Ade's Good Evening Da Nang F-4C Phantom II

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Thought I would make a start on this beauty, I'm stalled on my 1:32 Phantom till the replacement decals arrive anyway.


I plan to build it straight out the box as there is so much in there anyway, I'm hoping to make steady progress as I plan to enter it into our Christmas competition. I've had mixed success with Eduard kits so far, the Tempest MK V was terrible that said the BF 109 I did in 1:32 was a dream to build.


So here's the box and contents shots


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Not sure what scheme I will go with yet, so many options


Anyway, people are welcome to tag along


Adrian

[rickoshea52]

I had a drool over one of these at IPMS a few months back and nearly took it home with me, fantastic looking kit and I'm still tempted by it. I'll be interested to follow your build Ade.

[john i am]

Yep I'll follow looking forward it Ade

[Guest]

Will be an interesting thread. I bought time ago an Eduard kit, and it was excellent! This one looks a very good model...


You must work hard, and good luck on the Christmas competition

[takeslousyphotos]

I`m in Adrian.........

[Guest]

I really like the Eduard boxings of the phantoms. Looking forward to the pit.


John

[Guest]

Thought I would make a start on this beauty, I'm stalled on my 1:32 Phantom till the replacement decals arrive anyway.
I plan to build it straight out the box as there is so much in there anyway, I'm hoping to make steady progress as I plan to enter it into our Christmas competition. I've had mixed success with Eduard kits so far, the Tempest MK V was terrible that said the BF 109 I did in 1:32 was a dream to build.


So here's the box and contents shots


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Not sure what scheme I will go with yet, so many options


Anyway, people are welcome to tag along


Adrian

The tempest Mk V was a rebox, like the phantom, and it was when Eduard was still "young" in making model kits. However, the Bf 109 series by Eduard is really nice, despite accuracy issues


John

[geegad]

Got the other one of this kit will be looking forward to seeing more of this build...

[Snowman]

With the F4, they proved a brick can fly.........if you give it enough power!!o_O


Looking forward to watching this!!

[papa 695]

I love the Phantom so I'm in watching

[flyjoe180]

Nice choice Adrian. Looks to be a nicely moulded kit.

[colin m]

It's strange how so many different manufacturers, all mould Phantoms basically in the same way. Which makes it nice and easy to build.

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Welcome aboard all those following

It's strange how so many different manufacturers, all mould Phantoms basically in the same way. Which makes it nice and easy to build.

The Revell one I am building joins on the fusealage and is horrendous to hide the seams


So here's just a little work I have done so far, like I said I don't intend to rush this just take a nice steady pace with lots of photos and pointing out any issues


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The photo etch is very nice but I missed out something when building the frame, I can't see it been seen when final assembly is finished so I'll skip over that error


Comments welcomed as always.


Adrian

[PhilJ]

Looking good Ade I'm in on this one.


I'd love to get my hands on the eduard tempest but can't find one, hopefully they'll make a new tool.


I have a Eduard 109, 190 in the stash and am just waiting for their fw 190 d9 as a overtree to turn up, apparently that model is a bit of a beast to put together also.


I love a phantom, did one as a kid and was tempted by this one I must be honest.


Cheers


Phil

[flyjoe180]

Looks good so far Adrian, some very nice panel detail.