Anders_Isaksson

As understand it also the wing ammo panels are completely different so some more work would be needed, besides changing the gun barrels.

Thanks all for your input on the Mk IIc and then some! Had forgotten that the 20mm barrels are already included so that’s a good sign. And yes, a Sea Hurricane would also be most welcome.

Sorry if I sound a bit... well, but I feel it has been an rather long time since the initial Mk IIb release by now. Anyone who knows if/when the Mk IIc is coming?

Ah, I should have figured this. After all, the wing armament setup is different between the two versions. Guess I will wait for the dedicated Mk IIc then.

Seeing the various in-box reviews has made me go from Meh to Yay regarding Revell's new Hurricane. But can you already now build a Mk IIc from the basic plastic in this release? I can see the proper Hispano barrels are there but the corresponding wing leading edge inserts for the guns still seem to be missing on the sprues. Otherwise I will hold out for the dedicated Mk IIc release that we all know will come...

No worries! Thanks for the info so far. I will look into getting the Flightpath nose and go from there.

Just a few more questions: 1. What do you mean by "deepening the radome", do you plan to add material to the underside of the radome and area down to the nose gear bay? 2. Would a good way be to keep part of the base of Tamiya's radome to sandwhich in between the resin nose and kit forward fuselage in order to keep the correct overall fuselage length? That is how I understand your description above but I wanted to double check. I read your WIP from page 24 and forward but I am still a bit confused about which route to take.

Many thanks Anthony and all for the input! I will look into this some more and consider modifying the front fuselage.

I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere that the Tamiya F-4C/D/J Phantoms should need a nosejob. Has anyone used this set? https://www.djparkins.com/product.php?productid=17694

Sorry for asking here, but has Italeri so much as hinted at a future Gr.1 release? I know about the IDS/ECR, but a proper GW1 RAF Tornado is what I would like...

Agreed. One look at the AMK kit compared to Tamiya's rendition and the choice should be obvious. Still, the AMK wings may be usable on the Tamiya kit if dirty wings are preferred. Not a cheap solution, but still...

The AM intakes for the Trumpeter kit are needed to correct the exterior shape of said intakes. But then, Trumpeter's intake interior is a bit of a mess by itself - but that's really another story...

Having wrestled a bit with the old Tamiya Tomcat I'm having none of it anymore. Just not worth the work involved to make it shine, but that's of course a personal opinion. The Trumpeter kit is (as said above) rather flawed when it comes to exterior shapes. The Zactoman intakes are (IMHO) essential add-ons. The wing having separate flaps and slats is a no-seller to me as Trumpeter's rendition is still rather inaccurate overall. Tried to accurize the HB 48th scale flaps/slats to make the wings passable but it was a lot of work, and I'm pretty sure the larger Trumpeter kit has every problem the HB kit has... so no thanks. Revell... to me the forward fuselage around the cockpit with the windscreen and canopy all jumps out at me as being just more or less out of shape, with the shallow canopy being the main error for me. But others may think differently. If only Tamiya would scale up their 48th scale Tomcat I guess we all would be rather happy...

I could sure do with the SF version...

I emailed Res/Kit yesterday and got a reply that the F-4 (E/J/F/G/S) exhaust set will be available in the next couple of days. Great!

Yes, but having an actual decal sheet at hand makes it easier designing the masks - or at least I believe so. I don't have much experience in creating masks just yet, but this subject seems to be one of the easier to start off with.

I´ll take your word for it!

I always thought the Phantom was covered in so much stencilling that it affected the total weight and performance! Good to know the low-viz S had less of the small stuff. Sure makes life easier.

I´m pretty sure I have seen a new set of exhausts announced from Res/Kit, but can now only find this picture of the set. Nothing on the Res/Kit website. Strange. Res/Kit do some great stuff so a few sets of proper F-4 exhausts may fit the bill for the Tamiya kit.

I suppose there are no decals for this F-4S? Google tells me no. https://www.airliners.net/photo/USA-Navy/McDonnell-Douglas-F-4S-Phantom-II/676821?qsp=eJwtjLEKwkAQBX9FtjagUSzSaWGroNgvd08NRu/YXdAj5N9dD7th3mNGCull%2BNi5ZFBHCpZwpzllFn4qdSM9UN5JojNdm/Vpdtk37aL1iyaxXXEd2bANAdkQ//4gEfKboKHWbl5fOkCOlWm1cR97zQPXBoz7gabpC8nCLzI%3D If nothing else I plan to cut masks but a decal sheet would be great to use as a prototype for designing the masks. I think decals will work fine for any low-viz stenciling that may be needed, which I can take from any available F-4 decal sheet.

Ah yes, you can go with the NMF or grey on grey with half the cost... and perhaps half the effort to paint. I have already built one 72nd and 48th scale Viggen each in NMF and grey/grey so guess there is no more option left for me...

I guess that’s a question only you can answer.

Thanks all for your input. While I've spoken to the Aires guys a couple of times I never thought of asking why the fit of their stuff is so and so, guess I was too blow away by all the sets they offered at their table. My very own theory is that when a cockpit set has several base kits, say like the 1/48 Tomcat, Aires is tailored for one of those Tomcat kits and the fit to other kits is what it is. Case in point is my Aires cockpit for the 1/48th Tamiya Tomcat, IIRC the tub and IPs are identical to the older Aires set made for the Hasegawa Tomcat. But then again, the Hasegawa kit still need some real surgery to make the Aires set fit as intended... But when it comes to subjects with only a base single kit available, like the 1/32nd F-8 or MiG-23, I can imagine the fit of the Aires set should be about spot on. Hello and long time no see. I am well and I hope everything is fine with you and yours too. I have pondered this a bit and I lean towards your view. In 1/32nd scale the 3D items still may appear a bit flat and artificial. Perhaps 1/48 is the perfect scale for 3D, with PE doing the job for IPs and stuff in the smaller scales. So maybe a resin cockpit is still the way to go in this larger scale. In the case of the F-4 there is the exposed area between the two canopies that I assume still could use some detailing even if a 3D set is used. And thanks for your trust in my abilities!

Painted larger markings sure will look good in this scale. I would have liked if the insignia & numbers set was divided up into a single set per marking option, but I can sort of understand why DN make a complete set in one go. Perhaps Montex go ahead and release a few sets, guess we'll see.

Jennings, you certainly have a point about Aires stuff.