Ian M's Phantom

[Guest]

brilliant work Ian,will be worth the time

mobear

[michaelm]

Looking very nice Ian. M

[Ian M]

Well the sun came out. it looks nice out with the new snow we got last night!! Still it was only an inch or two and the sun has gotten the better of the most of it.

Point being I took a new photo of the exhaust cans with a bit of sun on them. Still with the camera in the smartphone.

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Also started to splosh a bit of primer at the airframe.

Grey Alclad primer on the top, white Vallejo on the bottom. I was going to use White Alclad but its very thin and almost transparent even though it got a damn good shake! This is OK as I have found that A good white primer, followed with a couple of mist coats of well thinned topcoat Vallejo White, gives a nice soft shiny white.

This will all get left alone until tomorrow then a bit of pre-shade. Black on the top, grey on the bottom.

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This puts the breaks on any building today!!!

Ian M

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[Guest]

the heated look is awesome looks very real in sunlight

mobear

[flyjoe180]

That's a neat effect on the exhaust Ian, nice job.

[colin m]

Looking great Ian. Burnt / heated metal has always been a bit of a pain for me, yours looks really good.

[Ian M]

Just a quick snap of the top side. Mostly primed and waiting for the centre arch for the canopies. Just have to put a handful PE and a few bits of resin details in them first!! :-/

The rear end is also masked and primed black ready for some Alclad II Titanium and Aluminium

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Dave, am I correct in assuming that its only the inside of the Auxilery air intake doors that are red, or is it the whole or the compartment, like on the airbrake and housing.

Ian M

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[Dave W]

Just the inside of the doors is red.If you were to disconnect the door actuator and open up the door,you would see the underside of the engine.If I remember correctly,these door were only open at very low speed to get cooling air in and out of the engine compartments.It was a long time ago,but I remember connecting a test set to the upper pitot on the fin and using it to check the doors opened and closed at the correct speeds.

[Ian M]

Thanks for that Dave. I'll go for Red on the inside of the doors and white compartments, The Engine bits that can be seen will get a drybrush with some metal colours....Funny, I have LOADS of photos but most are in BW and the areas i am over thinking are hardly covered.

Ian M

[Guest]

Excellent work on the exhausts Ian. Very impressive.

Andy

[michaelm]

This is looking really great Ian. M

[Ian M]

Sooo Spent a while on the heat protection on the tail section.

Here it is with loads of sunshine!!

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A nice sooty oil wash will soon knock the shine of the dark sections.

I'll be giving this a clear coat then I'll take the masking off. (Alclad goes everwhere) Then I'll mask it off when I spray the rest of the airframe.

Elevarons have had a similar treatment.

Ian M

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[flyjoe180]

Nice effect there Ian.

[Guest]

Definatly works for me Ian. Nice job.

Andy

[Ian M]

Right then. White paint has gone down. I think that it might need another swipe, as the preshade is showing just a tad to much for my liking. Only one problem, I don't think that I have enough white paint left!!!! Maybe if I wash out the bottle with thinners I may be lucky...?

Ta da!

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I'll give this a couple of hours and see how it looks and if need be, give it another coat.

Ian M

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