1/48 Monogram Phantom

[dollar19]

To keep killing time until I get a doctor's release to return to work, I thought I might as well pull this one back out and try to finish it.
All the major assemblies are done and a little minor painting here and there.

I came up with a plan to give the impression that there is something down the intake trunk more than the blank plate the Monogram molded in there so i came up with this.

not a great picture, the camera couldn't find the focus. But I hope you get the idea.
Thank for looking
Greg

 

[dollar19]

I spent some time masking inside the intakes and stuffing them with tissue, then headed for the cellar to shoot some black onto the canopy. Tomorrow gloss gull gray...

 

[helios]

Woot!

 

[moon puppy]

Nice job Greg..

 

[razordws]

Cool! :coolio

 

[dollar19]

Happy Long Holiday Weekend everyone!

It's been a bit but I have a little more to show on the Phantom. Got some topside Light Gull Gray on and the Gloss White on the bottom and all the under wing stuff. I still have to mask and paint the nose and all the burnt metal on the back end but it's moving along slow but sure.

Thanks for looking
Greg

 

[ij001]

Looking really good.


Ian.

 

[moon puppy]

Zoom!

 

[dollar19]

Thank guys.

Dirtying up some gear well doors.

 

[moon puppy]

Swell gear

 

[jugjunkie]

Good one Greg, what livery you planning?

 

[dollar19]

VMFA 542 Tigers . A US MARINES squadron out of Danang in 1966.

Got a little more done today. I would have done more but my daughter and grandson invited us to go boating........
Sit at home or hit the lake? I really struggled with that decision. :laugh:

Maybe more to show tomorrow......
Greg

 

[moon puppy]

 

[iambrb]

Really nice! My fave Bird in my fave color scheme!

I really like the Hi-visibility marking don thru the 60's My dad used to say it haf NAVY of MARINES or a Big Star on the side so there was no doubt who was bombing ya!

 

[dollar19]

todays progress....... Here's your big star!!

 

[moon puppy]

Looking great Greg.

 

[dollar19]

Moving along to the port side. Now I'm just having fun, stencil city from the 30 plus year old Monogram sheet. Believe it or not they are behaving nicely. Just as well be decals, as everything else about this build has been an exercise in frustration.

After the painting debacle, I have now lost one of the main gear retraction struts....... Both my wife (sweetest woman in the world) and myself crawled around for an hour looking for it. Gone..... Zip...... Nada!!
I may try to fabricate something resembling it's mate or throw the other one out and go with that.

This build has been haunted I tell you ......HAUNTED!

Edit: Retraction strut has been found!! :yipee

 

[ij001]

Looking fantastic.


Ian.

 

[phantom II]

Very nice and neat.... Gonna have to throw a handful of something at it to make it look like it's a Marine bird .

I've never seen one that was remotely clean unless it was . On a pedestal... :facepalm

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[dollar19]

As badly as I goofed up the paint job weathering is a must! Most Marine F-4s in Nam were CAS birds, with little down time for cosmetic niceties. Mud movers took a beating so yeah it'll get nastied up a bit.