Academy F-4J VF-84 th - WIP & Completed
Bags of goodies!
Cockpit parts sanded down for PE. Feels strange kinda butchering your kit. 😄
Photoetch starting to look damn good!
More photoetch - weathering and matte coat tomorrow! 😄
Cockpit tub shaping up nicely!
The PE for the ejection seats will haunt me in my dreams - but after all, I think it looks gorgeous!
Yes, it reaaaaally turned out lovely
Testfitting into the cockpit tub: looking great, if I dare say so!
Yeah, this turned out pretty neat - the pics don't do it enough justice!
It's starting to resemble some sort of plane! The fit of this kit is excellent, a pleasure to build!
Preshading and mottling and stuff - right afterwards I managed to paint it DARK gull grey instead of light gull grey. FML. :'(
After botching the main color coat I think I managed to rescue it. 🙂
Yeah, turning out better than I feared!! Some minor touch ups, but we basically approach final assembly! 🙂
The PE Cockpit turned out reaaaally nice
Ready for a bit of gloss and decalling! 🙂
Pretty feet, the lady - I want to use better metal colors next up!
Gotta love the transparent blue windshield (it's appearing darker as-is on this picture).
The wheel bays are a bit basic, but not bad at all in the big picture!
While I like how the oil paint weathering turned out, I really want to test the AlcladII metal lacquers on my next projects.
The cockpit section turned out awesome, if I dare say so!
The PE parts turned out so cool!
I not only finished the model but also my new modelling corner in my man cave! 🙂
Comments
27 November 2017, 21:55
DennisAwesome! Been looking forward to finally starting this kit and project and doing my best to hold up to scrutiny! 😄
27 November 2017, 23:28
Spanjaardif you continue the progression of the 109 and 190, this one will be amazing!!!
what a surprise to see Patrick here 😄
I wonder if will be able to finish mine before Christmas? well only more 3-4 weeks 😛
28 November 2017, 23:55
DennisHaha, thanks man - I am really trying to improve this one again, since I got a sweet spot with them F-4s! 😄
At least my vacation starts on December 14th, so I might have a chance to finish this one till then - I have a sneaking suspicion that my girlfriend will put a certain Su-35 under the christmas tree...😉
29 November 2017, 07:30
Konrad -Following too seems to be a nice project! I've got the same one just in 1/72 scale.
29 November 2017, 09:58
DennisHaha, Martin, starting with you commenters here, I am browsing through a LOT of nice F-4 Albums right now! Welcome aboard xD
29 November 2017, 10:24
Konrad -The Cockpit looks great. I love this PE stuff from eduard. Your first time? Cool 👍
3 December 2017, 06:10
DennisYeah, first time using it - I am really happy with how it looks right now, the pictures don't give it enough credit! It was less of a hassle to work with than I feared, too! Highly recommended! 🙂
4 December 2017, 07:21
DennisThanks a lot, Spanjaard!If work progresses as planned I can start painting for real in the next few days - I really am excited at this point 😄
A lovely kit so far, very enjoyable build! The fit is excellent!
11 December 2017, 07:41
Patrick HagelsteinIf you hadn't mentioned the dark gull grey issue, I wouldn't have noticed. It turned out really great!
22 December 2017, 16:16
Dennis*phew* Thanks for your kind words, Patrick! I was *so sure* it was dark gull grey that I didn't bother doublechecking. I don't even know why I thought that, maybe because I was researching on Luftwaffe basaltgrau earlier that day. xD
22 December 2017, 16:19
Patrick HagelsteinEverything is an option....until you hit that airbrush trigger!
22 December 2017, 16:39
DennisThanks so much, Konrad and Martin! Got the weapons built, will prime and paint them in 2018, decal it all up and should yet finish during my vacation 😄
31 December 2017, 13:49
DennisSo, I dare to call that one finished! The kit itself has been an absolute pleasure to build save for some verrrryyyyyy few things, that were a bit ambigous in the manual, some fiddly things and some decals that are bigger than on the decal instructions.
All in all I cursed far, far less than with my late Revell kits and I already decided on getting another Academy F-4 in the near future!
Worksmanship-wise: it's a bit mixed. I managed to damage the chevron-decal (but think I fixed it alright), had some major airbrushing hiccups - could have been better, but it still has been a ton of fun AND I think I managed to rectify all major errors rather nicely so I am really proud right now.
Next kit will be a smaller / faster / quicker one, though 😄
13 January 2018, 13:51
Spanjaardreally nice, good reason to be proud. and very nice modelling corner by the way.
13 January 2018, 18:42
DennisThanks so much, Konrad and Spanjaard! It means a lot to me to hear that from you guys! 😄
13 January 2018, 19:38
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Started building the brilliant Academy F-4J kit today. This will be a challenge, especially since I will be using PE for the first time 😄
