Wingco57 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Finally done and sorted. Always liked the British brute power of the camouflaged Phantoms. Due to the Rolls-Royce Spey engined the rear fuselage differed massively compared to the contempary F-4J. As there is no kit the only solution is to scratchbuild. Using Frank Mitchell's articles I found out that I am bad at copying others work. I noticed that the Revell kit has better lines at the rear, so cutting up the fuselages of both kits was in order. The Tamiya forward fuselage was grafted on the Revell rear fuselage which went surprisingly easy. The wings are mostly Revell with Tamiya outerwings. Canopies by Aerocraft. Took about three years but was a lot of fun. I plan to do a RN FG-1 with the long nosewheelleg. So if anyone has a spare early Revell shortnose kit laying around? 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 Some more 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 A few more 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasProbert Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 That’s a brilliant model and your years of hard graft have been repaid handsomely. It’s not often you see this beautiful aircraft in 1/32 scale so yours will no doubt attract a lot of attention on the model show circuit! Tom 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Wah-Hoo I finally sorted (guessed what my password was) my login details....so happy Now Cees I can comment publicly on how much I have loved following you along with this build. You have done an amazing job and have been a HUGE inspiration for me doing my own conversion. Your results are awesome and I hope mine will look half as good as this does. Just beautiful and genuinely lost for words, I have a new screensaver to keep me motivated now 👍 Cheers Anthony 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Yes, she came out beautifully !.....harv 🏆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Years of work payed off in a very unique model. Well done ! Cheers Martin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaireckstadt Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Great looking British Rhino! A model I‘ve never seen on an exhibition in this scale before. She’s a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Thanks to my friend Frank Hop some better pics were made. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Some more. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Awesomsauce !!....harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 This is a stunning example of brilliant craftmanship. Well done. The Spey- powered Phantoms are amongst my favourites so I enjoyed your pics. Looking forward to your next one...even if it takes another three years. Cheers joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Congratulations Cees, absolutely stunning, love, the loved but weathered look of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 hi very beautiful Phantom , your patience , and determination paid off , you should be proud !! I wonder why no one among all the AF manufacturers have the idea of producing a conversion for this iconic Brit AC ( maybe the subject is too Brit ...... precisely 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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