Marcel111 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) Hey guys, I know my Chico build is yesterday's news around here. However, I unfortunately used Future on Gunze acrylic paint back then and it resulted in fine noticeable cracks. Given the effort I put into Chico I wanted to go back and correct this. At there same time there were some bloopers on my original build, for example the windows on the Rockeyes I mastered were too large. The cracks were really deep so I had to sand down to plastic on the affected areas. For some reason the water from the wet sanding sort of silvered all decals that the sanding water came into contact with (I think it had to do with the Future underneath them), so in the end I reapplied about two thirds of the upper and about a third of the lower paint. I went for a slightly more weathered look than before. When I built Chico someone sent me a very rare pic of Chico being air refueled, unfortunately I lost the pic. I had to hence get a little creative with the stenciling and I think I got a little carried away with how much fun it was using those little Eduard masks, from memory the real thing had minimal stencils. On the plus side there are now other pics of Chico out there, which amongst other things show that the nose gear door was painted red with white "Spooky II" lettering applied. I did this part by hand since I didn't want to have to wait for custom decals to be made and mailed. BTW the gunpods should actually say "Spooky II" on their noses also but I wasn't about to redo those. For this particular mission, Chico the standard gunpods were in service :-) I did correct the muzzle area of the pods a little, the tight fit made my initial attempt have the pods angled down somewhat. I think they look better now. Here goes: On the tarmac: Cheers, Marcel Edited September 6, 2020 by Marcel111 Uncarina, Cheetah11, Finn and 45 others 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Stunning. Which brand jetcans did you use (the first time around)? Tony Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Always nice to see your Chico again Marcel. One of your better builds, which is saying a lot! Love all the unique and custom made ordnance pods. Cheers, Chuck Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 13 minutes ago, Tony T said: Stunning. Which brand jetcans did you use (the first time around)? Tony Thx Tony! Those are the Sierra Hotel exhausts. IMO the best game in town by far but ever so hard to get a hold of. I should be getting the new QMT exhausts shortly, will see how good they are. Cheers, Marcel Tony T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Oh my word, that is stunning! That paint job is to die for....love everything about this. I could stare at your subtle weathering all day. Well done on making an already lovely build even better! Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 That sure is something to aspire to. Beautiful Phantom. Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Marcel...nice improvement on what was already a spectacular model! Rich phasephantomphixer and Marcel111 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Man that sounds like a lot of intensive labor Marcel ! Excellent finish I must say Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Lovely weathering Marcel, especially the top of the intake that seems to be the welcome mat to an F-4! Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmel Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Phew, that's beautiful!!! Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 VERY NICE!!!!!! Beautiful Rhino. One of the best F-4E I have ever seen. Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvwse4 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 This is great!!! Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 On 6 September 2020 at 3:58 PM, Marcel111 said: Thx Tony! Those are the Sierra Hotel exhausts. IMO the best game in town by far but ever so hard to get a hold of. I should be getting the new QMT exhausts shortly, will see how good they are. Cheers, Marcel Sorry to go slightly off-thread. Have you got the QMT jetcans and how do they compare? They're designed for the Revell but I'm wondering if they'll work with the Tamiya — I can get two QMT sets for the cost of buying one American GT resin and having it shipped across the pond, and I need three sets! Best F-4E I've seen built. The finish is so realistic. We so need a resin drop-in version of that gun breech access door you've scratched. Tony Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Jackson Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Superb as always, the perfect balance between detail and finish. Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Tony T said: Sorry to go slightly off-thread. Have you got the QMT jetcans and how do they compare? They're designed for the Revell but I'm wondering if they'll work with the Tamiya — I can get two QMT sets for the cost of buying one American GT resin and having it shipped across the pond, and I need three sets! Best F-4E I've seen built. The finish is so realistic. We so need a resin drop-in version of that gun breech access door you've scratched. Tony Tony, I ordered all the QMT stuff, as relevant for the F-4G, from Hannants, it’s on it’s way over here. Will post a little review when I receive the package, will compare the nose to the Tamiya nose and the exhausts to the benchmark SH exhausts. Cheers, Marcel Tony T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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