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Marine F-4J Phantom - Decal time!


Durangokid

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  • 1 month later...
16 hours ago, MGySgt0372 said:

I want to see more, Durangokid! You do some awesome work & i'm about to start my Tamiya F-4J. Thanks!

 

Semper Fi,

Masterguns

 

 

Thanks brother!  I was waiting for the new decals from AOA and they should be here any time.  Then I'll be starting back up...

 

Semper Fi!

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So I'm finally back to work on my Phantom.  The kit decals were trashed as were the Yellow Hammer decals I had.  The kit decals completely yellowed but I was able to bleach them out for the most part by setting them in direct sunlight for a few days.  I tested a decal only to have it break apart in water so I sprayed some testers decal bonder which helped but wasn't perfect.  They Yellow Hammer decals were even worse and they weren't all that accurate to boot.  My only other option was to use my trusty Silhouette to cut some masks.  Thankfully AOA has a new set of stencils so I'm all set.  I drew all the markings, including the walkways, with Inkscape.  It took some time but was worth it in the end.

 

First I painted the white areas:

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Then masks for the green strips and clovers:  Note: I must have broke that damn probe five time now!

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Painted custom green color:

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Masked the stripes:

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Painted the main color:  I used Mr. Color but for this but it seems too light.

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Removed masks...OOPS!

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Added tail markings

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The walkways were next.  The black outline was a PIA!

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I painted and masked the grey areas:

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I also drew the stars and bars from scratch.  These took some work but I figured it would be easier to do these before painting the main color.  I first painted the blue areas.

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Then applied the masks for the white and red areas:

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Here she is after painting and removing masks:

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Still a few more to go. 

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You can see just how detailed the Silhouette can cut once you have all the settings dialed in:

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Here she is with all the markings, not on decal used...

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Time for some blending and a bit more weathering... Thanks for looking!

 

Bryan

 

 

 

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