F-4E 308th TFS

[Bruce]

I'm building this a/c in honor my good friend and pilot training mentor.  I'll be using the Revell E model with numerous modifications and extra parts that I've either made, borrowed from other kits, bought, or made

molds and cast copies

 

 

 

 

 

 

here are just some of the pieces.  I made a copy of the Tamiya canopy rail area and canopy frames.  I have grafted the rail to the Revell fuselage and will use the frames and extra glass from Tamiya.  On the Revell kit I cut just under their canopy frame and in front of the instrument shroud.  I then grafted my resin copy of the Tamiya area.

 

 

 

 

 

The reason for doing this is I'm using the more correct canopy glass from a Tamiya kit and am using a Avionix cockpit set

 

Edited January 16, 2018 by Bruce

[LSP_Paul]

Very Cool and Welcome Bruce! Going to be a great project.  please post pictures of the rest of the kit parts as well when you can!

 Paul 

[Derek B]

Yay! Another Rhino - Nice one Bruce

 

Derek

[P Stoner]

Awesome, another Phantom. I've got a bunch of FlightPath stuff that may help if your interested.

 

Paul

[ghatherly]

Very Nice job Bruce.   

[Bruce]

  On 5/1/2014 at 9:18 PM, P Stoner said:

Awesome, another Phantom. I've got a bunch of FlightPath stuff that may help if your interested.

 

Paul

thanks Paul but I think I've got everything covered.  I've got about every seat that was made and exhausts, etc.  I just have to decide on the seat I'm going to use.  I even have the pitot tubes from Master-model

[LSP_K2]

Excellent choice.

[P Stoner]

Very good choice of Phantom. I know what it's like to have soo much F-4 stuff!

 

Paul

[Bruce]

One of the things I deceded to do was to deepen the wheel wells and add my engine bay set.  I cut out the wheel wells leaving only the landing gear mounting points and I cut out the door 81L & 81R locations.  I made some molds from the Tamiya wheel well parts (modified a little) and added them to the Revell wheel wells.  I painted my engine bay set and added some extra piping using lead fishing line.

 

 

inside view with Tamiya copy/modified resin parts.

 

 

from the bottom, not perfect but better than the original

 

[LSP_Paul]

  On 5/2/2014 at 11:47 PM, Bruce said:

One of the things I deceded to do was to deepen the wheel wells and add my engine bay set.  I cut out the wheel wells leaving only the landing gear mounting points and I cut out the door 81L & 81R locations.  I made some molds from the Tamiya wheel well parts (modified a little) and added them to the Revell wheel wells.  I painted my engine bay set and added some extra piping using lead fishing line.

 

 

inside view with Tamiya copy/modified resin parts.

 

 

from the bottom, not perfect but better than the original

 

WOW Bruce that's a great improvement!  Really beings the Revell kit up to par  Great work!

 Paul 

[Bruce]

some of the other parts and such....I'm using the Aim-9s and centerline tank from Tamiya kits and I cast copies of the outer wing section from a Revell RF-4C kit.  I will remove the strengthening panels since at this point the F-4E didn't have them.  I have also remove them from the horizontal stabs.

 

 

Bruce

[P Stoner]

Looking good Bruce.

 

Paul

[Guest]

I like the looks of this one...carry on..........Harv

[Guest Peterpools]

Bruce

Sure is looking good right out of the blocks.

Keep 'em coming

Peter

[Bruce]

thanks guys for all the good comments.  I've got my decals all lined up.  I'm using a set from Monokio Productions,  and a probably 30 year old set from Micro Scale 32-30 for the tail numbers.

 

    Monokio Productions website is:  www.monokio.com

Edited May 4, 2014 by Bruce