Building the Airfix 1:72 RN Phantom FG.1
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The beginning - the kit box with artwork straight from "Sailor" and the Big Ed.
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The very neat coloured PE for the interior
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I got two of the second PE sheet, most of it for flaps and jet exhausts.
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I tend to start with the most intimidating-looking PE item. It was much easier than expected.
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The kit is engineered in a quite complicated manner, but mostly it fit very well. The same can be said about the PE items - they fit very well.
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Working my way through possible subassemblies, I made progress unexpectedly fast.
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The heads of the SNEB rocket pods were sprayed black and picked out with True Metal Gunmetal.
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The pre-printed PE makes things easier and much nicer.
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Even the ejection seats with all the assorted PE were a quite straightforward build.
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Fitting the cockpit into the fuselage.
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Making sure of a good fit with the fuselage halves. Tamiya Extra Thin was applied sequentially and from the underside.
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To protect the cockpit interior, I attached the closed canopy using Humbrol Maskol.
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The resin wheels are very neat and good value for money.
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This is where the very first PE part ends up.
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I used very little filler. The small seams at the front end of the wheelwell are one of the areas.
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The other was the seam between the inner and outer wing panel from the underside.
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The intakes have been painted and decaled prior to assembly, now I´m heading towards using Alclad.
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More subassemblies waiting in the paintshop.
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Fiddly but necessary -working with the excellent paint masks. I also masked the undersides of the canopy parts for ease of painting.
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After using Alclad on the metallic areas, quite some masking, priming, preshading and painting.
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The Alclad areas look really quite nice.
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The underside with some preshading.
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Decaling begins - this is just the stencil placement guide.
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The underside with all the decals needed. An exercise in patience and serenity.
Opmerkingen
1 14 April 2019, 10:56
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Using one of the markings options from the kit, plus the Eduard Big Ed set of assorted PE and masks, plus the Eduard resin wheels, I built one of the aircraft depicted in the classic BBC documentary "Sailor".
I am planning to add the other types flown from HMS Ark Royal, and just might do a common display for them. I am looking forward to Airfix issuing the Buccaneer later in 2019, and have the Sword Gannet AEW. That leaves the Sea King and the Wessex.