Clement
Lovely work! How many kits do you have going on at the same time? Your production rate is pretty insane!

Bernd Grün
Nice build so far, Marius! I like the way of preshading of your rinos.
Congrats, mate! 👍

DerMattes
Schau ich mir weiter an / Following.

Marius
Thank you Bernd and Clement!
@Bernd: the pre-shading is unfortunately partially not that visible any more since so many repairs were required due to bad paint quality. I think I got an old or expired paint bottle when I ordered it.
@Clement: I wish my production rate would be that "insane". The truth is, I am constantly frustrated with my mistakes because I am sometimes not patient enough at some steps. I feel like starting 30 kits right now since I am so excited about some topics. I am currently having 3 MiG-17s and 3 F-4s in work, but I started them 4 months ago. I might finish them in 3-4 months, so that would be within a reasonable amount of time. I am planing two more MiG-23s this year, so considering the previously finished MiG-23 I might be at below 10 models this year. I think it's neither too much nor too less. But yes, the quality is a bit of a compromise, since I prefer to rather dive in numerous topics and read about the background instead of finishing two perfect models in one year.

Guy Rump
Looking good Marius. 👍 Following.

Donald Dickson II
Nice job so far! Did this in 1/48 not too long ago.

Michael Kohl
nice build so far. Good exhaust area.

Marius
Thank you Guy, Donald and Michael!

@Donald: I remember noticing your project back then. Very beautiful result on your side! Thank you for leaving here a comment since I had a look again at the discussion from your thread and I found out that the repainted Phantoms (after 1970) eventually had close to no stencils anymore. Particularly the NL201, had almost none except the few critical ones around the cabin. I had no idea, so thank you!
Otherwise, I like your first comment from your album: "Now I know everyone and their mother has done the Sundowners, but *I* have not. So there ya go." Same applies to me, this is my first ever F-4 Phantom!

CaptGPF
Believe it or not, your photo on the phantom metallics is what really helped inspire me on how to do the phantom exhausts better! I'm glad you shared this with us - you did an amazing paint job!

Only sad part to the sundowners was that air group was dissolved at the end of the Cold War.

Finn
Looking good, will follow

Andy Ball
Those exhausts, though…..wow!

-Antoine-
F-4 Phantom, USN, MiG killer, everything there to get my attention! Very nice work so far, well done!

Mr James
Lovely, lovely, lovely.
Great tutorial on those exhausts. I'm halfway through a FGR2 and will give that a try.

Villiers de Vos
Nice work on the exhaust stains.

Guy Rump
Great build! 👍

Marius
Thank you guys!
I already started with the smaller parts.

@James: maybe try not to overdo it like I did. In my case, the overall contrast is too strong between the light and dark shades of those stripes.

Clement
Great build! You've got one striking looking phantom!

Marius
Thank you Clement! Happy to finally have finished this one.

Neuling
Very beautiful! Excellent work!

Marius
Thank you Neuling! Two more Navy Phantoms are in work, with another Vietnam Era one.

J35J
Great work, impressive!

-Antoine-
A masterpiece, no less!!!! Well done Marius, you did this Hasegawa Phantom justice, really! Your build support easily the test of close-up pics, to the point one could think the scale is 1/48. I'm really happy to have been able to help a bit on the historical side. Hat off to you sir!
If I may, I think there's one little thing you can easily correct to give your F-4 an even better look. I don't know where you sourced from those Sidewinders, but but even the nice paint job you gave them is not enough to make them look right. They're just awful, especially the front part where the winglets are too thick with a wrong shape for an AIM-9D/G/H (Should have been a G in 1972, but whatever, both missiles looks exactly the same!) I recommand for those missiles a final trip straight to the trash can, and to replace them, maybe with Finemolds AIM-9D/G you can find (at lleast IIRC) in their 1/72 weapons set (US AtoA missiles set 2, ref. FP44). But again, and most importantly: Well done!

Roberto Rocat
Interesting and well researched project, great build and painting 👍

Spanjaard
What a Phantastic job!!!

Marius
Thank you all for the very kind words! It's not perfect, I still made several mistakes.

@Antoine: I initially had the old Hasegawa missile set, where the Sidewinders were badly done and I was therefore looking for an alternative. I compared then some soviet R-13Ms to the AIM-9D and I had a first impression that the differences are not that obvious but in the end I don't like them that much either. I will replace them with the ones from Finemolds, which in the mean time also arrived.

Rui S
Beautifull bird 👍

Spanjaard
Have you seen the eduard ones? I have used them in my phantoms, and quite happy about them