F`s are my favs Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Good! Nice! I like the wiring. mpk and DirkE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Next steps. Base color will be dark gull gray. The photo etched part is for the F-4J Hasegawa kit (Eduard # 49712). I definately use the foot rest. If the other parts fit on the ZM kit...idk yet. Going to add some details here as well. Dirk David66, mpk, Shaka HI and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 So here the parts for the engines. The F-4J was powered by a pair of J79-GE-10 engines. I included a photo (copyright not known) of a J79- GE-2. You can see what can be added to the kits engine. ZM thought so far, that you can build a display stand for one engine. Therefore there is the E-sprue, where you can cut out the parts. Shawn M, F`s are my favs, Shaka HI and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 This is the cockpit enhanced with some details ZM didn´t provide with the kit. What ZM did, was to supply two sets of instrument panels and starboard side panels for the RIO cockpit. So you either build a J version before AFC-506 (Airframes change) or after. The instructions only show you how to build the pre AFC-506 version. (Bureau numbers 158355 upwards, are after AFC-506 with the controller mounted in the center. Now since I had no fun to scratch the nice details away ZM put on the instrument panels and on the other side I had no joy to paint it with a brush (yep, call me lazy) I used instead the decals ZM provided. They are from cartograph and are only setting with a decal setter. I used my 8 year old bottle Mr. Mark Softer. A layer matt varnish and a bit dry brushing did the rest. Eduard add on set for the Academy F-4J has those pre-printed panels. I only used the ones for the starbord RIO cockpit. Here for the circuit breaker panel. I also used those rails that are left and right in the front cockpit from the Eduard set. They are still unpainted, so that you can better them. I will add some more wires for the ip of the RIO. But later. David66, mustang1989, Shaka HI and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Dirk, that is a most impressive cockpit. Very well done indeed. Jim mpk and DirkE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 That's most impressive. I'm curious how those cockpit sills with all the detail fit into the fuselage halves. Also, is there all the pushrod detail underneath them (canopy latch actuators)?? Thx Jennings. The cockpit sills do fit into the halves...but only after I had to sand away approx 2mm of the cockpit side. Idk why it didn´t fit, but now it does without a gap. The latch actuators are installed. But they dont come with the kit. They are from the Eduard set #49712 (F-4J Interior SA Detail Set for the Academy kit). mpk and David66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzacher Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Great work here so far, I enjoy following you! mpk and DirkE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Where exactly did you have to remove material from? From the sill area, or from the inside of the fuselage shell itself? the areas marked red. :-( Fooesboy, Lars Befring, mpk and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Nicely done so far Dirk, keep up the nice work. Steve DirkE and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 ok, fuselage halfes are glued together. No further issues. I thought about using the Eduard F-J/S radar 1/48 (item # 648067 for the Hasegawa kit). But after comparing the ZM and the Eduard nose (which indeed has nice details)...and using a scaled down plan, thats inside the book from Daco Publications "Uncovering the F-4 Q/B/J/N/S", I saw that the Eduard nose is just wrong. So, no radar for the Phantom. here the photos. here the ZM nose. Looking good. here Eduards version...freestyle.... plan from this book Dirk A-10LOADER, F`s are my favs, Michael931080 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Now, since I want to display the radar on the I dedided to copy the correct shape of the ZM nose and transfer it on the droopy nose from Eduard. Therefore I made a mold with the ZM nose, inserted the Eduard nose and filled the mold up with resin (but just on the outside). Now I have the correct shape and the nice details on the inside from the Eduard nose. voiÂlà ! jgrease, Shawn M, A-10LOADER and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) This is a very very interesting upgrade. Looks like it turned out very well too! Edited December 31, 2016 by F`s are my favs DirkE, mpk and David66 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Pretty clever, nice work. Steve DirkE and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomdriver Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 utter nonsense, as most of the naysayers have never seen the kit up close, let alone had one in their possession. Apart from the fact, that DR ought to know what he's on about.... ghatherly and David66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkE Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Jennings, can't tell if it's wrong or not, because I am not at home for the next week. I will have a look at what you mean, once I am back at the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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