Peterpools

Kai Terrific work on the gear. Just have to hand it to the crew at Italeri for not missing any opportunities that require cleaning up their charming work. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Gaz Nice work on the bungee cords - great solution and I”m Looking forward your Albatross roll out of the paint shop. I first soloed a Piper J3 Cub back in 1965 and all Cubs had bungee cords. Part of the pre-flight was to check the bungee cords to make sure the were still tight and not coming loose. Keep ‘em comin Peter

John The bio and background just adds to a wonderful build and ties history to your efforts Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Kai Slow but steady ... hoping to have the F4 in the spray booth by the end of the week. Doctor visits and blood work scheduled Wednesday and Saturday and it still wears me out a bit Keep 'em comin Peter

Mike Fantastic work on the engine - looking so good. Keep 'em comin Peter

Jeroen Amazing work .. absolutely stellar Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Gaz Just can't have enough weapons when working with PE, especially the smallest of the lot Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Beautiful work and looking brilliant! Right with you and the guys on PE. Big is wonderful and tiny: at the bottom of the ladder. I've lost my share, even to the part of ordering a replacement fret . I've seen videos where builders are using a wax pencil to pick up and hold the PE parts for placement. Haven't tried it yet but I'm going to give it a shot. Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi Phil Thanks so much for the kind words. I'm always looking forward to the painting stages, my favorite part of any build. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Big Phantom looks after priming and letting it dry for a good few days - that's the key for me. What went so terribly wrong with your F4? From the pics, she looked terrific. Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Gorgeous paint work - absolutely perfect Keep 'em comin Peter

SLOW PROGRESS FOR SURE Not a good week for me but I’ve still managed to put is some bench time. I’ve been working on all the small parts that need to be added before priming, namely sensor housings and some antennas. Finished cleaning up a few sanding marks that showed up after the seam priming with MRP Gray Fine Surface Primer. Straight out of the bottle the primer works like a charm, with the drawbacks being: it smells and being a lacquer - just plain harmful. I now wear a respirator for all air brush work whether I’m only shooting a few small parts for a minute or so or a longer air brush session in the spray booth. Just have to be as careful as I can these days. Added the black striping to the pull rings – best I could with not the steadiest of hands these days. Sure, wish I had the Quinta set when I started the build but isn’t that just the way! Since I decided to go with the canopy closed and buttoned up, I noticed the fit on the sides and by the windscreen were a bit like Kai’s Mirage – fit wasn’t great with some gaps letting daylight peak through. I removed the location pin from the front of the windscreen, filled in the location hole in the fuselage with Evergreen strip, followed with Tamiya White putty and Mr Surfacer 500. I used a combination a DN Canopy masks and Micro Liquid Mask on the canopy and I'll glue the canopy in place later tonight.. On the right, upper side of the intakes there are outlines for the AN/ALQ-126 Deceptive Antennas and after checking my awesome Daco book, they do show in F-4J pics. The antenna outline doesn’t show in the instructions and none are included in the kit, yet the location outline has been molded in place? Could it be, ZM is sharing this sprue with other Phantom kits and in those, include the Deceptive Antennas? I’m still undecided as to whether or not leave or remove them. I went back and cleaned up the gear a bit and they do look a lot better. Some Mr Color Thinner and a #1 brush did the trick. Next few days, finish the cleanup and it’s priming time. Thanks for checking in Peter Cleaned up gear

Phil Terrific work on the front office - looking mighty good. Also am very impressed with your treatment of the turbo charges. Just enjoying following your progress Keep 'em comin Peter

John Decal work looks perfect - what else would I expect. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Excellent work on filling the turtle deck gap and the MG's look great. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gus Awesome work on the front office - looking real good. Keep 'em comin Peter

Kai Holy Cow - Awesome work. The dampening rings look great as well as the gear - not to mention finishing the rivets, nose gear and detail work. Can't wait to see the Mirage after her priming in the paint booth. Keep 'em coming Peter

Kai Nice work on cleaning up the canopy fit and the scribing looks perfect. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Alberto Nothing like a challenge every step of the way. Nice work on over coming Italeri’s wonderful molding and research. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Frank Awesome progress. I front office looks and fits so good. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Carl Nice progress on finishing up the big P&W and installing it in the Corsair Keep ‘em comin Peter

MM, fading away like a lot of our old friends Keep ‘em comin Peter

I’m stuck in the 60’s and there I shall remain, for background modeling music and relaxing Keep ‘em comin Peter

Carl Looking forward to you testing the 48th scale waters and following your build.. I have the ZM F-4E and the kit looks fantastic. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Looking mighty good with paint and markings - keep ‘em comin Peter

Jeroen Just blown away by your attention to the smallest of details Keep ‘em comin Peter