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NavyF4s, That does help.

 

I spent the past 30 minutes carving, filing, scraping, sanding and it looks ... satisfactory.

 

I do have a Tamiya C/D . I could  get a set of resin exhausts for the tamiya kit and then use the kit exhausts like you did for this mod. The PE really looks nice. 

 

I can also get a set of GT resin exhausts for this kit.   I do have a GT resin F-4E super set for another build and could steal the exhausts from that set and replace them later. ]

 

I just need to think about what I want to do.  Thanks for the idea.

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  • 3 weeks later...

I got the Eduard Photo etch and nothing seemed to fit right, the end with the two rivets did not fit over the lip of the can.  Now I see you sanded the heck out of the inside of the burner can.  I think I will sacrifice my Tamiya F-4C cans  and do what you did, it adds so much to the exhaust.

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I started cutting plastic, then after a closer look  I see NavyF4s started with a long burner can.

 

oops

 

Any way, I can still make it work with the short burner can

 

Here is the revell burner can, and what is left of the Tamiya can. I had to do a lot of sanding.

 

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and they fit together

 

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I sure wish I had a lathe.  That was a lot of work with 60 grit sand paper and a 180 grit sanding stick, but it will look great.

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Wow it has been 6 months since I updated this thread.  

 

any way I ended up just using Eduard PE on the cans. I ruined the tamiya cans trying to cut them up. They look much better than what I started with.  Doing something with the exhaust ended up pushing this model back several months.

 

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I finished the metal area last week, and I just finished touching up the rest of the paint.  I need to get a larger photo backdrop, but You can see my progress. If it does not need more touch ups, I can move on to other tasks to finish this model. 

 

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suggestions, and critique welcome

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Touch ups are complete, and I thought I was ready to apply decals.

 

I am using the Speed Hunter graphics SEAD Specialists: Phantom Hunter Killers sheet. I bought this sheet from his table at the 2014 Nats in Virginia.

 

I as all ready to get started, and took a closer look at the profiles. I realized I need black walkways.... ok ... and they are not on the sheet. Ok, no big deal. That would take up a lot of room on the decal sheet that is best used on additional markings.  I checked the kit decal sheet on the off chance it has them ... nope.  I quickly found Cam Mil spec decals has a 1/32 walkway decal sheet, so I ordered it. With that crisis solved, I figured I could still proceed, but the Mil Spec sheet does not include the walkway on the spine of the fuselage near the tail. It looks easy enough to mask and paint, but It was too late to start masking, so I will give my self more time tomorrow night.  I will clear up my work bench a little more too. 

 

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Quick update - I painted the black walkway on the spine .. it was a pretty easy mask job

 

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I totally enjoyed reading this, went back through the whole thing. Thanks for keeping up with it as you go. Looks like your black basing experiment was a success. How are those stores coming along?

 

Funny thing about that.  As you can see, I have had long periods of time away from this build, so I forget what has been done, and what needs to be done. I thought I had built and painted the missiles. I looked through the box and found the larger of the two Anti-Radiation missiles painted white, but the smaller anti radar missile, and the two sparrows need to be painted. The jammer pod which goes in the front sparrow bay has also been painted. I need to paint the missile to pylon adapter, I seem to have over looked them.  Building and painting the ordnance is my least favorite part of a build. 

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I am still working on this one. I applied the walkway decals, but when I bought them I did not realize the difference between Navy and Air Force walkways. :o

 

I applied the decals and noticed the notches that needed to be filled in. 

 

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so I masked

 

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and while painting other things with black primer I ended up with this:

 

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Had i realized the Air Force walkway did not have all these notches, I would have masked and painted.  I am still working with solvaset on the bubbles in these walkways. Once I am happy I can apply the main decals.

 

 

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I am making one big push to get this one done.   I am applying decals. I have the major decals on the passenger side done. There are some stencils with this sheet but not a lot of direction on which ones to apply. I have the instructions from the Hasegawa kit, and the Revell Germany issue of this kit which has this same scheme so I will figure it out

edit: I see SHG has a stencil sheet, so I have ordered one. 

 

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The build is looking great. The model doesn't look glossy? did you put down a coat of gloss before applying the decals? there should be at least a coat of gloss before the decals go on and another coat of clear once the decals are done.

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6 hours ago, shan said:

The build is looking great. The model doesn't look glossy? did you put down a coat of gloss before applying the decals? there should be at least a coat of gloss before the decals go on and another coat of clear once the decals are done.

 

There is no gloss coat. The surface of the paint is smooth, so there is no problem with the decals. 

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