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Most of the color is blocked in. There is still more that needs to be painted and a little more scribing will have to be done. The lines on the aircraft don't match up to the real thing so the painting is fudged a little bit. I am not to worried about it though, as long as I am close I am OK, it will never see a show. I started with some of the decals but I quickly found that I had not really thought about the decals when I made them up. I did not reverse the images for left/right side of the aircraft. After I went back and did that I noticed that I had mirror imaged

A couple of the older kits I have purchased had yellowed decals. I put them in the back window of my car for a couple of days so they could get plenty of sun. Usually after about three days the yellow has gone away. The problem is that a couple of months after putting them on the kit, the yellow comes back.

Thanks for posting that Holmes. There are some really nice shots of the Phantoms.

Thanks everybody. This was a fun kit.

picknpluck, I will have to remember that the next time I build one of these. There is a shelf inside the aircraft body that you are supposed to sit the completed cockpit tub on. I glued the cockpit to that but now I see that I should have disregarded that. Since posting those pics I filled it with some card stock and am waiting for it to dry. I was hoping to start putting some paint on it later today. Els

Still plugging away at this kit. After much more sanding and priming I am starting to see the very dim light at the end of the tunnel. The fit of the windows is not good (suprise), so I am going to putty over them and replace them with decals. I guess I am going for more of a desk top model at this point. I also worked on my decal sheet, It is not the greatest but it will be good enough for this kit. I went with dark grey for the door and top hatch decals so that they would show up on the black. I am also going to try the blue for the windows, reflection of

Well since my build has fallen to the bottom of the list I guess I better do an update. Phantom, I hope no one ever see's the bottom of this ugly baby. This is what it looks like with the gear doors closed up. And with some putty I am going to have to go out and buy more sanding sticks. I know that the fit of the canopy on these old kits isn't great but what is the deal with this big hole behind the rear canopy? Els

Nice job. This is one of the good things about Group Builds, until I saw your build I was never interested in this kit. Now that I have seen how nice yours turned out I am going to have to try and find one. Els

Aarrrrgggghhhhhh... Double Aarrrgggghhhhh... 2nd round of putty, dust everywhere, modelling mojo plummeting. While working the seams I lost a lot of rivets so I decided to sand them all off. Since the plastic is so soft most of the panel lines disappeared while doing this. I started scribing in the major panel lines (Hate rescribing, Not good at it!!!), but have decided to get rid of what is left of all the little round and oval access panels, to lazy to rescribe all that. I am not worried about accuracy, I just want to get to the fun part, painting. Once all th

You will not be any smarter after watching these movies but they are fun to watch. Definitely worth $11.22, I might have to go over and get the third one. I haven't seen that one since it first came out.

This is going to be good.

Nice job. I have always liked the yellow/red combination, it really shows off the lines of the Huey.

Rkic, painting those two figures was pretty much a waste of time. Even without the front glass on I can't see anything but the white hat and the faces. Extra sprue and epoxy was used to strengthen the kit. I also epoxied in a spatula handle for the inflight stand. Then the halves were glued up. After the wings were on I printed out some test images that I am going to use for the decals. It took a few times to get the size close enough for me. I found the closest font for the side that I could find to match the movie. It doesn't fit quite the same as in the movie but

That handle has already been used to fly the F-4 all around the modelling room with lots of made up jet noises. But first I had to get it together. Since the handle wasn't round It made assembly a bit difficult. The body halves have to come together then the bottom needs to be added. Note to self, use only round stock for future Revell/Monogram F-4 builds. It was up and flying. Since the handle flared out on the ends it left me with this ugly baby on the bottom. And of course the raised panel lines always make sanding the spine fun. Els

I finished up the cockpit and crew today. Since the kit comes with one sitting pilot and one standing pilot I had to use my last sitting pilot to fill out the crew. I really wish Hasegawa would make a boxed set of just pilots. Since this will be an in-flight build I started adding some sprue to strengthen kit. It should be good and strong after I add some epoxy. I picked up one of these spatula's for the clear rod. I like the shape of these and once you pull the silicon part off it gives you a good attachment point if you want to use it straight. I will try to insta

Oh yeah, I like it. Great concept and execution. The Star Wars universe is a big place and I always like seeing new things that people come up with that could be there. Does the air drying clay get brittle when it cures?

Modelmax, I can't believe that I missed your build thread. The interior you built for your kit is really nice. Are you going to build the AN-126 as well? I am not sure when this kit came out but it was part of their SSP (Selected Subjects Program) program where they took old kits and re-released them. I will be watching the rest of your build with great interest. Els

Kurt, thanks, Phantom, I haven't had any problems with warped parts so far, probably because the plastic is so soft that it will just flop into any position needed. I am bracing everything because I am afraid that when I add the stand, the thing will warp over time. Airmechaja, even though it is soft, it has pretty good detail. Els

This is the old AMT/ERTL kit. It is a pretty nice kit that went together very well. I don't think I used any putty on it. I was surprised at the size of the finished kit. The updated version of this kit was on clearance at Hobby Lobby a while back and I wish I would have bought another one because I would like to model another with the wings up. It could probably be dirtied/rusted up some more but I wanted to get started on the Revell group build. I added some battle damage to the right wing and some various doo dads here and there.

Since this quick Group Build has my modelling Mojo boiling over and I don't want to wait for the parts I ordered for the F-4J, I started the Revell/Monogram Albatross. I bought this kit at a show with the intention of building it as an aircraft from the 135th Air Commando Group, Maryland ANG. But after starting it today I changed my mind. It is just basically a black airplane with some red lettering. The F-4 I am going to build is pretty bland to. Two bland aircraft at the same time kind of brought my mojo down to a slow simmer. So I am going to try and make it the plane from the fi

I have two days off and I can't wait for the parts to arrive for my F-4J so I am going to start on the Revell/Monogram SSP Albatross kit. There are aren't many parts so I hope to knock it out pretty quick.

I am glad to see one of these being built. When I was kid this was the first large scale kit that I can remember building. It seemed massive to me because most of the kits I built back then were 1:72. Of course when it was done, and brush painted some shade of green, I had to have my friends over so I could hear some Cool's, Daannngggs, and I gotta get me one's. Have fun with it.

When ever I am at a show I always seem to pick up at least one of these 1:48 Revell/Monogram F-4J's. They are usually only 10 or so dollars and I just can't pass them up. I have several but have never built one. Time to change that. The boxes usually look pretty beat up like the one I will build. But the parts seem fine. For a long time I have been wanting to build the Milestone Phantoms (1000th delivered, 2000th delivered, etc.). A few years ago I bought the Iliad Design Milestone Phantoms decals. I guess I will start with number 3000 for this build. According to t

I am going to jump in with an old Revell Monogram F-4J.

I also agree that reducing the wait time would help keep people from losing interest before the GB even starts. I think that there needs to be more group in the group builds. Look at the number of views versus the number of replies for the builds and you will see that there isn't a lot of motivation being provided by the group. Lately I don't really see that I am getting anymore feedback/interaction from GB's than I do from just doing my own thing and posting some pictures of the completed kits.