Phantom Build VMFA -451

David H
Thanks Roland and thanks for the likes, just noticed I've knocked the canopies off Centre …doh !!😩

James C
Awesome. Beautifully painted and weathered! 👍

David H
Very kind of you @ James C. I don't do heavy weathering on anything ✌️👍🏻

Spanjaard
very nice! colorful scheme

David H
Thankyou spanjaard, means an awful lot coming from you …

David H
Thankyou for the likes guys , it means a lot to me …

Thomas Bischoff
Well done! Love the paintjob and the subtle weathering - looks very realistic to me

David H
Too kind Thomas, it turned out well , Thankyou for the kind words..

Neil
Very nice indeed!

David H
Thankyou Neil. The decals CAM Pro (again) are oversized more like 1/42 scale .. same problem I had with the colonial navy bird .. 🤬

David H
And to all that have liked my album that I can't see your names. THANKYOU ..

David H
Thankyou for the like David

Guy Rump
Beautiful 👍

Chan Li
Missed the nice built, 😊

Robert Fuqua
Holy hell that's beautiful!

David H
Thankyou Robert, that's more than kind.

Jennifer Franklin
*wow* your painting work is gorgeous. I would not mind some pointers. How do you do such amazing work? Do you have any tricks you can share?

David H
Wow, that is so kind, if there's something specific I'd be glad to help but there are many better than me on this site. All I can say is thin the paint , lots, then thin it some more. It gives much better control on the coverage it just takes more passes.

I have a cheap (£20) Chinese rip off airbrush , which I use for. 90% of my work. I also have a brand new harder and Steinbeck infinity cr+ which unfortunately rarely sees the light of day.

This model was done with the cheapy

I'm sure the finish would be better with the cr but I'm comfortable with the knock off.

David H
Thank you for the like @michael Kohl .👍🏻

David H
Thankyou for the like @airjuneau

Mr James
Gorgeous indeed. Makes me want to finish my FGR2, Well almost. I've put my desire to carry on with 100 plus decals in a box somewhere, and cant find anywhere 🙂

David H
F4 decals can be a pig, most USN stencils got overpainted in theatre …. So I can leave off what I want and claim accuracy… go on prove me wrong ..🤣

Spanjaard
LOL, you are right David H
@Mr James, 100 stencils? Not bad, but there are F-4 sets with a looooot more, believe me 😉