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

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:30 am

Great progress so far....I just love the F-4 Phantom....such an aggressive looking beast

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:12 am

chief5437 wrote:Great progress! Nice idea showing the different loadouts.

Thanks Chief
I made all the pylons without thinking about thr fact that i didn't need all of them
So i though i just as well could show the loadouts and this way i could see what it will look like

UKguyInUSA wrote:Great progress so far....I just love the F-4 Phantom....such an aggressive looking beast

Thanks Martin
True the Panthom has some mean looks to it wich i like aswell

Post by **Nige201980** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:49 pm

Looking great mate

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:10 am

Nige201980 wrote:Looking great mate

Thanks Nige
Glad you like it so far

**Felis Barcinonensis YouTube Channel** · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 10:53 pm

Wow! Impressive build mate!!

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:34 pm

felisbarcinonensis wrote:Wow! Impressive build mate!!

Thanks Felis
No progress though ,busy week

Post by **strawnobi** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:45 pm

Nice work on this so far. I'm currently working on the "Bicentennial Phantoms" version of this kit right now. Because of the paint scheme, I didn't try to enter it in the group build. But, I've completed the cockpit and assembled the ejector seats (to be installed later). The PE is so tiny. It looks nice, but was a major headache.

Just a word of caution on the seat belts. They lay really nice. But, the colored paper pulls away from the fabric very easily. I had to paint over a couple of the belts in Deck tan. Regardless, the ejector seats in general are a marvel. Even though it was very difficult I enjoyed the challenge. Looking forward to the rest of your build.

Post by **eightfooticeman** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:32 pm

This build is turning into a beast of a plane. Very impressed with the work you're displaying!

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:35 pm

strawnobi wrote:Nice work on this so far. I'm currently working on the "Bicentennial Phantoms" version of this kit right now. Because of the paint scheme, I didn't try to enter it in the group build. But, I've completed the cockpit and assembled the ejector seats (to be installed later). The PE is so tiny. It looks nice, but was a major headache.

Just a word of caution on the seat belts. They lay really nice. But, the colored paper pulls away from the fabric very easily. I had to paint over a couple of the belts in Deck tan. Regardless, the ejector seats in general are a marvel. Even though it was very difficult I enjoyed the challenge. Looking forward to the rest of your build.

Thank you very much
And cheers for the tip ,i never worked with these kind of seatbelts so this is a welcome tip

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:36 pm

eightfooticeman wrote:This build is turning into a beast of a plane. Very impressed with the work you're displaying!

Thanks Jermaine
It is a mean flying machine for sure

Post by **generalgrog** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 2:36 pm

Great thread Mark. I was planning on participating in this GB, but have just been too busy with work the last few months. This kit is one of the ones that I was planning on entering.

Great tips and will continue to watch.

GG

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 3:30 pm

Thank you GG
I know how it is
Been busy too and the progress is slow at the moment
But it is almost ready for paint and i should get to the stage today so the next update should be posted today or tomorrow i think
Thanks for watching

Post by **planemaker** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:49 pm

Superb job so far.

Nice work with the PE and resin.

Looking forward to see more.

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:11 pm

thank you
pe and resin take a bit more time then styrene but they look so much better
thanks for stopping by

Post by **Tiger131** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:24 pm

Looking real nice i so want thid kit but there hard to get hold of now

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:43 pm

hi guys and welcome to the 4th update for this build
last time the build was well underway and the cockpit was about the last thing that needed work

so here we go

i started with the photo etch of the canopy
when you have this kit or the pe set that is in this kit keep in mind that the pe parts on the edges of the canopy will cause to get a bad fit
or even no fit at all as the parts will make the canopy bigger so you will have to choose
use the pe and keep the canopies open (my choise)
or leave the pe off and make a closed canopy

then they where there ,the seats
they are made from 2 resin parts
i painted them in the colors from the instructions

how they look after the first pe parts

i then started to dry brush the seats
for this i mixed vallejo olive drab and ivory in a 3:2 ratio to make a green(ish)grey
this was applied on the olive drab seats
but later turned out to be a good color for dry brushing the black aswell

the effect on the black parts

and the finished seats
they look very nice i must say and i am very happy with them
too bad they will be hidden for the most part

i then returned to the canopy pieces
the pe was primed and painted
the eduard mask set was also used
they are easy to use and save a lot of time comparred to cutting them your self

the internals where painted and dry brushed aswell

the dry brushing went on with the edges of the canopy

the front and middle parts of the canopy where glued on the fuselage
the refueling rod was masked and installed aswell

to be on the safe side i applied some more masking tape on the canopies
so they are completly covered

then 1 final change
i cut the pointy fuses of 6 bombs and replaced them with the extended fuses

final bit of masking is done

and then everything was put on sticks and is now ready for priming and painting

and that is all i have for now
i hope you like it and untill next time
thanks for watching
cheers Mark

Post by **TheWeasel** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:05 pm

Great work Mark! Nice to see my Phantoms cousin to come together this perfectly

kutgw!

Post by **Willem** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:09 pm

Great stuff Mark, those ejector seats look the business.

I bet you are looking forward to getting some paint on.

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:10 pm

TheWeasel wrote:Great work Mark! Nice to see my Phantoms cousin to come together this perfectly

kutgw!

Thank you
And your not that far behind i think
But are you going for the Jolly Rogers version or one of the others

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:12 pm

Willem wrote:Great stuff Mark, those ejector seats look the business.

I bet you are looking forward to getting some paint on.

Thank you Will
And yes i want to paint it but i am going to do some weathering on my shelf of doom build first and get those done
Then i have the leopold gun and this build left on the bench
That saves me 5 builds that are still on there

Post by **Thunderchief1966** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:26 pm

I really fancy this kit but I don't think I could do it justice just yet, the build looks fantastic so far and the seats are superb, brilliant work, cheers Ian

Post by **TheWeasel** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:33 am

MarkVerploeg wrote:
TheWeasel wrote:Great work Mark! Nice to see my Phantoms cousin to come together this perfectly

kutgw!
Thank you
And your not that far behind i think
But are you going for the Jolly Rogers version or one of the others

Yeah, I'm also ready for putting on primer now. No, I'm gonna do the VMFA 542 Bengals one. just love the detail on the kit, even if it's a lot of work at times

Post by **Nige201980** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:18 am

She is looking great mate your doing a cracking job buddy.

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:47 am

Thanks guys
Glad you like it so far
The painting should be different as all the colored places (other then grey) are painted that way and not decalled
So lots of masking tape will be needed

Post by **alextheblue** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:27 am

Looking really nice Mark. Love following all of your armour builds, but man can you nail these wingy things as well!

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:28 am

alextheblue wrote:Looking really nice Mark. Love following all of your armour builds, but man can you nail these wingy things as well!

Thank you very much Alex
I think wingy things are a nice change every now and then
I only started making planes again this year but it where planes that got me into the hobby in the first place
And i think you don't have to build only armor or planes ,just build whatever you want and keep the funlevel up in the proces

Post by **Jamesday1998** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:51 pm

great work on the cockpit and the detail is fantastic!
the work on the seats that you have done is phenomenal!

kutgw!

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:15 am

Thank you James
It is mostly the upgrade sets that come with the kit though
They are a massive inprovement over the standard kit parts
But they do take some time to make

Post by **eightfooticeman** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:25 pm

The cockpit in this is looking great!

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:28 pm

Looking sweet so far

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:49 pm

Thank you very much for the comments gentlemen

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:53 am

hello jolly people of modelling land
so this is the new update for my Phantom build
it has been a little while since the last update ,even though have been working on this build almost every day
but with the use of a new brand of paint and the tons of masking and the drying times that are needed before i can mask anything it had all taken up a lot of time
and with a few set backs wich where all my own doing it had taken even longer

but anyways here is the painting process so far

after the exterior was primed using ammo for mig primer (grey)
i started with the pre shading
this was done with black on all the parts that would get the grey base color later on

the bottom wich is going to be white is pre shaded with a grey paint
this was done after some consultation on facebook because i wasn't sure if that would work and to cover black with white would take a lot of layers

the 2 pre shading paints
the grey is normally used as a basecolor for the F-15 ,according to the bottle

the white places on the top where also pre shaded

the bottom after 8 coats of white
the pre shading is now barely visible altough in this photo almost invisible
each layer was allowed to dry for atleast 8 hours
a bit on the safe side but again i never used mr hobby aqueous paints before

after i was happy with the white it was time for some masking
and then the wavy lines on the lower part of the fuselage to be precise
i rolled out some white tac (overhere it is called poster buddy) into worms for this

and applied them like this

while all that was done the wingtips where also painted aswell as the steering/control surfaces
these where then masked off to prepare for the base coat of the upper parts

all ready for some painting
the tail is not covered or painted at this point ,only the tip of the tail was painted because this is needed for the VF-84 version and was painted at the same time as the wingtips
it will be masked later when i get to the point of painting the tail in black

the base coat was applied
this covers very well and after just 2 coats i was happy with the result

the pre shading is still visible but the grey really helps to pop up the details on the wings

the bright yellow tail before masking

the tail ready for paint
at this point i haven't used that much masking tape on this build
but at the moment i think i crossed the 150 cm mark

just like the tail the nose is painted black
this part of the masking work requires some cutting of the tape
i think it is well known with most modellers but just to make sure : use a new and sharp knife when working on the masking
this helps to get sharp cuts without getting nasty remains that form these little pointy bits that are almost inpossible to get away

the nose is painted black

the tail was then masked again
this time it is needed for the leeding edge of the tail this is going to be grey like the fuselage

all that masking for this little stripe of grey

the interior of the speed brakes or air brakes is masked to prepare for the red paint that will go on there

the painted brakes

all the masking tape was then removed

the front of the plane

the tail section

a full view of the painted Phantom
the metal parts are not painted at this point but that will be in the next update
the weapons are prepared but are going to be painted aswell before the next update
my goal is to get the entire build ready for the decals but time will tell how that will go

and that is all i have for now
i hope you like it so far
thanks for stopping by and untill next time
cheers Mark

Post by **Nige201980** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 10:18 am

Great work mate will be using this build as a reference as I picked up the bicenteaianl phantom at telford.

Post by **Willem** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:20 am

Looking fab Mark.

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:23 am

Nige201980 wrote:Great work mate will be using this build as a reference as I picked up the bicenteaianl phantom at telford.

Thanks Nige
I don't think my build would be a great example though
It is my 5th plane this year so i'm still learning a lot
And it is my very first US Navy plane
Thanks for the comment

Post by **generalgrog** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 1:09 am

Looking like a Jolly Roger there..mate!

GG

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:22 am

Willem wrote:Looking fab Mark.

Thanks Will

generalgrog wrote:Looking like a Jolly Roger there..mate!

GG

Thank you
Too bad the Aqueous white is such a crappy paint
I have had some trouble with it and yesterday i damaged it again
So i sanded it down and will be using some tamiya white to repaint the white parts
When i get the paint that is

Post by **TheWeasel** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:51 pm

MarkVerploeg wrote: Too bad the Aqueous white is such a crappy paint
I have had some trouble with it and yesterday i damaged it again
So i sanded it down and will be using some tamiya white to repaint the white parts
When i get the paint that is

Amen to that. Hate the 316 white. But I'm too far into it to change colors now. Curious as to how the tamiya will look thought.

Great progress on your phantom! Keep up the great work

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 2:24 pm

Thanks Weasel
I don't really mind the 316 anymore
I finally figured out how i can use it altough it does go slow
But i really don't like H1 maybe i have a bad bottle but that stuff is like spraying badly colored thinner
It doesn't even dry properly
But i will have to order paint and i have a list of a few other paints and some small items
Too bad my go to shop doesn't have all the items in stock at this moment
So it can take up to 3 weeks according to their website
But they have proven to be faster in the past
And i can finish of some other parts of this build first and i have other builds too to keep me busy

**Felis Barcinonensis YouTube Channel** · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:41 pm

Looks awesome Mark!! Love it

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:43 pm

felisbarcinonensis wrote:Looks awesome Mark!! Love it

Thank you very much Felis
Too bad this build is on hold at the moment
My paint should arrive today or tomorrow according to UPS so that is good
But i suffer from severe redecorating at the moment and all modelling is off for this week at least

But once the dust has settled i will be back at the bench wich will be hopefully the upcoming monday and then painting and a bunch of figures are the first thing i will take care of
Thanks for the kind comment
Cheers Mark

Post by **rwsmith14** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 1:11 am

looking good !!

Post by **Tiger131** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:05 am

Looking superb

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 8:44 am

Thank you very much Tiger and RW
Glad you like it so far
After my short break this week i should be getting back to this as soon as possible to fix my misshap with the white paint and get this badboy ready for some decals

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Sun Dec 07, 2014 10:37 pm

hi guys
so finally a new update for this build
altough not very big
most of the work went into repearing damaged paint caused by scratches and overspray
but i did finish the painting stages today so i will take it up to that point

so here we go

the bare metal of the rear section
this is painted with mr metal dark iron wich was then buffed to a shiny finish

a different angle of the same section

this is the wing surface after the normal painting

although very hard to see here
i have bleached the panels to fade the centres of all the panels
i mixed the base color H325 grey and h316 they where mixed in a 3:1 ratio

the fuelrod was painted aswell
the tube is painted with mr metal chrome silver and the head is painted in mr metal stainless steel

the holding points for the bombs are painted with the stainless steel aswell
according to the instructions everything else should remain white
so a wash should improve the look later on

i don't have a close up but here you can see the color difference on the horizontal stabilizers
the dark area's are painted in mr metal dark iron ,the lighter places are painted in the mr metal stainless steel

some photo's of the finished paint work
this is the basic finish for the version i am building
the last details will be added by using decals like the vegabonds (stripes on the sides and top of the fuselage) and the skull and cross bones on the tail

then i went on to paint the weaponry

i first started with the aim-7 and aim-9 missles

the first color is white
according to the instructions both kinds of missles should be overall white with the heads in other colors

but after some searching on google i found that most of thes weapons have stripes on them
although all kinds of colors used i picked a darker blue and the same yellow that is used on the wing tips
so i started masking

the same goes for the sidewinders

the sparrows after painting and removing the masking tape
the caps in the nozzles are painted yellow to represend the plastic caps that are put in there to keep dirt and dust out
the heads are painted with a standard grey for the US Navy (forgot wich one)

the sidewinders are painted in the same way
the heads are painted with mr metal silver for the light part and stainless steel for the darker part
the instructions call for the use of h8 silver but the mr metal has a nicer finish in my opinion

the mk.82 bombs where painted in olive drab and the flat parts at the base of the fuse where brush painted with mr metal stainles steel
i tried to get some yellow stripes on there but they looks bad to me so i repainted them like this

and that concludes this update
the Phantom is now ready for the decals as i have clear coated it with floor wax

next time i will have the decals on there and it should be ready for the the final weathering
i plan on adding the canopies last after i matte coated the plane
this is because the masking tape on them is hard to remove once they are glued on the plane
so that will be the last step
also the pylons and fueltanks are added after the decalling and weathering for easy access

so i hope you like it so far and i should have the next update soon
thanks for watching and untill next time
cheers Mark

Post by **AchtungPanzer** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:34 am

Its great Mark

. I look forward to more

Post by **1001kjk** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 9:38 am

Excellent stuff. Like the Mr colour metal finishes that is a hard thing to get "right" looking forward to the next update

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 9:51 am

Thanks guys
The mr metals aren't that hard to work with in my opinion
You will have to spray them and have to polish/buff like a maniac but it lolks rewarding in the end

Post by **Loopyduck** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 1:25 pm

That's some serious paint work going on there, but the results are stunning. Great work so far

Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:22 pm

Coming together nicely now. Will look a beast once all the ordnance is situated