AlbertD Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) This one is finally finished. It was a really good learning experience with plenty of firsts for me. The kit is overall really nice with some exceptions. In general the fit is good and would build up into a nice model from the box but we modelers have a hard time leaving well enough alone. The weakest spots I see are the kit intakes, canopies and engines. This one has an Aires cockpit set, GT intakes, Eduard Brassen engines and weapons, AOA decals and probably a couple of things I'm forgetting. Most of the painting is done with MRP and oils for weathering. This is by far the biggest modeling project I have taken on and it gives me confidence to tackle other big projects. I had a bunch of help from many people on the forum who I thank very much. Edited November 19, 2020 by AlbertD Added link to build mywifehatesmodels, dodgem37, scvrobeson and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefteris Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Lovely build, excellent...!!! AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Definitely brought your Marine Phantom up to the next level of "WOW"!!! Love it! AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Gunnery Sgt. Hartman..."WHY THAT'S A MODERN ART MASTERPIECE"!!! Great job...I can see her taxi out at DaNang to go put some "iron supplement on "Charlie". Cheers...Ron AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Great build! Best regards, Rockie AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Thoroughly enjoyed this build from start to finish! You have done a masterful job and one to be very proud, you showed us some great pointers along the way which will (and have already) be a great help on my Brit Phantom build. Well done Al, I would be hugely proud of that. I bet it looks imposing and impressive in real life as it is a BIG aeroplane. The fuselage is as big as my 24th Mosquito fuselage! Cheers Anthony AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
305 swag Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Noice job! AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Anthony in NZ said: Thoroughly enjoyed this build from start to finish! You have done a masterful job and one to be very proud, you showed us some great pointers along the way which will (and have already) be a great help on my Brit Phantom build. Well done Al, I would be hugely proud of that. I bet it looks imposing and impressive in real life as it is a BIG aeroplane. The fuselage is as big as my 24th Mosquito fuselage! Cheers Anthony I had plenty of help from you all on the forum. It gave me plenty of new things to try and build skills on. Its far from perfect but I'm happy with it. It is a big model and will be displayed with my next build, a Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair also in USMC markings. I started on a 1/48 version of the Corsair to learn chipping and salt weathering. As soon as that one is done I'll start on the big one. I will probably do a build log for that too. Unless of course you guys have seen enough Corsairs. Your Brit Phantom is of a much higher level than mine. I used a bunch of aftermarket which needed fitting but nowhere near as involved and challenging as you build with extensive modifications. I'm not sure I have the patience to go that far. Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Great job! Your Marines Phantom is superb. Love your weathering job! AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.W Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 very impressive, specially the weathering AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Looks great Albert! So many complex and interesting things to see. I especially like the exhaust area staining, which is bang on. Cheers, Chuck AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Nicely weathered. Well done. AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvwse4 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Hi Albert, great looking Phantom!! AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Lovely build Albert. Congrats and thanks for sharing! AlbertD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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