Roberts McDonnell Douglas Phantom 2 F-4C 1/48 Revell ( monogram.

[Robert1968]

Hi guys
A bit late out of the gate but eventually got my hands on a Phantom for this GB build and so this will be my entry.
It's an older kit 1979 I believe but then it's right in there with Vietnam eh
I plan to build it straight out of the box with the addition of Eduards Cockpit upgrades.
It's mainly raised and fine line panel detail and although some would sand this smooth and rescribe ........ I don't think I have the knowledge for that ( just yet ) I think is a good looking kit and not bad for a non jet builder to grind his teeth on
I'm not sure either what's what so I may need the odd bit of help here and there. All offers gresteful
Not sure on paint sceme either yet but the box art shows a tri colour camo which looks nice ( we shall see
All in I paid just over £25 for this kit and extras so not bad in my books.
Box art and sprue shots etc

Thanks for looking

Robert
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[Guest]

Looks like a decent kit Robert, and to my mind the raised panel lines aren't that bad.

If you need any spares, let me know coz I'll have a few bits & bobs left over from my Phantom most likely. There are some nice resin wheels that I'm not using.

[Robert1968]

Thanks Patrick the wheels would make a nice touch I'm sure ( no where near that yet through
I'm still trying to work out the cockpit extra detail with the kit
it's an F4c and the detail up set is for detail in an FGR so I have to do a little bit of grinding and sort before I can even start in construction
How much you want for the wheels
PM me and we can do deal

Thanks Robert

[Guest]

Thanks Patrick the wheels would make a nice touch I'm sure ( no where near that yet through
I'm still trying to work out the cockpit extra detail with the kit
it's an F4c and the detail up set is for detail in an FGR so I have to do a little bit of grinding and sort before I can even start in construction
How much you want for the wheels
PM me and we can do deal

Thanks Robert

I don't want anything for them mate. I'll just pop them in an evenlope to you.

Good luck with the pe... I'm sure you'll crack it!

[Robert1968]

Hi guys I have made a little progress on the Phantom. Starred with the cockpit tub and had to shave off some light detail for the pe set ( now the Pe Set was for the F GR version but I'm doing the C version. So far I don't see the tub being that bad. Still lots of detail to do on here like painting the harnesses and the ejector pull rings above the seats. Looking at the Mk7 ejector seats I'm not to sure if there was a side handle pull release ( although in this scale I doubt it would be seen once the fuselage is sealed up.
I've also used the metal primer ( black gloss ) on the tail afterburner area and also the tailpipes.
The tail pipes are not very detailed but I'm hoping with some weathering and metal coats I can make a reasonable approximation
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[papa 695]

Nice start. Robert, it looks just like the kit I'm doing, there'll not be much of the panel lines left once you've done with the filling and sanding.

[Robert1968]

Nice start. Robert, it looks just like the kit I'm doing, there'll not be much of the panel lines left once you've done with the filling and sanding.

Ouch tanks for that Ian
I think I nay poss need to get a template as I noticed the circular panels on the top central fuselages that I'm going to lose once the seam lines are sorted out. ( any suggestions

Robert

[papa 695]

I use these Robert

You can use the edges for the straight lines and they will also form around the fuselage for the lines that go over the top.
I also think John as them in his shop.

[Robert1968]

I use these Robert
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You can use the edges for the straight lines and they will also form around the fuselage for the lines that go over the top.
I also think John as them in his shop.

Thanks Ian that will help me immensely as although it's only a No 2 in skill level ( Revells/ Monogram ) I think if your going to do something you may aswell make the best of it.
I'll check John out at SMS

Regards

Robert

[Robert1968]

Hi guys.
Well after getting advice from a pro ( sorry Ian didn't want to mention you ) but I have decided to take advice and go for a partial if not full Rescribe. I've ordered the Lyons Roar scribing template set 1,2,3 from John at SMS. It seems ( no pun intended ) that the seam lines will need to be sanded quite a bit and as the plane is in two halves I'm going to lose a lot of detail. Luckily for me ( I hope that is ) there is a very good stencil placement which gives plan views etc for the Phantom so I can use this as guide for the rescribing ( fingers crossed)
Back to the cockpit tub painting
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[Robert1968]

I know most of us modellers would have seen the film "sink the Bismarck", if not read the story or heard of it but while I'm awaiting the paint to dry on my cockpit tub I looked to prepping the missiles for this build and on closer inspection I found heaps of sink holes that needs sanding ( polished and rescribing small details
This amount of sink holes could have sunk the Bismarck a lot sooner!!!!
In the 5th pic is the one I've already sanded ( just needs buffing back up before rescribing detail
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[rickoshea52]

I know most of us modellers would have seen the film "sink the Bismarck", if not read the story or heard of it but while I'm awaiting the paint to dry on my cockpit tub I looked to prepping the missiles for this build and on closer inspection I found heaps of sink holes that needs sanding ( polished and rescribing small details
This amount of sink holes could have sunk the Bismarck a lot sooner!!!!
In the 5th pic is the one I've already sanded ( just needs buffing back up before rescribing detail
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That looks painful. My kit doesn't come with Sidewinders so I am looking at the Eduard sets, hopefully without sink marks. I haven't checked the Skyflash missiles in the kit yet.

[colin m]

Well that's a bit of extra work you could have done without. Never mind, you can thin the fins at the same time.

[Guest]

Ouch! That's a shocking amount of ejector pin marks to deal with

[Robert1968]

Well that's a bit of extra work you could have done without. Never mind, you can thin the fins at the same time.

Thin , thin you say they are like wafer thin now but I may coat them with some mr surfacer 1000 before I attempt a rescribe and polish. They will be getting gloss white as a top coat before the decals. Oh well back to the sanding sticks.
I may also look at Hannants for some after market missiles as to be honest these are very low quality in my opinion and more hard work than needs to be done.

Robert