Dave W's 1/48 Greek F4E

[Dave W]

doh.......................what did I forget. Cobblers.

I dont think Phantom models need weight Colin. So you should be ok.

[colin m]

I dont think Phantom models need weight Colin. So you should be ok.

I've just got home and tested mine. It's good.

[flyjoe180]

I dont think Phantom models need weight Colin. So you should be ok.

Good to know, I didn't even think about nose ballast in mine! Coming along nicely Dave.

[Dave W]

I havent got any lead with me in my Glasgow digs. So ive 'borrowed' some screw driver bits from work and glued them inside the nose. I dont think it needs the weight. Its just in case.Then ive glued the radome on and sanded some joins.Theres a step where the radome joins the fuselage. So that needs sorting out.Then ive glued the wings together. A dry fit shows a gap at the wing root either side.So i will glue some sprue between the fuselage halves to push them out a bit and close the gap. Im off home for a few days now. So will carry on with this on sunday.

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[colin m]

Now there's a shape. It's one of those aircraft that just looks right.

[papa 695]

Nice work Dave

[papa 695]

Now there's a shape. It's one of those aircraft that just looks right.

I have to agree with you there Colin.

[ojays]

Definitely looking good.

[Dave W]

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[Dave W]

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Ive glued the gun fairing to the nose and also the air conditioning pack intakes.The intakes are in two parts each side and need sanding down. The forward sections are larger than the parts they join to.

[papa 695]

Nice work so far Dave, just like your the Phantom I'm doing is a filler magnet

[colin m]

air conditioning pack intakes

I wondered what those intakes were for. On my Fujimi, they were just square blobs of plastic, a bit of filing fixed that.
I'm reading some Phantom pilot memoirs at the moment, and the author talks about two air-conditioning units, one of which could, and often did, do some damage to the pilot's leg when it failed. I wondered if it one of these ?

[Dave W]

I wondered what those intakes were for. On my Fujimi, they were just square blobs of plastic, a bit of filing fixed that.
I'm reading some Phantom pilot memoirs at the moment, and the author talks about two air-conditioning units, one of which could, and often did, do some damage to the pilot's leg when it failed. I wondered if it one of these ?

I was an airframe fitter in the RAF on Phantoms.A long time ago. One side of the nose had cabin air con pack and the other side was equipment air con.Cant remember which was which.

[colin m]

I was an airframe fitter in the RAF on Phantoms.A long time ago. One side of the nose had cabin air con pack and the other side was equipment air con.Cant remember which was which.

That's them. It was the equipment one he mentions could fail and 'do a bit' of damage.

[Dave W]

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