McDonell Douglas F-4J Phantom II VMFA-232 "Red Devils"
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First parts glued.
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Some holes to fill.
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Added some plastic sheet to close a hole on the underside.
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Cockpit and seats finished. Added some cables and grips to the seat.
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Gaps to be filled with putty.
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More gaps.
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Gaps filled.
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Made holes at the rear of the missiles.
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Ready for paint job.
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Some pre-shading.
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Painting the edge in red color.
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Small parts painted.
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Paint job with Vallejo Light Gull Grey done on the upper side.
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Some wires added to the landing gear.
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Main colors are done. There was a lot to mask... I decided not to use the decals for the black walkway.
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Metal variations.
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Some washing.
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Starting to apply the decals.
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I always like that part. Very satisfying too see how the decals melt with the panel lines when using decal softener...
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Decal work finished and sealed with Emsal Floor Varnish.
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Weathering started on small parts.
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Last weathering steps finished. Final pictures will follow.
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Comentarii
98 17 March 2021, 16:35
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looking really good. good call in not using that decal. although the decals are top quality (if they are as good as in the bigger 1/48), it looks great painted. cans looking really good too.
19 March 2021, 21:10
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Thank you. And yes, the decal quality is indeed very good. I used the 2 walkway decals on the wings because of the printed "walkway" letters. Will be fun to go on with all the other decals in the next step.
19 March 2021, 21:36
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One of my favorite Marines markings🙂!
Awesome model, paintwork and pictures?
25 March 2021, 13:44
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what a beautiful result. wonderful weathering, just spot on in my opinion (reminds me that i need to add a bit of grime to mine...). it can pass as 1/48
25 March 2021, 13:58
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Thank you all. I'm happy that you like it. By the way, I noticed 2 mistakes, now that I have made all the final pictures:
1. I forgot to remove 2 small mask triangles at the canopy.
2. I forgot to make the tires a bit flat.
I have corrected that already but I don't feel like doing new photos.😉
26 March 2021, 09:11
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Super clean and detailed model! 👍 And I overlooked the mask triangles ............
26 March 2021, 09:29
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Weathering turned out awesome, as did the paintjob. 👍👍 Also like the presentation with the mirroring surface - great work!
13 April 2021, 15:20
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Thanks for all your positiv words. So I made one new picture with both mistakes corrected. Must be enough. 😉
I tried the mirroring presentation for the first time and it is easy to do: just put the object on a simple glass screen from a picture frame and choose a flat angle when taking the photos.
13 April 2021, 20:20
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Excellent Phantom! Weathering is not too light - not too heavy = just right!
11 February, 06:31
Album info
The Phantom has always been one of my favorite jets. More than 20 years ago I already had it as a Revell Kit and with my sparse know-how at the time, it looked accordingly.
That's why I needed a better quality kit and I wanted to try out newly acquired techniques. Let's see what comes out of it.