Eduard 1:48 F-4b Good morning Da Nang

[MarkVerploeg]

Thanks guys
I think you're Martin
The space underneath was put to good use with the Phantom and there onle was room left for the landinggear and the airbrakes once all the hardpoints where used

[Nige201980]

Mark that looks brilliant mate.

[MarkVerploeg]

Thank you very much Nige
Glad you like it so far

[MarkVerploeg]

hi guys
well here it is ,the final update for this build
it has taken me some time as there are about 400 decals on it and that made for slow progress

but enough of that here are the final steps for this build




so it all started with the decals
i had a lt of trouble with the vegabonds (banners on the sides) than didn't want to line up like i wanted but in the end the only spot that showed some miss placing of these banners was covered by a smaller decal
i only use microscale's micro sol when decalling
this helps the decal to adhere to the surface better


once the decals where dry i applied a second coat of future
then i applied washes
the neutral was used on the white surfaces , the dark on the grey surfaces and the green on the bombs


it then looked like this


the pylons and missles where also covered with the washes




then using AK interactive thinner i removed all the excess wash to get the effect that i wanted
i didn't aim for a very dirty or grimy plane but wanted to highlight the recessed details


once the wash had dried,i sprayed the parts and plane with vallejo matte varnish
then i started to glue on the plane
i left off the missles and bombs at first because i would snap them off anyway


the sidewinders where the first missles to go on


the mk82 or 83 (not sure wich one) bombs where next


and finally the sparrows where added


the instructions called for the last part of the tail to be painted in red
but after checking a few photo's i found that it is a light
so instead of H3 i used H90 (i think) clear red wich was brushed on and then the part was installed


the seats where put in the cockpit


and the final step , the canopies where installed and the extendable steps where glued on for the third time as it is a bit easy to snap off the fuselage

and that was it
this build is finished as i am not planning for a base or anything like it
i want to thank everyone for watching and all the kind comments that where made during this build
untill next time
cheers Mark

[rwsmith14]

Well Done, Mark !! she looks great !!

[MarkVerploeg]

Thank you very much

[TheWeasel]

Great job Mark!

[MarkVerploeg]

Thanks Weasel
Glad you like it
It was about time though, the deadline was vreeping up on me
But i still have the shelf of doom to finish now before the new gb madness of 2015 starts

[jbellos1]

Really excellent thread Mark and a great build of a neat looking kit. Just a few stencils on it too!

[MarkVerploeg]

Thank you very much Jon
Yeah it's luke they wanted writing on each panel
Probably to keep maintenance easy or something like that
But i'm glad it is done and i will see how it goes with the next plane that i'll build

[1001kjk]

Very nice mark thanks for letting us watch

[MarkVerploeg]

Your welcome mate
And thanks for the comment