Royal Canadian Air Force F-4 Phantom FGR.4 Finished!!!!

[FAR148]

Thanks guys for your kind words Project is on hold, it's summertime/airshow season.


Thanks again,
Steven L 

[FAR148]

Well now that summertime/airshow season is over, It's time to get back into the hobby room. Here's a small update. I finally painted her wheel tubs, added her ailerons and gave her a few coats of Future.



Going to let her gloss coat dry for a few days before giving her panel lines a wash.


Until later
Steven L 

[NARSES2]

Glad to see this one moving along again 

[Old Wombat]

Shiny!

[FAR148]

Thanks guys

Here a little update, Got bored the other night and decided to paint on the formation lights. I masked off the formation lights on the nose, fuselage, wing and tail. Next I added a few drops of yellow to some flat white. When I was happy with the color, I shot a light coat on each light. They turned out nice.







Until later,
Steven L 

[NARSES2]

Impressive masking

[bearmatt]

You better be symmetrical.... (What you perfectly did here)
If not, then it would be like a slap into the face 

[FAR148]

Thanks Guys 

Here's another small update. Everyday this week I have been slowly washing her panel lines. I have not made it back to her tail yet but her belly in done. I also managed to paint the twin antenna behind the rear canopy.





More to come,
Steven L 

[kerick]

Very nice!!!

[NARSES2]

It's not just the skill I admire but the patience as well 

[FAR148]

Thanks Guys

So I decided the other day to put a false cockpit on my Canadian girl. I started by tracing the canopies on a piece of paper to get the overall size and shape, which I was not to happy with. So I sketched an online that looked alittle better. Scanned into photoshop and mirrored it so that side to side it's the same. Then I printed it on some Frisket film and cut it out, tried placing it on the model .... After fighting it trying to fit the mask in one whole piece, I cut the mask right down the middle and   . The only thing is the rear false cockpit is not as tapper as the sketch but I can live with it. Was the mask in place, I thinned up some MM Euro I Gray and gave her a light coat. Turned out pretty nice.



Still more to come,
Steven L  

[chrisonord]

This really is a very nice build Steven, You have made the old girl look very 21st century, and deservedly so too. I like those missiles too, they would make a great alternative to mavericks if carried in multiples.Any chance of putting some into production? I would certainly be a customer for a big handful.
Chris

[FAR148]

Thanks Chris
As to resin production.... I don't think so. I wouldn't put myself through that. Both missiles are really hard to cast. I cast both of them three times getting three different results and they are still a bitch to cast. I got only 5 of the small ones and just 4 of the larger out of god knows how many tries and those are for future projects.

Sorry
Steven L  

[Gondor]

Enjoying this build tremendously and looking forward to your next project, especially how you tackle the painting.

Gondor

[chrisonord]

No probs Steven, you did a good job on them for sure. I must admit casting resin is something I shudder at when considering.
Chris