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  1. 9 hours ago, Peterpools said:

    Alberto

    I also ordered the AM upgrade resin sets plus a reference book direct from Ran’an in Israel. My order was acknowledged but no responses to any further emails. It took a bit but my order showed up complete and not that much extra time was required considering it was an overseas order. I would not hesitate to place additional orders and need to factor in shipping times

    Keep ‘em comin

    Peter

     

    Hi Peter,

    many thanks for your answer. Just one question, Ran'an you mention above is someone belonging to Isradecal Sudio? In any case, I can do very little on this model until I receive the ejection seat and the tail cone. But, no worries, I still have to finish my 1/32 Italeri F-104G and Tamiya F4U1A, so I'm very busy. As soon as I will organise some pictures, I start a couple of threads in these pages.

    Alberto

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  2. Hello, I incidentally found you w.i.p. and it's very interesting for me because I just received my Italeri kit and starting looking around for some additions. Among them I found and ordered to Isradecal the ATAR 9C Exhaust and seat, so I have a couple of questions for you, if you don't mind. Did you got your Isradecal items locally or from Israel? If the latter is the case, did you got a good service from them? In my case isn't so, so far. Sent an email after the order, no answer. Many thanks in advance. Alberto

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  3. Hi everybody,

    when I retired from business, in early 2008, I resumed my old hobby and started building plastic model kits in 1:32 scale.

    From the beginning I concentrated on props, with two significant exceptions: A Canadair CL-13 under Italian flag done in 2009 and Thunderjet, still under construction.

     

    Then last Summer, I had the opportunity to read the very nice book on Robin Olds and decided that the F-4C will be my first "modern" jet.

    Some details on what I've done so far in the next post.

    Alberto 

     

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  4. 2 hours ago, Iceman said:

    Just sharing what I consider to be the best reference for the USAF F-4,  Jake Melamphy's The Modern Phantom Guide published by Reid Air Publications.  Book is currently out of print but I believe there are copies for sale floating around on Ebay and such.  Invaluable photo and text reference.

     

     

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    Thanks for your suggestion, but these book isn't available any more, neither new nor second hand. Or, at least, I wasn't able to find it on the web.

    Alberto

  5. 2 hours ago, Iceman said:

    Alberto,

     

    I am also using the center line tank from GT Resin and I currently have this on the workbench.  Time constraints for me right now have not allowed me to do much in the way of progress photos but I can share what I am doing.  The GT Resin tank is actually a copy of the Tamiya center line tank from the F-4J kit so it fits the kit perfectly, other than the fact that it does need to be pinned to the fuselage for added strength and alignment.  I am also adding a couple of details that I believe have been missed on many F-4 builds that I have seen along with tweek lists that are out there. (1) The tips of the rear fins of the center line drop tank are in fact held by two small brackets that open up from the fuselage and serve to stabilize the tank from swaying while the aircraft is in flight (2) Four tank stabilizers are located alongside the center line tank that drop down from the fuselage and again serve as sway braces for the tank while in flight, these are very similar to the sway braces found on the wing pylons and MERs and TERs.  

     

    Here are photos of the center line sway braces.

     

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    And some photos of the fin sway braces

     

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    When you look at the underside of the Tamiya wing/fuselage you will see that these panel openings have been incorporated on the kit, they just need to be opened up and the details made and installed.  The center line tank will need to be mounted so that the fins to line up with the doors as provided in the kit, but as the GT Resin tank is a copy of the F-4J tank, it is not much of a problem for everything to line up correctly.

     

    Kirk

    Many thanks Kirk, your pictures and explanation are very helpful. The relevant pylon isn't included in either kit, so I suppose it has to be scratchbuilt. The same for the sway braces, not a big issue, by the way.

    Alberto

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  6. On 25/2/2017 at 2:38 PM, Iceman said:

    Alberto, 

    The GT Resin kit has very nice detail incorporated into the instrument panel, of which I just highlighted the smaller details and I did use Airscale's cockpit instrument decals for the larger instrument dials.  The bonus with the GT Resin cockpit set is that in has the correct Mk. 5 ejection seats that were installed in all the F-4Cs, including Old's aircraft, big difference between the Mk.5 and Mk.7 ejection seats as installed in the F-Ds.

     

    Kirk

    Many thanks Kirk for your answer, I just received GT Resin kit today, I think I will use Airscale dials as well. 

    One question. I also got from GT Resin the 600 gallon centre line drop tank. Instruction supplied with the kìt are good but I would like to see a few pictures on how it is attached to the plane belly, do you have anything to share? I searched the web but I found nothing good enough so far.

    Many thanks in advance

    Alberto 

  7. I had the opportunity to read Robin Olds book last Summer and it was the inspiration for me too to start exactly the same project from Tamiya kit and I have a question for Iceman about the GT Resin cockpit set: did you painted yourself all dials on instrument or they comes in form of decal or similar?

    This resin set is quite expensive here in Italy, also considering freight, and the more I know the better.

    Many thanks in advance.

    Alberto

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  8. Hello everybody,

    I just joined this forum because my main interest is modelling aircraft in 1:32 scale.

    I'm 68 years old, married, retired from business 10 years ago and I live in Milan, Italy.

    When I retired, I started again my old hobby: aircraft modelling.

     

    Just for your informantion, here following are some of my builds.

     

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    Cheers

    Alberto

     

     

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