kurth Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) The forward fuselage is now one piece I took a lot of time to ensure the two halves were square so I do not want to end up with the frustrating step which leads to a ton of sanding and a lopsided fuselage. Hopefully it does not slip while the tenax sets. Edited May 21, 2015 by kurth andromeda673 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor K2 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Looking better than good. look forward to seeing this toom come to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurth Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 Finally putting cement to major airframe components. The forward fuselage is coming along. The lower part was a tricky fit, but patience prevailed. The care taken earlier paid off, Just a little careful sanding and the seams along the top and bottom should be fine. However, the bottom part requires some putty next up is to paint these jet engine face things But, I had to wash them to remove sanding sludge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurth Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Nothing too exciting the past few days. I am working on this seam on the forward fuselage And with the airbrush out, I did paint the engine face things, as well as apply a wash to the turbine faces on the bulkhead. This needs to dry so I can wipe off the excess. Not too much longer before the huge step of joining the fuselage halves! jgrease and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurth Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 And I phinally have something resembling a phantom! The phuselage is together Since the bottom of the phuselage is open, I decided to try applying the cement from inside, which gave me a very clean seam, not quite perfect, but certainly better than some models I have done with a giant step and the phoward phuselage is shaping up as well, with the nose cone attached And the wing is shaping up as well The bridle inserts will need a little attention, but nothing major. I have to say, I am starting to really enjoy 1/32 Seversky, Daniel Leduc and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Great work so far! I still have a big Rhino "S" in the stash to do, and threads like this always make me want to pull it out and work on it. I have to say, I am starting to really enjoy 1/32 THAT only gets worse the more you work on them......................upon my first return back to modeling in 2006, I found that I had a choice to work in 32nd or that *OTHER* scale. After completing one or two in *THAT* scale, I did a single 32nd kit (WORST one to pic, Trumpy Mig-15!) and was pretty much hooked on the look, size and ALL of that wonderful detail you could add to things that just wasnt possible in smaller scales. Good luck and keep going! Harold and Daniel Leduc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurth Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Still moving forward on this one, just seam cleanup. I will post some more pictures this week, it is just putty, sand, repeat right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurth Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 I cleaned up the messy work bench, a little any way. I am fixing the seams on the fuselage, and I also decided to assemble fuel tanks and ordnance I had to do a few rounds of mr surfacer and sanding with the the nose. I just glued on the distinctive G model chin housing. The fit was not very good, and lots of wiggle room, the locating tabs do not give a positive fit. I see more Mr Surfacer in my future. The air conditioning intakes are installed, but they have sink marks which will require some attention That is all for this installment. Stay tuned for more Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Awesome progress on the F4 ... Just never can have enough Phantoms Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Shaping up nicely! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurth Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Yikes! two weeks since an update. I have been occupied with maintenance and projects around the house. But I have finished those tasks, and it is back to the work bench. Since my last update I have been working on a 1/48th project as well, but the task on the phantom has been to re-scribe some lines on the forward fuselage which were lost to sanding. once that was done to my satisfaction, The three main components were assembled And I was pleasantly surprised to see one of the worst spots on most phantom models was not a problem ... the forward fuselage does not have a big step where it meets the lower wing. There are some gaps, which are easy to fix. Intakes next. then all the parts I do not like so much .. ordnance, under carriage, all the fiddly bits Seversky, andromeda673 and Victor K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurth Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 The next step will be to build and install the intakes, but first, I decided to pre-paint the fuselage. This area can be hard to paint with the splitter plates installed I also figured the area under the slats would be similar, so I got those too as well as the under side of the slats but only afterwards did I see those ejector pin marks! argh! and with left over paint I decided to paint the major seams to see if they need more work .. looks pretty good, but I need to do some re-scribing The wing to fuselage joint is just about perfect. I used Mr. Surfacer which made it so easy. Thanks for looking Seversky and leoasman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 are you going to open the doors on the bottom center of the fuselage? they are open when the gear are down (doors 81L & 81R) Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurth Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 I have been working on this model this weekend and I reached another mile stone, the intakes are on I worked with the intakes for quite a while to get them to fit. Looks like they will still require a bit of sanding and puttying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurth Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 are you going to open the doors on the bottom center of the fuselage? they are open when the gear are down (doors 81L & 81R) Bruce Hmm... I did not think of that. is it too late? periklis_sale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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