geedubelyer Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Your work is exemplary Marcel. Crisp and sharp. Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Unbelievable!! Beautiful work bro!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Thx guys! I thought I'd cover the TER's in a little more detail. I did a general makeover of the TERs, such as substituting lead wiring for the kit supplied wiring, hollowing out the back end and adding anti-sway fasteners with little feet. Very importantly for TERs hanging from Navy or Marine F-4's, I added a circular section such that some of the anti-sway "feet" actually have something to engage with, the below pics show what I am talking about: Here's how my TERs turned out: I also added a four digit number at the back of the TER, as I have seen on a number of Navy examples. Some of my TERs also feature VMFA-112 unit markings. Note the various shades of gray. Cheers, Marcel A-10LOADER, BiggTim, airscale and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 It's going to hard to get the actual jet looking as good as your ordnance and pylons. Super cool work Marcel. A-10LOADER and Marcel111 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 stellar work! what parts did you use for the TERs? Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Wow, those TERs are amazing! Kev Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Stellar work as always Marcel !! I love the color differences between the TER's and the weathering / red stripe on the launchers. Also, nice touch adding the numbers to the TER's. Steve Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Wow - you are a frighteningly talented modeller.. I know this because I just thought I was looking at studio shots of real weaponry that you were using for reference.. unbelievable stuff, really..... different class... quite a different class... would love to know how you do it Peter Marcel111 and Harold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Thx guys! "stellar work! what parts did you use for the TERs?" ... the TERs themselves are Tamiya. The wiring is lead wiring, those cylinders from which the wires come were cut from brass tube. The circular sections that were added for Navy/Marines sway brace engagement were cut from stock plastic tubing and cut flat on one side. Unit and serial decals were custom printed, the placards are from a very old Reheat 1/48 sheet that has served me very well over the years. "Wow - you are a frighteningly talented modeller.. I know this because I just thought I was looking at studio shots of real weaponry that you were using for reference.. unbelievable stuff, really..... different class... quite a different class... would love to know how you do it Peter" Thx Peter! One of the key things to do is to maintain a smooth finish. So especially for rough paints, it's important to give a light sanding with wet & dry before and even after final coating. Chuck has covered this topic in some of his builds. Incidentally, I ordered a bunch of your sheets, I came across them in Chuck's Eagle build. Wish I had been aware of those before, they will be very useful in future. Thx for the very fast service on those! Cheers, Marcel Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Great TERs, Marcel! I do believe this is the first time I have seen this particular anti-sway detail. Good show. Sincerely, Mark Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Marcel, those TERs are unbelievable. Super build. Jim Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Thx Mark, thx Jim! I don't have much of an update to show, but I did want to show off the Sierra Hotel intakes. They are just phenomenally nice, it can't be done better than this. Fit is perfect and the set is engineered to require only the absolute minimum amount of work from the modeler. On my previous Phantom build I used the D-Mold set, which was generally nice but the intake inside is provided as a separate part, and it's really difficult getting a good outside to inside join without messing up all those little vents on the inside upper section of the intake. Cheers, Marcel Girlscanplay2 and Harold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Erik, did a great job mastering them. When I did the review I too found that you hardly need anything, beside a clean cut in the kit, to get a good fit. So, your right about the perfect fit. I think that's what sets a part the good stuff from mediocre. Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 WOW Some fantastic detail work and weathering. Looking forward to following with notebook in hand Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Lovely that is - the S is my favourite Phantom version an the Heater-Ferris scheme is one of my favourite camouflage schemes - can't wait to see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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