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  1. Wingco57
    The Phantom is being worked on every day but mostly without visible progres. But today the Sparrows and centreline fueltank were airbrushed. I think that the Sidewinders will be blue to represent inert ones to give a bit more colour. All that white hurt your eyes
  2. Wingco57
    Thanks Anthony, More and more things are getting fitted and that is a lot of fun. I dread doing the walkways though as they are complicated with radiating red striping and the incomplete serials, yet. Ejection seats are also being worked on. Getting there in the end. But I have already started on a Tamiya P-51D Musting which will be finished in Dutch colours. Should not get distracted though
  3. Wingco57
    Fitted the divebrake actuators which still need to be painted. The undercarriage doors and actuators and the auxiliary doors. Some touching up here and there and next stage is finalizing the serial decals si the underwing stores can be fitted. The cockpit will be one of the last things to tackle as Tamiya chose the most difficult way by providing separate canopy and frame parts. Hiding the seams will be a challenge. One of many in this build
  4. Wingco57
    Sold out after my last visit. Regarding the burnercans being slightly undersize on my build I did that intentionally but it is relatively easy to widen the openings. I decided not to go that extra mile after all the hacking and cutting and didn't want too much detail lost.
  5. Wingco57
    Plenty of work to do in the cockpit, canopy and underwing stores. Not to mention the lack of suitable serial decals for the fuselage and underwing. I have most of them apart from the letter “V”. That is holding up progress. I wanted to fit the tailpipes but an earlier oversight came back to haunt me. Before I fitted the Revell tail I forgot to cut away the lower fuselage tabs. Although I had managed to trim them back with great difficulty through the tailpipe opening it was not enough to use the Tamiya pipes. What to do? In the end I improvised by rolling up pieces of black sandpaper and that did the trick. So there is an illusion of depth. They say modelling is f...u....n.....
  6. Wingco57
    Nice scratchbuilding, but you will find that hte T1154 transmitter is too shallow as provided in the kit.
  7. Wingco57
    Flaps are on, have to do something to keep motivated.
  8. Wingco57
    Thanks, but using two kits gives a lot if problems. At the moment I am in the “fighting you all the way” phase. And I keep struggling to maintain my motivation. The tailplanes have been fitted so that classic look finally emerges. And the Tamiya nosewheelassembly was easy, just screwing it doen. The Revell main undercarriage wasn’t.
  9. Wingco57
    A camo toom wins handsdown from a dreary grey toom.
  10. Wingco57
    Well, here it is. i must say the aftermarket decals I had to source fight me all the way. The roundels are from Extradecal but are thick and prone to chipping. I have had bad experiences with Tamiya decals in the past but in this case they work very well. I hope the side roundels do conform eventually. Fingers crossed.
  11. Wingco57
    Well the chequers turned out well, not perfect as there were some runners underneath the tape, my fault. But the roundels will cover these. The greatest hurdle has been overcome. After this I hope to do a stick and dip project.
  12. Wingco57
    Progress has still been made but not interesting enough to post. I did put off the chequers but using solid decal didn’t work so painting is the only option. Masking off for the yellow base. Afterwards red squares will be masked off. If this works then we are really on the homestretch. Happy Christmas to you all!
  13. Wingco57
    Cute
  14. Wingco57
    Back to your old roots buddy?
  15. Wingco57
    Indeed they are two different types, but as a propguy they all looked the same to me
  16. Wingco57
    Well, I am relieved. The Tamiya ones are shorter and have better detail as well as decals. And better, they fit too. Phweww.
  17. Wingco57
    Ah I thought they were some sort of elint devices but now you mention that it's a balance thing. I can use that or check the Tamiya ones first. I haven't put any decals on yet so nothing to worry about when I shorten the things with my trusty hungry razorsaw. Ordnance comes in last so I will make sure to finish the decalling first (those hmm checquers) and then assemble the airframe, after weathering the ordnance will be fitted last. That's the plan Fran.....
  18. Wingco57
    Thanks, apart from that the front wells for the rocket thingies are too short, or the thingies are too long. What to do? Cutting down the length or go for some sort of elint apparatus (the blue thingies).
  19. Wingco57
    Oops, didn’t see that one coming
  20. Wingco57
    The boring mostly white part.
  21. Wingco57
    No pressure then.
  22. Wingco57
    His masters paint. Simple and so effective, I love it.
  23. Wingco57
    Quit the chitchat and get on with this marvellous build.
  24. Wingco57
    Wolfpack
  25. Wingco57
    Some construction work needed before spraying. The Sparrows and Vulcan cannon. I was glad that I didn’t have to scratchbuild the latter.
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