1/48 Academy F-4B Build

Wow, one word.  “Excellent”!

Your friend, Toshi

Nice work on the collection, all those birds are on my build list.  You pic does highlight the lack of decent decal options if you want to build an F-8 in VF-111 markings.  I've got two Superscale sheets with some so-so markings that date back over two decades for one and a single decade for the newer sheet. 

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It's simply awesome to see the 1/48 progression of "Sundowners" through the years.  

Well done Sir!

The trio look great!  They're all beautiful clean builds!

I did an F-4J - the Hasegawa 1/48 Showtime 100 way back.  You're making want to do another one!  Looking good.  Ordanance looks great!  I had a very good modeler, Jerry Jackson here in San Diego, once tell me that everything that goes on the model is a little model itself.

Looks great!  I have one of these beauties in the stash.  Every time I look at the decal sheet, I loose the momentum to build it!

Great work!

I'm a big Phantom plan, having worked for McDonnell for 17 years in St. Louis

The decals are done. The decals are excellent, they conformed to the surface details very well. Next up is the weathering and canopy details. So far this has been a very nice kit to build. I have had no fit issues and everything coming together nicely.

You can see all the build photo's at https://davidsscalemodels.com/build-log/1-48-academy-f-4b-vf-111/

Loking good! These Academy kits are very well detailed and have good fitting parts. I have built several Bs and Js and the only thing I would change are the seats. Resin ones have better details and look beter than the included ones. I also like to do the marbling under the topcoat to get that blotchy/weathered dirty look.

The base coat painting is done. I also painted the missiles and drop tanks. I used black, brown, and blue pastel chalk to weather the exhaust. They came out very similar to the reference photo's I am using. Should be starting the numerous decals tomorrow. More photo's on my blog under the build logs page.

Working on the undercarriage. Landing gear almost complete. The decal for the nose gear door went on very nicely. Looking more like a phantom now with the fuselage done. Getting ready to paint the basecoat then decals.

You can see more photo's at https://davidsscalemodels.com/build-log/1-48-academy-f-4b-vf-111/

Working on the fuselage. I have the intake ducts, resin exhaust, and cockpit installed and the rear of the fuselage together. More photo's at https://davidsscalemodels.com/build-log/1-48-academy-f-4b-vf-111/

One seat completed. It takes some time to build. Add details, paint add more details.

You can see and follow the build on my blog at https://davidsscalemodels.com/build-log/1-48-academy-f-4b-vf-111/

Nice detail work