Monogram 1/72 F-4D Phantom II - Vietnam War
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A real oldie I picked up at an airshow ages ago. Complete except for the nosewheels but luckily had some suitable stand-ins of unknown origin.
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Intakes and interior bits sprayed, wings assembled.
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Cockpit is nice out-of-the-box
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Fuselage assembled
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Wheel wells sprayed, nasty seams on the flaps
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Assembly progressing...
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... intake design is a really weak point of this kit. Difficult to get the sidewall aligned to the underside... used some scraps to force alignment.
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...with brute force required as well. Say bye bye to the detail there.
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Mission accomplished! rescribed damaged panel lines.
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Masking cockpit
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Priming and pre-shading done
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Underside sprayed and masked
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Tan coat on, used AK Interactive acrylics
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More masking for the greens...
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... and greens done
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Looks good after de-masking, except for puling of a flake of green.
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I used decals from Wolfpack decals, same subject as the kits decals but these were the old, thick Monogram ones I did not dare to use.
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Messed up slightly with the green cockpit band, trimmed the carrier film off too far losing some of the white edges...
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Matt coat and weathering done, metal areas sprayed, installing gears
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spent an evening applying tiny decals from a Hasegawa to the missiles. Replaced two Sparrows with Hasegawa ones.
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Sticking on the nasty bits.
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And one more done!
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10 11 February 2021, 19:47