McDonnell Douglas QF-4S Phantom "Scooby"
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The model sits on its legs.
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Turtleback stiffener in place. An antenna will be fitted on top.
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Rear IP in progress. Decals from Anyz and Jira-Gio.
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Comments
86 14 October 2020, 06:56
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amazing cockpit. and the outside is looking great, and it is not even finished. Phantastic!!
14 October 2020, 08:07
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Looking great 👍 It´s really rewarding to watch big-scale stuff grow into something in experienced hands!
19 October 2020, 10:36
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As usual: a blockbuster - project. Excellent results on the shark mouth and overall finish. I agree Erik: looks like the original.
19 October 2020, 13:09
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So Ben, in picture 82 there is this grey stuff covering the rivets on those stabilators. I'm recreating that on a German F-4F as well, but I ran into a discussion with a club member as to what this is. He claims he never saw it while working on USAF F-4s, but I assume it's some kind of heat resistent putty to protect those rivets. Could you shine a light on what it is, please?
26 November 2020, 23:22
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@Patrick no grey stuff, just differently shaded bare metal - probably caused by the internal structure. There is heat resistant sealant on the bare metal areas, but the sealant is red. I have of course no idea whether or not such different shades appear on Airforce aircraft or not, but they certainly appeared on Scooby as you can see in Bill Spidle's walkaround:
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I hope this helps! 🙂
27 November 2020, 10:53
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It sure does! Thanks! This is the bird I'm looking at building in a bit and it has those same grey areas.
28 November 2020, 01:51
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maybe those lines appear due to oxidation process, after the parts have been left outside, not being serviced for who knows how long... and may they were not present in planes in service. walk around pictures of planes in a junk yard show levels of rust that you will never see in machines in service. just a suggestion
Amazing job in this Phantom, anyway.
28 November 2020, 12:15
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Again, it's not grey but simply a darker shade of bare metal. This has nothing to do with the aircraft being "on a junkyard" (which it wasn't, the pics were taken in a museum just a few months after demilitarisation). You can also clearly see it on the flying F-4F Patrick has posted and on all pics of Scooby taken during its active service.
30 November 2020, 10:34
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49-52: orange, insygnia blue, white, red. Excellent result despite in my opinion an unusual sequence Of painting. What kind of paint did you use Ben?
83: photo-etch or plastic? Damage repairing sheets?
Immer wieder entdecke ich neue Details und denke immer wieder "das ist jetzt schon ein Hammer"!
30 November 2020, 14:16
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Bernhard, I chose this sequence to avoid white paint being visible at the outer edges of the insignia below the dark blue. The paints used are from Mr Paint, except the red which is from Gunze. The stiffeners were CNC milled from 0,2mm plastic sheet by my good friend Thomas Matzer. I am not sure, but I am pretty sure they are external stiffener plates and not damage repair. That's just my guess, though.
30 November 2020, 14:43
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What a wonderful build and project! Great details, keep it on!
12 January 2021, 09:26
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Not a fan of F-4s with Q in front myself, but man - you know what youre doing 😮 👍
14 January 2021, 19:46
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Almost impossible to point out any differences between 1:32 and 1:1 - every step a practical lesson of some technique... worth a book, really 👍
14 January 2021, 22:23
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Probably the best Phantom build that I've seen. Fantastic work mate, too bad it's a QF, it hurts my Brick loving heart!
15 January 2021, 21:34
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Thanks for your kind comments! Being converted to QF standard was probably the best which could happen to this very aircraft - it was in active service until late 2004 and resides in a museum since then!
18 January 2021, 07:45