Scalemates F-4 Phantom II Group build 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gun installed. Painted with Gunmetal (I believe was it) from Vallejo. 

 

Happy drag chute door is happy. 

 

Engine parts primed in glossy Black from Tamiya. 

Engine parts primed in glossy Black from Tamiya. 

First metal colours applied. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As there is not much to see of the engines I decided not to pour too much time into them.
Basecoat with Tamiya Black, the glossy one and then followed by thin coats of different Vallejo Metal Colours. 

As there is not much to see of the engines I decided not to pour too much time into them.
Basecoat with Tamiya Black, the glossy one and then followed by thin coats of different Vallejo Metal Colours. 

 

Fuselage closed. Begins to look like a Phantom now. 🙂 

Only slight weathering in the landing gear bays. 

 

Dryfitting of ailerons and flaps.
I'll go for lowered flaps and neutral ailerons. 

Dryfitting of ailerons and flaps.
I'll go for lowered flaps and neutral ailerons. 

Dryfitting of ailerons and flaps.
I'll go for lowered flaps and neutral ailerons. 

 

I broke it off. 🙁
The sensor didn't even make it to the painting stage...
Let's see if I can fix it with some metal parts 

Nozzles closed. More cleanup necessary. 

Nozzles closed. More cleanup necessary. 

 

Canopy masked from inside and outside. Not sure if it will make a difference or will be visible with the canopy closed, but I wanted to give it a try. 

 

Pre-shading. 

Pre-shading. 

Little displays for little Phantoms. 

FS36320 applied. 

FS36320 applied. 

FS36320 applied. 

 

 

 

Cool tail art!
As I understood it reflects 302nd Squadron.
The three blue wing feathers represent number 3.
The white tail stands for the 0.
And the yellow claws for number 2.

It also seems to be an exception for 302nd Squadron as normally the emblem is not supposed to be bigger than the Hinomaru.
 

Nose decals. 

Something happened with the decal sheet.
I must have spilled something on it that washed out the paint. 🙁
Only fuel tank decals affected so far. So it is not that much of a problem. 

 

So many stencils 😄 

Underside stencils. Wings are done, now just the fuselage parts and pylons. 🙂 

 

 

 

 

Getting close to the finish line 

Decals and Wash done.
Painting last details. Had trouble cleaning up the wash. I don't know, I think I screwed up a bit of the clear coat because on some areas I was not able to get the rest of the oil wash off the aircraft. It is not as clean as I wanted it to be. 

Decals and Wash done.
Painting last details. Had trouble cleaning up the wash. I don't know, I think I screwed up a bit of the clear coat because on some areas I was not able to get the rest of the oil wash off the aircraft. It is not as clean as I wanted it to be. 

Decals and Wash done.
Painting last details. Had trouble cleaning up the wash. I don't know, I think I screwed up a bit of the clear coat because on some areas I was not able to get the rest of the oil wash off the aircraft. It is not as clean as I wanted it to be. 

Tried to apply the clear blue with a brush, which was maybe a bad idea. Front window became quite clouded. 

 

What the hell, where did the antenna go?! 😭