Patricks Eduard 1/48 "Good Evening Da Nang" F4-C

[Guest]

Looking good I'm doing the good morning da nang f4 for the group build or was till I dropped the cockpit and snapped the photo etch control panel waiting for replacement photoetch from eduard

That's a nightmare! My superglue isn't so super - I dropped the wizzo's instrument panel & all the PE bits pinged off! it was fun trying to find them all o_O

[Guest]

I have to say ( and I will) you professional modellers make it look so easy ) I was doing my jet last year for a Gb and well I came to an inpass and it ended up being sold as is to a freind to finish off. Your builds look fantastic Dubster and maybe one day I could get to this level. Enough of the praise.

This is looking exceptional and I like the fit with the kit so far.

Keep up the good work



Robert

Thanks Robert, although I'd definitely hold off on the professional tag until it's done. There's many a slip twixt cup & lip as my grandad was fond of saying

[Guest]

Very detailed cockpit work, as always your attention to detail Patrick is superb, irrespective of whether its armour or aircraft

[Guest]

Very detailed cockpit work, as always your attention to detail Patrick is superb, irrespective of whether its armour or aircraft

Thanks Bob, the Eduard pe certainly makes life easier for those of us with older eyes!

[Guest]

Thanks to everyone for their kind words.

Got the inner air intakes & burner cans in. The resin parts give much greater detail over the kit parts - shame most of it is hidden down the pipes!
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Now I remember from Adrian's build of this kit that he had some problems with the fit of the outer intakes. So a big thank you to Ade coz without that heads up I might have come a cropper.

With the fuselage & wings held together with tape & the intake dry-fitted, you can easily see the problem. There's a big gap beneath & a gap between the intake and fuselage....
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I think the lower gap will close with a bit of clamping, but there's no getting around the other one.
I'm wondering if a thin piece of plasticard glued to the inside of the fuselage might help? Then it would look like a panel line?

Any thoughts much appreciated!

[Guest]

Done the seats - no harnesses as the pilots will be sitting in them
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Now I'm getting to the worrying time when everything has to go together

[Guest]

Nice painting, do you spray or brush painting or a mix for the interior.
I'm hoping to start my kit soon but it's a 1/72 and the pilot and copit is so small going to be hard to paint in the detail.

[flyjoe180]

Nice start Patrick. I like the intake trunking, a nice feature. Hasegawa have a blank wall at the end of the intakes.

[colin m]

I didn't realised you had started. Great seats, that's some standard to keep up. But you'll do it.

[yak face]

Hi patrick , great start. The intake fit could possibly be solved by sanding some off the front edge of the lower wing section, thereby allowing the intake to move back the same distance , this would close up both gaps , unless theres something else holding it off. If not then as you say plastic card makes a good gap filler , cheers tony

[papa 695]

I'm really liking the work your putting in Patrick.

[Guest]

Nice painting, do you spray or brush painting or a mix for the interior.
I'm hoping to start my kit soon but it's a 1/72 and the pilot and copit is so small going to be hard to paint in the detail.

Thanks Dave. I usually spray most of the cockpit parts & then add details using a brush. For example, the seats were sprayed green, and then the black added by brush.
With 1/72 it's hard to do fine detail work, but I've found a bit of drybrushing works wonders.

Hi patrick , great start. The intake fit could possibly be solved by sanding some off the front edge of the lower wing section, thereby allowing the intake to move back the same distance , this would close up both gaps , unless theres something else holding it off. If not then as you say plastic card makes a good gap filler , cheers tony

Thanks Tony. You're absolutely right, I've posted a thread on that very subject in the Phantom GB section it's not a perfect fix because if too much of the leading edge section is removed, it causes further issues in other areas, but it definitely reduces the horrendous gap on the side of the fuselage.

[Snowman]

Fantastic seat!

That really pops!!

BTW, where did you get the peg from with the rubber jaws?o_O

[Guest]

Fantastic seat!

That really pops!!

BTW, where did you get the peg from with the rubber jaws?o_O

Thank you! the pegs are from my local Poundland. They're very handy when a bit of extra grip is needed - like smooth fuselage halves.

[tr1ckey66]

Great work Patrick. The Phantom's really coming on. The seat looks tremendous!
Cheers
P