Ian's Flying Tiger

[ShaunW]

That's a decent enough paint job Ian, once the anthracite is sorted it should look pretty good IMHO.

[Dirkpitt289]

The camo work is looking pretty good so far

[Molly-new]

I see that you have a very useful colour paint guide to work from. Did it come with the kit or did you download it from somewhere?

[Ian]

So a little more progress. Camo finished. A couple of coats of Klear. Some decals and I'm in the process of painting the tail.







Alongside this I am also working on the undercarriage and fuel tanks.


The colour guide came from the Don Color website - very useful place and well worth a visit.
http://jpsmodell.de/dc/main_e.htm;

[Draken]

The camo is beautiful Ian!

I imagine painting the yellow on the tail must have been quite a job!

Cheers,
Eugenio

[ShaunW]

Nice work Ian, that is shaping up very well.

[Molly-new]

Thanks for the link Ian, most useful. The F4 is looking really good.

[splash]

That's looking sweet, I really like the colours, I still think I took the easy way out with the all yellow and black version, masking that would have driven me mad.

Regards Splash

[Ian]

Thanks guys.
I got a second coat of yellow on the tail yesterday evening so today I will try to complete the decals. Then it's another enforced break as I'm working nights for the rest of the week :(

[Ian]

The thermometer in the conservatory says 'cold' so I'm decalling in the kitchen, where it's warm.

[Ian]

I hate stencils. Really really hate them.
And I think the F-4 is probably the worst aircraft for stencils. Well done Revell for producing such a complete decal sheet.......

[Ian]

Just the underside to go - 38 more decals!

[Ian]

Done. 2 hours to apply 30 decals!
Just the 8 to go on the undercarriage doors - which still need painting.

[MerlinJones]

The stencils may be a pain, but well worth the effort in the end. Lots of appropriate visual noise!

Regards,
Bruce

[Ian]

I know Bruce. Sadly I know - hence spending painful time working on them.

But we now have a tigery looking Phantom coming together.






The tail decals didn't meet at the top so I have touched up with black paint.




With a couple of coats of Klear on it you'll never know.

I'm at a point now where I can start thinking about weathering!