Going Big GB

That looks absolutely stunning! I will post a pix on the front page within the next week or so as I am not on my home PC now only on cell phone.

Well done on the build.

Theuns

Well looks like I am done. Made some mistakes along the way. Lot some small pieces to the black hole, but I made it. I am happy with a lot of what I have done on this build and not so happy with others. I have learned so much more on this build to make the next one better.

Hope you all like it.

Doug.

Where I live in the central hilands, we run between -3 C to 20 C changes in the day, so that is what gets us. It is not constant.

Summer is usually between 33-38C but that is our rain season so it is not to bad.

Theuns

good luck with that. It got down to -19deg here in Arkansas. USA. //starting summer here. Already in the 90s here.

Doug

We here in South Africa are going into winter now and granted it is no where near as bad as in the northen parts of the planet I still find it tough to model in the cold, the fingers become dumb and the *** to be out from under the covers is not really high  LOL

Theuns

Thanks Theuns.

Doug

I have found that sometimes it looks like a GB had died....but then it suddenly picks up again as soon as someone posts pix of a completed build :-)

Looking good that F-4

Theuns

NOMAD looks good to me. i jit the wall plus having a couple of MUST finish, regionals this Saturday, and every model i am working on is at a difficult stage i have to work thru.

hell i am hosting a SCI FI GB and they probably think i died over there.

Whew. I thought everyone had left me here all alone. LOL!

Okay here is the update photos of what I have got done so far. This is my feeble attempt at re-scribing panel lines, pin washing and weathering. My hands are kinda shaky and I did use tape as a guide. I do not have a scribing tool so an old air brush needle was used.

All was sealed with Future and ready for decals. I may go ahead and put some of the stencils on and wait till later to put on the main ones.

Tell me what you think.

Doug

Nope, I have just been working on other things as of late. I'll be back.

Did everyone leave?

Doug

Thank you.

Very nice :-)

I think I got it. I used a hole punch to make the masks for the rounded places on the upper part. It worked great. Thank you Theuns for the help.

I was wondering if I can go ahead and put the decals on and then finish the rest of the build when I get the new instructuion manual? Please let me know what you think.

Here are the update photos.

Doug

If you want a softer paint edge, roll some 1/8" diameter blue tack "worrms" and stick that on the masking tape's edges and spray over them.

Theuns

I will try that.

Thanks,

Doug

For curved lines I cut tamiya tape to about 1mm wide , then they can form to the radius I need ofr painting.

Theuns

Thanks Theuns,

Things have been good on this build but I know I can do better with the paint job. I will have to rethink on how to get the curved parts done better. I will survive and make it better in the long run.

I have got the lower side painted but can not take any photos right now as my desk is so cluttered with things out of my drawers. I will post later when I get everything cleaned up.

Doug

"but I can live with that"

What you said there is the most important thing in modling I think. I always tried to build up to some one else's standards and was really dissapointed when I failed to meet it (in my eyes).

Since I have started building for the pure fun of it I have been having a ball and strangely my skills have improved cause I do not focus purely on the "technical" side only.

Your Phantom looks good :-)   Maby I should add one to my stach sawell....

Theuns

Okay this is what I have so far. The lines on the paint job is not as straight as I would like but I can live with it. I had problems trying to mask the lines on the upper part of the plane. I have not done the lower half.

Doug

Awesome build. Love the Alclad paint job. I'm gonna have to build another plane that uses Alclad paint.

Doug

I am happy to help out.

Awesome. Thanks for the great information. Looks like it is the Hill 2 scheme for the Phantom. Plus the false canopy.

Doug

Theuns that is a beauty indeed! Very nice work!

Nomad, sorry for the delay on this. Here is the Hill II scheme worn on F-4Gs. Compare it to the kit painting instructions.

And here is a great view of the real Weasel with a pair of Ghost Gray Sparrows in the rear missile wells. Plus a pair of HARMs and Mavericks. Looks like the ECM pod is in Gray also.

Not a big Mig fan, but that's a nice build. You really have that Alclad application down.

Calling it completed

SHenyang F-6b Chinese AF

Interesting to see how different background colors and sun/shade makes the alclad look totally different.

And then a nice comparason with the Trumpeter MiG 17

Thanks Stick.

Run an image search for Hill II or Hill 2 scheme. The instructions show a paint schem similar to Hill I, which the F-4G never wore. Hill I was like the scheme worn by F-16s and adopted for Phantoms in the air defense roll in place of the Europe I wraparound scheme. Hill II rectified some shortcomings for that scheme, mostly by painting the upper and lower wings in gunship gray so an opposing pilot could not tell by color if a plane was banking towards or away from him. The "false canopy" carried that one step further by painting a dark area, in gunship gray, on the bottom of the fuselage to mimic the real thing up top. Not Every F-4G had the false canopy, but many did.

I will try to get some images posted tomorrow so you can see what I am describing.

You kinda lost me there Stick. The photo on the back of the instructions shows Gunship Gray on some of the upper surfaces and Neutral Gray on the lower surfaces as well as some of the upper. As far as the  "false canopy"  I am not sure what you are talking about.

Doug

Most paint lines (except Tamiya) have Light Ghost Gray in their line ups. The kit instructions also have an error in the aircraft camouflage scheme if you are using the kit decals. The lower surfaces should mirror the upper surfaces with the Gunship Gray on the wings, and then a "false canopy" projecting forward along the lower fuselage center.