1/144 F-4K Phantom FG.1

main ingredients, an Academy 1/144 F-4E Phantom II, new RAF Roundels, Mark 1 Royal Navy titles and a radome from an old revell Tornado IDS. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pilots painted (was first layer when these pics were taken) 

 

 

scratchbuilt new nosewheel doors... 

pilots seated in the cockpit. 

new nosewheel leg, scrachbuilt from a sewing needle. 

 

 

nosewheel leg dryfit, looks about right. 

salvaged some new weapons from the sparesbox, 4 AIM-9 sidewinders and 4 Skyflash AAM's. 

droptanks put together, still needs sanding... 

canopy fitted, glued in place with UV resin glue, still need to sand down the rear a bit... 

started scratching together the RR Spey engine exhausts. starting with the burner cans 

removed the exces plasticard and sanded down, just need to find something to shape the internal nozzle out of. 

dressed up the nosewheel strut. 

Spey engines are mostly completed, just need to paint them, a dryfit test shows the fit is good. 

 

the projected color scheme im planning is that of XT863.