Joe's 1/72 F-4C Phantom II

[flyjoe180]

Unmasked and ready for next stages. A few touch ups were required. Since this I've glossed it and will start decal work soon followed by a little bit of weathering and application of a homemade pastel line wash. The 57th FIS F-4C Phantoms look pretty well maintained and clean in various online photos. Being based in Iceland, they wouldn't have had such a harsh degradation of the paint work when compared to those stationed in South East Asia.

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[papa 695]

She is looking nice Joe.

[Snowman]

A brick can fly if you give it enough power!!

Looking great!

[eddiesolo]

Nice work Joe!

[colin m]

All looking very nice.

[flyjoe180]

Cheers guys, been applying decals on and off in between life and work, update coming soon and hoping to meet the deadline.

A brick can fly if you give it enough power!!

There is truth in that...

[flyjoe180]

Decal and stencil hell is complete. I needed to reattach the starboard drop tank which decided it'd had enough and departed the wing. The nose gear door also fell off but is easily repaired. I'll leave the decals and repair job to set overnight and after a wipe down to remove residue, apply a second gloss coat tomorrow in preparation for a light wash. Only the exhaust cans to go on after the weathering and final varnish processes.

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All going well I should have this done and dusted by the deadline on 31st. Then it'll be onto Ian's Lightning GB for the F2A build.

[rickoshea52]

Err, Joe! I refer you to rule 2 of the GB. RTFM!


2. The GB will run from 1st January to 30th June 2017.

[flyjoe180]

Err, Joe! I refer you to rule 2 of the GB. RTFM!


2. The GB will run from 1st January to 30th June 2017.

Ah yes Rick, right you are sir. Relax and carry on then. Best check the start date for Ian's Lightning GB too before I get a second telling off o_O

[yak face]

That is looking seriously good joe! The seac camo looks fantastic , cant wait to try my AK interactive set now ( Ive got two possible candidates , a 1/48 AC 47 spooky gunship and a 1/72 RF 101 voodoo) cheers tony

[flyjoe180]

Cheers Tony. It's getting there slowly but surely. The AC-47 sounds good for the SEAC set, but the Voodoo would add something different to your century series fighters.

[john i am]

Phantom looks fantastic Joe great job on the paint decals n stencils all the hard work and patience required as really paid off. Well done mate really like it.

[papa 695]

Ah yes Rick, right you are sir. Relax and carry on then. Best check the start date for Ian's Lightning GB too before I get a second telling off o_O

The Phantom is looking great Joe.
The start date for the EE Lightning GB is the 1st July.

[flyjoe180]

All repaired and glossed up ready for final wash prep

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[colin m]

She certainly looks the part. Great work.