Greg W Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: That looks amazing! The pilot looks like a non egg plane pilot. Really great work,.....I've got an F-104 and another egg plane in the stash to get to myself I definitely want to see what you would do with one of these. There are some really great looking JASDF F-104 paint schemes too. I am going to pick up one of the 104 eggplanes for sure. Edited February 22, 2020 by GDW mpk and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 4 hours ago, ringleheim said: The cockpit and pilot look fantastic! Your work here is inspiring in that it truly makes me want to order one of these egg planes and give it a go. It's the kind of thing that will put a smile on your face every time you glance at it, once it's finished. Which one do you think you'd do? mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 This is awesome. Enjoying every update! Pilot looks really great and that landing gear should really pop. Greg W and mpk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) I am impressed with the Eduard exhaust set which looks even better in person than in my cell phone pictures. I had to over expose the photo of the afterburner can, in order to show the details. The combination of the resin and photoetch parts look great. I painted the resin with Tamiya X-11 Chrome Silver, the photoetch parts are unpainted, OOB. Edited February 24, 2020 by GDW Shawn M, mpk, USMC Herc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) Mr. Surfacer has been applied to the wing roots and the base of the vertical stabilizer. Also, test fitting of the stabilizers has commenced, which are only held on by small rolls of masking tape at the moment. Edited February 24, 2020 by GDW mpk, Out2gtcha, Kagemusha and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 (edited) With the upgrade to the tail pipes sorted out, it was time to address the lack of detail in the intakes. I rummaged around my stash of old kits and found a 1/48 AMT A-10. The outer portions of one of the engine faces were cut and placed on the flat blank, closing off the intake. First two pictures are what the intakes look like out of the box. Edited February 26, 2020 by GDW dodgem37, Shawn M, USMC Herc and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC Herc Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Looking beautiful. This is the best I have seen in Japan or USA. These aircraft are built alot in Japan. In all sorts of paint schemes. But I have never seen one upgraded like this. Question are you going to place any air to air missles for the Marine Phanto ? Cheers, Jason Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Ha! I love it! I've dabbled in a few similar models (Tiger Cute series) myself. It can be quite fun to apply scale modeling techniques to these non-scale models. Any thoughts on scribing some panel lines on that smooth fuselage? mpk and Greg W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Thunnus said: Ha! I love it! I've dabbled in a few similar models (Tiger Cute series) myself. It can be quite fun to apply scale modeling techniques to these non-scale models. Any thoughts on scribing some panel lines on that smooth fuselage? I am the world's worst panel line scriber. I have been playing with the idea of drawing some panel lines in with a pencil. We will see after I try it on the paint mule. The local Hobby Lobby has a ton of all sorts of pencil types, so a trip there will yield a bag of stuff to experiment with. Maybe I can convince you to post some pictures of your Tiger Cute planes here? I think it will add some fuel to the eggplane fire! mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 6 hours ago, USMC Herc said: Looking beautiful. This is the best I have seen in Japan or USA. These aircraft are built alot in Japan. In all sorts of paint schemes. But I have never seen one upgraded like this. Question are you going to place any air to air missles for the Marine Phanto ? Cheers, Jason Hi Jason, the kit comes with what I think are supposed to be, two simplified AIM 7E Sparrow missiles. I am going to use those because a good paint job and some decals are all they need to look the part. mpk and USMC Herc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) The kit landing gear stuck on for the first time. I measured the kit main gear doors to show me where to cut down the Monogram ones. I like the stance and height of the original landing gear so I'm just duplicating that with the grafted on doner parts. Edited February 26, 2020 by GDW Shawn M, USMC Herc, dodgem37 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Since ya asked, here are some of the Meng Cute series of models that I did. I didn't do nearly the amount of super-detailing that you are putting on your F-4 but certain modifications were made to appease the scale modeler in me. Greg W, Trak-Tor, USMC Herc and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 3 hours ago, GDW said: I am the world's worst panel line scriber. I have been playing with the idea of drawing some panel lines in with a pencil. We will see after I try it on the paint mule. The local Hobby Lobby has a ton of all sorts of pencil types, so a trip there will yield a bag of stuff to experiment with. I wouldn't, these models are supposed to be a bit of fun. So far you have managed a rather neat bit of work with a 'real world' interior in a cartoon exterior. It would be very easy to go overboard on making the exterior 'real' when it never can be because of the proportions If you do try for panel lines, remember they will have to follow the egginess of the plane - no rectangles And... Rule one always applies - it's your model, build it how you want Richard Greg W, USMC Herc and mpk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 love the work you're doing Greg W and mpk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC Herc Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 10 hours ago, GDW said: Hi Jason, the kit comes with what I think are supposed to be, two simplified AIM 7E Sparrow missiles. I am going to use those because a good paint job and some decals are all they need to look the part. GDW you have grafted so many great model parts to make this Egg look awesome. Was asking about the missles as an Idea I had was looking for a few in the spars box and cutting them down to give the look. The main gear is looking great. As you noted the stance of the phantom looks great. Cheers Jason mpk and Greg W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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