, your 'toom will confuse a great number of Mac Air fans. In the end, the build was a thing of art. Now all you need is a  back story and a hero to pilot your beautiful creation into the mythology of MacDonnell Douglas' Ghosts.