Zoukei-Mura F4J Phantom II 1:48 (WIP)....a couple of WIP boo-boos

Nice tidy work Greg! Now that ZM is finally coming out with the long nose versions I can stop building the out dated Hasegawa kits, as the long nose Phantoms tend to be my favorite. 

Thank you, Joe.

Coming along nice Greg. 

I hear you, TB. Details are fun and if you enjoy it, it's great to spend plenty of time on them.

I feel I need to move forward on this one to keep me motivated, otherwise I'd be doing more. That said, that assy with the intakes and engines is not glued down yet, and until I do I still have time to play with the engines if I so choose.

Thanks John. Interested to know more about the Hasegawa. Being my first Phantom, I have no point of reference.

looking good greg.  That engine / intake detail is cool!  I can tell you the hasegawa kits have no such thing.  

No, You Don't! Greg !

      The first four or five hours of an Automobile Build for me is the dashboard and interior so you can NEVER really spend too much time on the details. It took over nine weeks for me to do the Tamiya M.E.262 Clear version. Never had so much fun building an airplane. Can you say even the fuel tanks?

     That's why I like anything to do with 1/48 armor with full interiors( can anybody say Old 70s-80s Bandaii?)I did a Tammy M113 before P.E. became the norm. Took me 11 weeks. My Hassy ships take way longer. I stretch the time so I get super entertainment from the bucks I spend. I guess that's why I like Scratching Tankers and modifying Lindberg Kits.

      I have my own Trumpy 1/200 Arizona. it's now been three years off and on and I haven't even put the full deck on yet! Details to me are fun. That's where the models then POP ! And remember even in 1/700( the Buchanon) I do full wheel house detail!

Thanks for hanging in with, wpwar. Good to have you here. I instinctively wanted to paint that engine up , but I'll be lucky to finish this thing by fall as it is!

Thanks chemteacher for your kind words. The phantom is quickly becoming a new favorite of mine too. It seems several folk here feel that way, even (lawdog) Joe who otherwise doesn't much care for jets.

The engine detail on that thing is great.  You know it’s there and now we know it’s there.  

Glad you are enjoying the build.  Keep the pictures coming.  I’m enjoying following along.

hogfanfs

Looking great, Greg! It is a shame to close in all that detail on the engines. And I did get one, the S. Seems you are a bad/good influence! lol

 

Thanks, Bruce. Good for you, I hope you share your S model build.

I'm going to consider being a bad influence on you a compliment in this case.

crown r n7

Looking good Greg. I finally got my F4-C been watching this taking notes. I need to wrap up the f-15 1st.

 

Thanks, Nick. I'll be looking forward to your F4-C.

bvallot

Very cool Greg!! I can't wait to get my hands on one of those. =]

 

Thanks for hanging in there with me, Britt. I'm sure you'd do one justice!

Looking great, Greg! It is a shame to close in all that detail on the engines. And I did get one, the S. Seems you are a bad/good influence! lol

Looking good Greg. I finally got my F4-C been watching this taking notes. I need to wrap up the f-15 1st.

Very cool Greg!! I can't wait to get my hands on one of those. =]

Oops, lost the second pic, no way I'm going to try to edit the above the way the the forum is behaving!

Here it is, late and out of sequence....sorry.

Thought I'd share the great detail on this GE engine half that soon will never be seen again.....

Even though the engine detail will be lost, it has been fun to learn how the intakes, engines and exhausts are configured in the Phantom. (My first one, as a reminder) As you can see, I'm sort of using the engines to play with some various paints and stuff. (please refer to the next reply below, that pic should be here)

I've been fussing about the fit of the intake covers and those separator plates which I don't even understand. They are shown just dry-fitted. They just seem to fall into place. The fit of this Zukei Mura kit so far is great. At this point, I gotta figure if something doesn't fit it must be my fault.

Soon as some glue dries, the intake covers and plates will be checked one last time for fit over the intake channels, then I think I can move forward with more assy.

Hey Britt! It's great to have you, thanks for being here.

This is my first modern fighter in decades, and I hear you regarding the intimidation I was and still am intimidated by it. Working at my own pace and having all the great support here hopefully will get me though.

And thanks for your kind works on the ejection seat pull handles.

Greg, I meant to reply to this post a while back when you started it and evidently didn't. I like how you tackled painting the ejection seat grips. Very clever! Your cockpit is very sharp as well. Very clean. I really like it. You'll have my attention for sure on this build. I have one on my list to do soon. A friend of mine flew the F4-E back in the 80s. I've been waiting to improve enough to make a really polished Phantom before getting started, so I keep bumping it. 

Carry on. Looking forward to whatever treats you bring out next. =]

Thanks, Bruce. Go for it! So far, I'm finding the fit and detail really good. Hopefully will know more soon.

Thanks for your kind words, Joe.

Incidentally, the difficult to find Eduard fabric seatbelt/PE kit for 1/48th Phantom arrived in very short order from Scalehobbyist. I've had good luck with them, thanks to whomever suggested them years back.

I'm stuggling to find a seat cover color I like in my way-too-much paint inventory. Isn't it funny how that happens?!?!?

That cockpit looks superb Greg. 

Greg,

The office looks amazing! I really want to get one of these kits now! lol

Thanks for the feedback on the cloth belts, Ernie.

I've seen well done resin seats that have been washed, they do look good.

Greg

 

 

plasticjunkie

I love the details of the resin seats IMO much better than pe.

 

 

 

 

I'm mezmorised by the level of detail on resin seats, Ernie. Would you believe I've yet to do one? I think I'm intimidated by the painting.

 

But I've fallen out of love with PE seatbelts so maybe I'll get to the Mig with the nice resin seat one of these days. Ever tried one of the cloth seatbelts kits? I've no idea what I'm getting myself into here.

 

Yes I have tried the cloth type belts and they look good. The trick is to drape them so it looks natural. 

The details on the resin seats are unbeatly realistic and quite easy to paint. Throw some washes on and you're done.

Tojo72

One small step for man, something like that, really worth the effort, looks great.

 

Hey Tojo, what a nice and positive way to excuse my procrastination and laziness! You da man!

crown r n7

Greg I managed to catch up on your F4 stunning detail work !!!

I've been busy with some other new stuff on some builds

 

 

Thanks Nick! Appreciate your kind words.

Glad you are busy, that's almost always a good thing

goldhammer

Nice looking pit. Will be watching, looked at this one when it came out, but more familiar with the D,E, and RF4C.  Might have to add her in if the rest is as good.

 

Couple of months late, but take a set of small needle files to the metal struts and see if they clean up enough to work for you

 

Thanks Goldhammer. I'll try to move along best I can while your interest is still piqued.

I think my small needle file set and some patience will be what the doctor ordered regarding the struts, I agree.

JOE RIX

Stellar work on the office my friend. Very nice detail painting. Good to see you at it again and looking forward to some additional progress. 

 

Thanks, Joe!

I'm looking forward to some progress, too.

keavdog

Sure looks good Greg.  Nice work.

 

Thanks, John. I'm sure glad to have you following along.