chuck540z3 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Awesome Anthony! I'm not sure if you've done it already, but just in case you haven't, there is a natural weakness at the wing root between the gear bay and front and rear of the wing that supports the upper wing half. Without any additional support, these areas can flex after everything has been glued together, which might leave a crack. This happened on my first Tamiya F-4J, so I added styrene pins on my subsequent F-4E as shown below. Very easy to do. Cheers, Chuck Landrotten Highlander, Marcel111, Michael931080 and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainM Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Terrific work there @Anthony in NZ!! All that hard work paying off. She looks marvellous!!! Anthony in NZ and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Came out absolutely beautifully with the wing attachment. Truly a project to be proud of Matt Derek B and Anthony in NZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Terrific work, Anthony! Kev Derek B and Anthony in NZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Beautiful work as always! On 1/10/2023 at 10:05 PM, Anthony in NZ said: Are you going to Omaka this year? If so we must catch up...I owe you a beer! I'd very much enjoy that. Ticket and accommodation sorted, just need to get down there! Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 11:43 PM, Derek B said: You will have noticed that as a result of the widened fuselage that the wing inner leading edge BLC flaps are shorter than the US ones, so some new panel line scribing will be required adjacent to the wing roots. Thanks Derek, yes mate I noticed that, there is actually a fair bit of work to go on those upper wings, I have made a start but thought I should head back to the radome and sort all the little details up there and work my way methodically back down the fuse. On 1/11/2023 at 2:47 AM, easixpedro said: Don't you love it when that happens?! And better than say having to rip out front and aft cockpits because you stuffed the measurements. Don't know who'd be dumb enough to do that... Brilliant as always. LOL, I appreciate people like you paving the way for people like me LOL....your sacrifice didnt go un noticed and hopefully I am all good now Cheers guys Anthony GMK, easixpedro and Derek B 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 On 1/11/2023 at 5:02 AM, chuck540z3 said: Awesome Anthony! I'm not sure if you've done it already, but just in case you haven't, there is a natural weakness at the wing root between the gear bay and front and rear of the wing that supports the upper wing half. Without any additional support, these areas can flex after everything has been glued together, which might leave a crack. This happened on my first Tamiya F-4J, so I added styrene pins on my subsequent F-4E as shown below. Very easy to do. Cheers, Chuck Thank you Chuck!! You're now the second person to point this out to me so I am going to take it to heart and do the same! Appreciate you keeping an eye out for me! On 1/11/2023 at 2:08 PM, IainM said: Terrific work there @Anthony in NZ!! All that hard work paying off. She looks marvellous!!! Thanks buddy! Great catching up for a coffee last week too....loved it, but we didnt have enough time LOL On 1/11/2023 at 5:37 PM, scvrobeson said: Came out absolutely beautifully with the wing attachment. Truly a project to be proud of Matt Thanks Matt, I am starting to feel quite pleased with the outcome so far, still a lot to go though On 1/11/2023 at 8:02 PM, LSP_Kevin said: Terrific work, Anthony! Kev Thanks mate....ordering the Part 2 of the Phantom book after this post..LOL I know I NEED it! On 1/12/2023 at 11:53 AM, KiwiZac said: Beautiful work as always! I'd very much enjoy that. Ticket and accommodation sorted, just need to get down there! Lock it in mate, we'll keep in touch closer to the time! Thank you all for your comments and tips, I really appreciate it very much. I dont have a lot to show except I am back at the nose working on imperfections, panel lines and shapes etc. Hopefully I can update after the weekend Cheers and thanks as always Anthony KiwiZac, Greg W, Derek B and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 WOW! Must have!! I've just had a quick look thinking Vol 1 would be all I needed, but I was wrong. This has so much more which will be an enormous help to me! Highly recommended Thanks Kev and Geoff! Derek B and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Thanks, Anthony! May I quote you on the website? Kev Derek B and IainM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 7 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Thanks, Anthony! May I quote you on the website? Kev Absolutely! Derek B, IainM and LSP_Kevin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 So not a lot to report except hours of refining the shapes and starting to reinstate panel lines and fasteners. All a bit tedious and not a lot to show I am afraid, but you might be interested There are some tricky shapes around here I still need to sort Whaddya reckon? Starting to look like a Brit Spey engined Phantom now?? Cheers Anthony....heading back to the tediousness of the surface (but I am enjoying it!) Kais, alain11, Greg W and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale32 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Nice nice nice and nice! Love it. Cheers Bevan Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainM Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 weren't you building a mossy? Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I can’t begin to understand the skill level, the application to the task and sheer determination to get things absolutely right that you display in your Phantom conversion build Anthony. She really is coming together beautifully and is going to be a real museum piece when she’s finished. Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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