oppenheimer Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 Finally managed to get some time to sit in front of the Phantom, both inlets are in place, the fit all around went smoothly, i am not braking my brain trying to fix the engine inlets inner side, i will go with engine inlet cover , this will make my life easier and will not waist time on this part There isn't a resin cockpit in 1/32 for the F-4C on the market, so i got a cockpit for the J and i will do some surgery and turn it into a C cockpit, will use pieces from the kit cockpit and remove or modify some parts of the resin cockpit, so far this is what i got, i have to remove all the switches and intruments from the side consoles in the front section Cicciuzzo, Model_Monkey, CZPetrP and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Love that tonal variation. Sincerely, Mark Anthony in NZ and Piero 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 12 minutes ago, dodgem37 said: Love that tonal variation. Sincerely, Mark Yes me too. Adds a real life to a model Your work on your Phantom is an inspiration for me to keep going. I can see this is going to be a masterpiece! Beautiful work so far, thanks for the update, I have been waiting for this! Cheers Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 While i am still waiting for the instrument panels to show up in the mail i finished the two seats, next will be landing gears scvrobeson, D.B. Andrus, Starfighter Jock and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Excellent seats! The addition of the RBF tags is a nice touch Matt Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Yes! fantastic start!! Love what you are doing here- looking forward to more! cheers Pete Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 it has been a nightmare to receive my 3d panels for the cockpit from Red fox Studio, i am still waiting, max 2 more weeks of waiting, meanwhile i am painting small bits of the model. i am testing the wolfpack exhausts, they look much better than the ones from the kit also i painted the two elevators to test the approach on the subtle weathering it will have Landing gear are ready too here is a general look of the small pieces finished, including the external tanks JayBee, LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Amazing painting and weathering, Jorge! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Great work! I just purchased the same kit and will be starting it in a few months. I'm a bit intimidated by the SEA camouflage, your elevators look fantastic. What are you using for paint and did you mask off the borders or freehand it with an airbrush? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, John1 said: Great work! I just purchased the same kit and will be starting it in a few months. I'm a bit intimidated by the SEA camouflage, your elevators look fantastic. What are you using for paint and did you mask off the borders or freehand it with an airbrush? i am using MRP paints, and i use blue tack to mask the camouflage borders, to be honest i suck on freehand camos, it is more tedious using the masks but at the end you get a nicer and smoother border 15 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Amazing painting and weathering, Jorge! Kev thanks Kev as for today, i removed the red circles in the auxiliary tanks, they were placed in the wrong place, i made a new filler point where it should be on the top of the tank, tamiya missed that in the plastic Edited May 31, 2021 by oppenheimer scvrobeson and John1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 I decided to start working on the camouflage on the fuselage even if it not close and the cockpit is missing 1 I start with any brown or green that looks kind of faded by the sun to draw a raw pattern, later it will be refined with blue tack 2 then y do some spots of different color on top 3 I add some preshading on some panel lines Michael931080, Greg W, Landrotten Highlander and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 (edited) i started on blending all the paint to see how it looks, this Phantom will have a subtle weathered paint because i am going after a Bicentennial scheme on this one, sothey are most of the time in pristine conditions. this is the scheme i am trying to replicate Edited June 1, 2021 by oppenheimer Starfighter Jock, Cicciuzzo, chuck540z3 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Looks fantastic! Would you mind explaining those splotches under the topcoat? Are those airbrushed on, or is it a brush/sponge that you're using? Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppenheimer Posted June 2, 2021 Author Share Posted June 2, 2021 11 hours ago, scvrobeson said: Looks fantastic! Would you mind explaining those splotches under the topcoat? Are those airbrushed on, or is it a brush/sponge that you're using? Matt they are airbrushed using the green part of a scotch brite sponge scvrobeson and Rockie Yarwood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 What did you use for the dabs of painted you added to the fuselage? How did you blend them in? The effect is really nice. I'll be building the same kit in the future, taking lots of notes from your build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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