Lee White Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 9:19 AM, Oldbaldguy said: Hmmmm. All this magnificent work visited upon an egg plane makes me wonder: Has anyone ever scratched an egg plane from nothing? I mean, we’ve seen everything from gigantic scratch built B-17s to spaceships built from thin air, so why not egg planes as well? https://m.facebook.com/eggplanemasters/ Greg W and Rockie Yarwood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 5 hours ago, Lee White said: https://m.facebook.com/eggplanemasters/ Thanks for posting this Lee! This page is an attention getter. I now have another online appointment... Lee White 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Hi GDW, any recent updates on your EggPlane Phantom??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Michael931080 said: Hi GDW, any recent updates on your EggPlane Phantom??? Hi Michael. I have not been feeling very well for the last two months. Just had some surgery yesterday and I am happy to say that after a bit of recovery, I will be back to normal. For now, I am enjoying perusing the site and lying low. Glad you checked in. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 hour ago, GDW said: Hi Michael. I have not been feeling very well for the last two months. Just had some surgery yesterday and I am happy to say that after a bit of recovery, I will be back to normal. For now, I am enjoying perusing the site and lying low. Glad you checked in. Greg Hi Greg, Sorry to hear about you not feeling well and the surgery! Glad you're on the mend and enjoying the relaxing time! Just take your time and enjoy. All the best, Michael Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 After quite a long, unsuccessful search for a Maketar Canopy Survival Kit, I finally found them in stock at Hannants and ordered two. Link below if you are not familiar with the product: Canopy Survival Kit They have arrived in the mail and I can now press on with the build. Now that I am thinking about gluing on the canopy, I decided to make one more improvement to what's underneath. The pilots shoulder harnesses never have look right to me, they seemed too "molded on" without enough relief. Applying a wash did not make the detail stand out adequately, so I used some photoetch buckles from an old Waldron detail set and Tamiya tape to make the much needed improvement. I am much happier with how they look now. The ends of the belts float freely, adding shadow and dimension to a highly visible area. Tomorrow, I will paint them and get started masking the canopy. After the canopy is glued on... PAINT! Cheers Pascal, D.B. Andrus, dodgem37 and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 love it Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 Pictured below is the resin copy of the Eduard tailhook uplock (which I broke), modified to fit the model. This will not be fixed permanently until after painting. The tape seat belts were painted with Tamiya XF-19 Sky Grey, lightened with XF-2 Flat White. I get good results brush painting Tamiya acrylics, using 70% isopropyl alcohol as a thinner. The paint was left to dry overnight, then the belts were given a wash with Flory Models Grey water based clay wash (with some Dark Dirt added). The following day everything was sealed with Winsor & Newton Galeria acrylic matt varnish, which works great. It self levels, never leaving brush marks and dries clear and flat, not cloudy or chalky. The cockpit is done. Time to get the canopy masked, which I find to be the most difficult part of the hobby. This one in particular because there are no existing canopy frames present. My plan is to establish the canopy frames first with strips of tape, fill in the spaces and pull away the tape "frames" after the gaps are masked. God willing and the creeks don't rise, we will have something to paint! CODY, Starfighter, Rockie Yarwood and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Looks phantastic. Greg W and Panzerwomble 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Kagemusha said: Looks phantastic. Thank you phrend! Goodness, this happens on every F-4 build doesn't it... LSP house rules I think. Phourtunately, the F phour community understands if no one else does. Bhuh bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Phabulous! Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) A major milestone on this little model has been passed tonight, with the help of Eduards 1/48 F-4 Phantom II mask set (EX 004), designed for Hasegawa F-4 kits. Here are the up to date pics, warts and all. I just could not properly establish the canopy framing on the forward windscreen, using only thin strips of Tamiya tape. The mask set gave me what I needed in order to get symmetry and consistent gaps around the center oval part of the windscreen. Then, the rest of the frames were laid out with .5mm strips. Once the canopy was masked up, I sprayed Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black, followed by AK Real Color Light Sky Blue (FS 35526). Of course, some touch ups have to be done when the paint hardens off, in order to sharpen up the broken edges on the frames but the most difficult part of the job is behind me now. Without the mask set, I would have never been able to get the result I did. Thank you Eduard! Edited April 19, 2021 by GDW Shawn M, Starfighter, Tnarg and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Great show! Sincerely, Mark Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Looking Great! Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Poor GIB doesn't have much of a view.....great work, Greg. Love what you're doing with the EP. Cheers, Damian Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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