Joe's SIG Airfix F-4 Phantom

[Guest]

Coming along nicely Joe. Cheers Derek

[Guest]

Good to see this back on the radar, Joe. Looks like it'll be just fine

Cheers, Neil

[flyjoe180]

Thanks for the comments guys. I felt a bit bad for not finishing the SIG on time, but looking at the completed builds I see I was not alone in that department. Anyway, she's all varnished up and decals going on later today.

[aaron]

Nice work Joe...decals are one of my favorite steps...do you have an interest in 1/32 vintage aircraft?

edit...vintage kits that is

[Guest]

So Joe, you have a WIP and I was not aware of it.

Excellent work til now, waiting for the next steps.

Francesco

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Joe

I like the Phantom progress. The build looks nice and clean and you've made a great job of those side windows. It will be nice to see this aircraft finished and it doesn't seem to be far off completion. Time is relative though, if your busy (and it sounds like you are - house move etc) completion may seem quite distant.

I've missed my fair share of GB deadlines (one by just under 2 years!) so I know what it's like but I know you'll get round to finishing it at some point.

Looking forward to seeing the decals on this

All the best

Paul

[flyjoe180]

As at the end of play today:

[ATTACH]78630.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]78631.IPB[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH]78632.IPB[/ATTACH]

[flyjoe180]

Decals were fragile and a few breakages resulted but painted them in. Also dealt to that pesky decal that had VF-91 incorrectly printed on it. The decals are sealed with gloss, won't be doing much more to the finish other than a satin spray. Bombs and external fuel tanks to be fitted and some nav lights to be painted on.

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Joe...decals are one of my favorite steps...do you have an interest in 1/32 vintage aircraft?edit...vintage kits that is

Yeah mate, I enjoy the decal stage too. In this case it brought the otherwise bland paint work to life. As for 1/32 vintage kits, I've not tried to build any so unsure I do have some vintage 1/72 kits though for the future.

[eddiesolo]

Lovely work Joe, it looks superb, great painting.

Si

[Guest]

Looks pretty nice Joe!

I'm glad to see you build again

Polux

[aaron]

Spin me an addy Joe and ill send you a 1/32 kit or two that ill never get around to building, also i dont have the display room as they are rather big built.

[flyjoe180]

I'll PM you Aaron, thanks for that, very kind

[Guest]

Thanks Neil. Unsure how to get the PVA to conform over the gap. Any ideas in case my clear plastic experiment goes horribly wrong??

joe you could put a thin layer on plastic or something like. Then while it is still plyable remove it. That should give you a film of pva that you can cut to shape

[Dave W]

Your making a great job of that old kit Joe.Looks good in those markings.