Hasegawa F-4E Phantom II

Just remember some metalizers don't like to be masked over, so paint those last.

This'll be my 1st attempt with metalizers....how well do they stand up to being masked and then peeling all that away?

Model Master metalizers can be fragile. I would mask over those, especially not the buffable kind

Ok would NOT mask over metalizers. Color first. Got it.

Lessons learned on Phantom builds - ya gotta have the panel lines on the stab wings....<is that what they're called?> raised or scribed.....as guides for shooting the different colors/metalizers. I imagine it would be MUCH EASIER to work on these suckers separate from the airframe......and can I say....you guys who build on commission must have the patience of saints to get every little detail just so for your customers! Took me an hour to scribe these parts top and bottom <!> as the original raised lines were BARELY visible thru the primer.

I'm ready for a beer!

Tail fin pitot tube taped off so I don't bust it off.....AGAIN......no problem with the fuel dump....yet!

Mask job......

Some tissue in the wheel wells and I think I'm ready for 36622

All righty then....36622 is on. Wheels and centerline tank are hung. Armament is ready to hang. Question....the black nosecone....about how far back does the black go? Is it gloss....flat....?

Its usually gloss or semi-gloss black. You'll have to check some reference pics to see how far back it goes. Are you working off a painting guide from the instructions, or a decal sheet scheme??

Sorry Nathan. I've been slackin'. I'm lookin' back over the last 6 pages here right now.......

Ya I have a ballpark idea, using the instructions and some other stuff I found online.

Was wondering how you were tackling the burnt metal panels near the exhaust.  The old mold Hasegawa F-4E doesn't have much detail in that department.  I tried to simulate the separate panels with paint but it didn't come out well.

I wasn't going to monkey around with rivets n such on this 1:72 scale try. I scribed the panel lines on the stabilizer fins so I could use those to mask off to and them paint.

I was thinking about that tho......metalizers don't like to be masked over.....so I'm not quite sure how I'm gonna do the 3 remaining panels, being that the fore and aft are the same "color" and the one in the middle is different.

I was gonna tackle that last tho....next up is the masking for the sea cammo scheme....