[1/18 Scale P-51B 3D Print Build]

Jay wonderful work on that tail, you nail it! now I'm starting to feel sad because this amazing thread is in its ending phase...  😪😅

[Cyberhobby BF-109E-4]

great project and  fantastic work on that cockpit Tom! one suggestion about the control column, the central section should be black (where the placard is) and the top trigger protection is metallic, cheers

 

[1/18 Scale P-51B 3D Print Build]

🙂 glad to see the canvas boot printed, painted and in place Jay, looks awesome! another ticked box on your amazing build, cheers

[Bf-109G seatback question]

On 3/26/2025 at 12:26 PM, Roy Noras said:

Considering your information, is it safe to conclude that this backrest was mandatory equipment in ALL G's and K's, regardless of manufacturer?  If so, it's a pity that it has been omitted both by Hasegawa and Revell. Trumpeter has their own interpretation, which is not correct.

the answer is yes and even the F-4  model, here is a picture from a recent lake recovered Friedrich featuring it, cheers

 

[Bf-109G seatback question]

3 hours ago, Radub said:

The photo pposted by Mike shows the angled rear bulkhead without the back rest in place

correct!

5 hours ago, nmayhew said:

can you comment on the seat shown in Mike’s post?

what Radub said,  another example without the seat installed  showing the plain bulkhead

 

 

[Lamina Flow Designs LFD 1/32 F-4E nose conversion for the Tamiya kit]

On 3/22/2025 at 10:09 PM, Chek said:

whats really needed for all the Tamaya 1/32 Phantoms is a revised rear fuselage

the Tamiya kit has more a few shape inaccuracies, that one been one, I don't think it would be easy and viable to make a correction set for that,  best way would be adding plastic  or material under and sanding to shape it up! cheers

[Lamina Flow Designs LFD 1/32 F-4E nose conversion for the Tamiya kit]

11 hours ago, Tony T said:

I am very eager to see how Red Pill Models tackle their F-4 fuselage, especially, perhaps, with a more defined curve radius around the nozzle area. 

 

Tony 

the Red Pill Phantom is a never ending story... I lost my hope about it 😔 

[Lamina Flow Designs LFD 1/32 F-4E nose conversion for the Tamiya kit]

3 hours ago, Mark P said:

Well...now I understand the issues with the Tamiya F-4E. It does appear you offering the later era gun fairing. Will we be seeing a Vietnam era gun configuration too? In addition, if one has an E with the earlier clear parts for the nose (as I do), will this fit the F-4E kit too? I assume it will...

 

Mark Proulx

Mathieu is the Belgian guy behind LFD not me,  to your questions, yes!  early short cannon nozzle will be included, the windscreen is still in development as we can see in the test shots he has published, cheers

[Lamina Flow Designs LFD 1/32 F-4E nose conversion for the Tamiya kit]

1 hour ago, Tony T said:

Not only is the E seemingly OOP, it has only the clear plastic nose halves and gun fairing; the F-4EJ release retained those and added the key nose parts in much friendlier grey plastic. The EJ also has the stabilator doubler plates provided as self-adhesive foil, for upper and lower sides (the former came along circa 1974 and the latter ten years later).

 

The Tamiya J can still be found in the UK in the Navy boxing for about £90 (the Marines one, with the bombs and MERs/TERs about £20 more). This may become plentiful as a prev owned item as Red Pill Models get their F-4B and F-4J to market, before disappearing the way the F-4C/D, F-4E and F-4EJ appear to have done. 

 

 

And tail fin pod + rear cockpit parts. 

 

Tony

Exactly Tony!

 

cheers

[Lamina Flow Designs LFD 1/32 F-4E nose conversion for the Tamiya kit]

1 hour ago, scott_t said:

an F-4G nose would be sweet

sure!  who wouldn't like to have a  1/32 "Wild Weasel" 😀

[Lamina Flow Designs LFD 1/32 F-4E nose conversion for the Tamiya kit]

2 hours ago, Mark P said:

Well...FWIW....I did do a little snooping on ebay. Yes, the F-4E from Tamiya can be found there. I must admit to being a little shocked though at the price being asked for it. The F-4E being sold for much higher amounts than the F-4C/D or J.

 

Mark Proulx

that's why, impossible to find one under 200 €, they are out of production long ago, similar case with the F-16C Thunderbirds with small air intake, you will have to pay high if you want one, so that's why the LFD comes to the rescue for the long nose Phantom lovers 😉 cheers

[Lamina Flow Designs LFD 1/32 F-4E nose conversion for the Tamiya kit]

18 minutes ago, Mark P said:

Gotta ask, if so much needed to make an E from the base J kit, why not just buy a 1/32nd scale Tamiya F-4E kit to begin with?

 

Mark Proulx

well, try to look online for the E or EJ Tamiya kit and you will have the answer, the other option in the market  is the Revell/academy kit which the nose is simply very far from the word "accurate"!  this set will be super handy for many, including me 😁

cheers

[Lamina Flow Designs LFD 1/32 F-4E nose conversion for the Tamiya kit]

50 minutes ago, Zola25 said:

Nice - How about a few strips on the nose to make a JASDF version? 😉

 

/Niels

I think that would be easy peasy for him to achieve, also not all JASDF have those strips on the radome cone, cheers  

 

 

[Lamina Flow Designs LFD 1/32 F-4E nose conversion for the Tamiya kit]

hi Tony, he is working on the open breech cover option  too   

 

[Lamina Flow Designs LFD 1/32 F-4E nose conversion for the Tamiya kit]

10 minutes ago, Royboy said:

Very nice! But I'd be more interested in an RF-4E Conversion right now!  

don't discard more variants from LFD  in the future  cheers

 

[Lamina Flow Designs LFD 1/32 F-4E nose conversion for the Tamiya kit]

Mathieu is working on a very tasty conversion for the Phantom long nose  lovers in this scale using the J kit as a base, here are the latest test prints  and renders of his work, amazing as always!, cheers

 

 

 

 

 

[Bf-109G seatback question]

Hi, that triangle should be present in all variantas from the G to the K

 

 

 

 

[Relic Plywood pieces from a BF-109 G10]

5 years later since I started this post about these plywood  relics, Chandos Publications has published its second issue with an article about the pilot Habermehl  in which the mystery and circumstances has been solve by a research team during these years, not only that,  finally the pilot's remains finally rest in a tomb with his real name  which was misidentified all these years, something I couldn't never  even imagine of it would be possible when I built the model also, amazing story, very recommended read, cheers

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Woodpecker Phantom]

On 10/10/2024 at 2:31 AM, John1 said:

Impressive work.   I’ll be following along.  

thanks john, I enjoyed your phantom thread a lot, very inspiring work! a wolfpack one is on the plans too someday

 

On 10/10/2024 at 5:04 AM, themongoose said:

Lov’n it! Gonna be watching intently 

thanks mate, so hold on tight because this one will take some time  lol

On 10/10/2024 at 9:05 AM, alain11 said:

hi

I will follow with interest , there is a lot of work to get a detailed cockpit ......

thanks  Alain, you are 100% right, my main focus of detail and work will be in the cockpit, not  any aftermarkets for the EJ versions that's why i will have to 3D print my own panels,  so yes, lots of work ahead! cheers

 

8 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

Also following.

Interesting collection of seats.

 

John

thanks John, talking about seats, I will say that the Sparkit ones are the best in proportion and details, however the big downside was the visible 3d printing lines  over the top part  surfaces and  the seat cushion/ belts, the rest was alright. to solve this  issue I used this scribing/carving tool very effectively and with some fine paper sanding the effect has  been reduce, here are some pics, cheers 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Woodpecker Phantom]

collecting some ejection seats, tamiya, eduard, aires and Sparkit 

 

 

working on the cockpit, the RIO bulkhead was transformed into horizontal angle

 

 

I started also 3D designing the instrument panels 

 

[Woodpecker Phantom]

the kit:

I am using Tamiya 1/32 F-4J model as a base, lucky a fellow modeller gave me the transparent nose included in the EJ model, so I chopped the nose and insert the long nose

 

 

Chopping time

I painted with grey the interior side of the nose 

 

[Woodpecker Phantom]

The Subject

RF-4EJ Phantom II "433" from the 501 sq. JASDF 

 

[Eduard P-51B in 1/32?]

[1/18 Scale P-51B 3D Print Build]

so, I updated  this illustration by  J.R. Heilig, I added the landing strut cover panel in bare metal and also the wing tip panel line , like in B/C models  and in case for  "D" models depends  but can be seen in early variants too

[1/18 Scale P-51B 3D Print Build]

Another interesting detail we can see on the wings of Mustangs that were ferried to England, as  can see in the manuals also, is the separation of the wingtips, therefore the panel line is visible when reassembled, there are pictures of  later "D" models been ferried without wingtips separated and they don't show this panel line