Vietnam Air War GB - Extended!

re-done in alclads to resemble the unpainted ones i have seen loaded.  may rub in some pastels but not sure yet.

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finally made a start on putting in the u/c

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That's looking great!

That looks great!  I've often thought of doing a Phantom this way as if it is taking off.

i was dreading it but having a spare set of legs in case it went pear shaped i thought i'd try. it was easier than i thought. thje legs are so well made that its easy to cut them up as required .mind you i havent quite finished it so better not get too carried away :-o. still time for a disaster.

lovely sunny day. couldnt resist it. theres still a bit to do - tanks missiles, pitot gear dooors etc but  tis taking shape.

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Stunning work! If there wasn't that rod of clear plastic on the 2nd pic, someone could think it's a real jet.

Hey there, tcepilot, never heard back from you on joining the group build.  I'd like to jump in with a 1/72 scale F4B Phantom, and possibly a 1/48th scale Phantom, Skyraider, or Thunderchief.....still undecided on those.......

well I am calling it finished at last. A nice kit but there should me some ordinance in the box. Not a single missile just the tip tanks. criminal. i have tried (badly ) to shop out the stand from some pics as it is very distracting (as is the background, sorry). I have noticed one of the AoA probes is gone. ill put it back if i ever find it :-( . I may add some indoor shots to a rfi  post when I get around to them. thanks for all the support and for extending the GB so I could finish it! . last pic is it in the case (old fishtank) next to a lightning done in alclads. 

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well I am calling it finished at last. A nice kit but there should me some ordinance in the box. Not a single missile just the tip tanks. criminal. i have tried (badly ) to shop out the stand from some pics as it is very distracting (as is the background, sorry). I have noticed one of the AoA probes is gone. ill put it back if i ever find it :-( . I may add some indoor shots to a rfi  post when I get around to them. thanks for all the support and for extending the GB so I could finish it! . last pic is it in the case (old fishtank) next to a lightning done in alclads. 

click the pics for larger pics or browse my flikr for full size ones.

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That's some stunning work! It was definitely worth the effort.

Thanks for the kind words chaps. Now i need to decide whats to do next, i want to do EVERYTHING in thestash o_O

 I haven't posted in a while but here are some shots of my Navy F-4G.

Great job there on the Starfighter, Mr. Talent!!!  Well played sir!..........

cheers dave :-)

68gt - any progress?

No, sorry!

Been working on finishing a X-29 and this one.

Painted the radome yesterday.  I'll have to mask the windshield and canopy next and do some pre-shading.

Dont know how you manage to juggle so many builds at once, 68gt. Im doing two and its driving me round the bend to the extent that one has stalled completely.

Looking forward to seeing this phantom completed.

It keeps me from getting bored.  I'm always doing something a little different so I don't totally lose interest.  I have the room under the bench so I just put the parts back in the box so I hopefully don't lose them.  Then I grab a different box.

Finally got around to finishing the canopy masking and will be pre-shading soon.

look forward to some pics!

OK, recently while checking in on this, I realized that I had signed up on here and not posted any work. So yesterday while I was at my storage unit, I decided to pull out my F-104C from out of there and resume work here today. All I had done on this kit so far was a small bit of gluing in the cockpit and and most of the basic paint work in there. As well as a bit of painting on the afterburner interior. Unfortunately for this kit, after I did this work I had to put this kit in storage due to a move (followed a year and a half later by another move). At some point on this storage, the grip on the pilot's control stick was broken off and disappeared. Prior to my last move I trashed a Monogram 1/48 RF-101B- after salvaging various parts that I thought might be useful on other builds- especially in the cockpit. The Voodoo rear seater had a nice joystick on the right console that I took from there and grafted to the stub on my Starfighter control stick mount, so here is how it looks now... unfortunately not focused very well (EDIT-new better photo)

Then I examined the afterburner nozzle, the interior is nicely detailed, but the exterior face had only come finely scribed lines that did not look very convinceing to me for the petals. So slowly I followed the recessed lines with my needle files and filed them to better represent the petals

and after the petals have all been filed in place

that looks much more convincing. nice job.

Thank you sir. Yes it looks much better now when test fitted in place.

So looking back here, I realize that I had not posted any photos of what I am starting with here on my F-104C... so here goes:

aftureburner interior secion painted

cockpit components painted (except ejection seat)

cockpit interior areas painted

And today I primed then painted the gun bay area- I still need to do all the detail work in there

more to follow soon...

Looking good, Stik!

What make is this kit? Is the gunbay aftermarket?

It is the Monogram kit. The boxing I have was issued in the mid 80's with decals for USAF in SEA camo or NMF. It was just recently re issued with the F-104G version by Revell in Canadian markings. The gun bay is part of the kit, not AM.

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What make is this kit? Is the gunbay aftermarket?

This is the kit boxing I am building- but I will be using some AM decals

Thats a new one on me. Keep the pics coming :-D