1/72 Scale USN F4-L USS Hancock 1978

[Gondor]

A bit more progress. Its starting to look the part now.





I did try to cover up the over-painting of the Grey on top of the white, didn't work out  Did consider that I was using Appliance white and so it could be quite tough. Gentle scraping with a scalpel proved that I could remove the grey acrylic paint from the flaps and the left side of the rudder so I will have to take care of the right side of the rudder once the extra white paint dries.

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

Yes she's looking the part now ! Love it ;-)

[Gondor]

It still looks as if the paint has been put on with a palette knife though 

Gondor

[KiwiZac]

Just take the photos from a little further back Looking great!

And if you want to do this a bit bigger, Hong Kong Models (of 1/32 B-25 and B-17 fame) is teasing a Spey Phantom on Facebook...

[PR19_Kit]

It still looks as if the paint has been put on with a palette knife though 

Gondor

That's why wet and dry paper was invented, and I'm forever grateful for that!

[Gondor]

I am probably being over critical about my own work. I will wait and see what it looks like once I get the metal work at the rear done and it's ready for decals.

Gondor

[Gondor]

Just found out that 2/3 of the undercarriage was not fully painted. I need to be able to sit it on it's feet as it wore when I decal her so this machine may not be ready for the Glasgow show. 

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

Argh ! Don't you hate it when a small oversight turns into a large one !

[Gondor]

Now I am starting to make a mess of detail painting on this build. Think I will put this model on hold for now and finish it off later at a much more relaxed pace.

Gondor

[NARSES2]

Yup sometimes when you take a step back it goes so much more quickly when you start on the project again

[Gondor]

Started to apply decals today! 

Ended up using non standard Star and Bars for the build as the ones I was intending to use looked a little bit yellow rather than being a nice crisp white 

The part I am really putting off is adding the red/white checks at the base and top of the fin that Kit printed off for me as getting them just right could be a right PITA so I suppose I had better get them done and out of the way 

Does anyone know of a good site for serial numbers for US aircraft so I can look for a convincing number to put on the aircraft?

Gondor

[scooter]

Does anyone know of a good site for serial numbers for US aircraft so I can look for a convincing number to put on the aircraft?

Gondor

Check here for Bureau Numbers (BuNo), considering the DoD doesn't standardize serials across the Department.  Hope it helps

[PR19_Kit]

Check here for Bureau Numbers (BuNo), considering the DoD doesn't standardize serials across the Department.  Hope it helps

That's a very useful and awesome site. I've used it before and it's super handy, so long as you dig deep enough and get to understand it. 

[Thorvic]

You could look to see if some of the cancelled UK aircraft were assigned BU numbers

[KiwiZac]

This is a great site for all UK serials, including cancelled aircraft like the F-111 and TSR.2: http://www.ukserials.com/