Bruce

your 3rd run with the refined panel lines is looking good.

The other neat thing was that I got a call one day from the pilot that flew it in Nam. He saw it in the museum and was floored that someone had chosen his a/c for the markings. I did the nose art markings by hand.

I was commissioned to build a 1/32 Voodoo for the NASM several years ago(1986). I used the Combat models vacform as a starting point with all the interior stuff being scratchbuilt. Here is a link to a photo of it if you are interested. All the ground equipment was scratch built also. I have lots of photos of the actual photo bay if your are interested. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/model-static-mcdonnell-rf-101-voodoo/nasm_A19860071000

easy fix for the rear cockpit is to separate the two , take a 1/8 inch off the top of the rear wall (following the existing shape) a take a 1/8 off the front wall where you separated the two halves and glue them back together. this will raise the rear cockpit and fix the location of the seat because the floor will be higher. From measurements of a real F-4, the Revell front cockpit from rail to console and console to floor is correct, the rear from rail to console is to low, but, console to floor is correct. If you just raise the seat, it throws off the relation of the seat to consoles and leaves a gap under the seat. Its no too late to make the cut of the cockpit. Bruce

my build shows what i did to the intakes

https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/50304-f-4e-308th-tfs/#comment-563051

here is a link to my build:

I've built a couple of these kits. There are 3 major problems. 1. the canopy profile is off because the center section is a scale 2 inches low which throws it off(not much can be done there). 2. the intakes are too long, they need to have about 1/8 inch removed off the back edge. 3. and most important is the rear cockpit is too low, it needs to be raised about 1/8th inch. Put the seat in and see where the parachute pack is in relation to the canopy rail and compare it to pictures and you'll see the problem.

The 3D printed KC-135 style wheels are done. There are pictures and information posted over on Iian's A-26K build for anyone interested. Bruce

anyone interested should contact my friend Chuck Davenport at: charles davenport <bgdavenport@bellsouth.net> for details Bruce

If anyone is interested in these tires let me know. I think he did a beautiful job. My photography doesn't do them justice. he even has the valve stem cast on the inner rim. How do I fix my problem with loading the pics? Bruce

thanks

here are links to 3 other pictures. I cant seem to load the pics http://partsrparts.homestead.com/A-26-2.html http://partsrparts.homestead.com/A-26-3.html http://partsrparts.homestead.com/A-26-4.html

here is a link partsrparts.homestead.com/A-26-tire.html

a friend and I recently took numerous and measurements of the KC-135 tires on a B-26. He is making cad drawings and is going to print the tires. If all goes well I'll try to pot pictures Bruce