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Man, its been a while. Last couple of months were busy for me, but I did manage to get this Phantom painted up. I did a few touch-ups on the wrap-around SEA camo here and there and there are a few spots I need to fix up. Otherwise, I foresee this Wild Weasel getting the gloss coat soon and the decals as well. The Vic Hobby acrylics went on very nice and smooth. I really like working with them and they're my new favorite brand of paints.

Seems like these Meng kits go together lightning quick. I see you're doing one in Desert Storm-era Hill Gray colors. Looking forward to seeing this one finished!

Awesome work on the Meng kit! Can't go wrong with the wraparound scheme on a Phantom!

I finally finished up my work with the adapters for the AGM-45 and AGM-78. For the AGM-78 adapter I added some extra scribed detail and rivets using my jeweler's beading tool and and Hasegawa razor saws. I also cut off the raised bits beneath where those connectors usually go and scratchbuilt some of those grate-like ones in their place with plastic card. Then I gave it a spray with dark green. My scribing work isn't the greatest, but it helps add more detail to the adapter. Just after I finished this the Speed Hunter Decals came in the mail! Looks like I'll be starting up the pai

Geoff, I'm really looking forward to your build! I see you're a big fan of the SEA Wraparound scheme as well. It's one of the coolest Phantom camos IMO. It'll be interesting to see how the Meng kit builds up. It's a simpler breakdown than the ZM kit for sure, and I do like the more varied weapon load they give you here in the Meng kit. I might give their F-4E a try. I'm kind of on the fence about the rear exhaust area and the raised waves. Do you find it subtle enough, or will it need a sanding to be more in scale?

Thank you again for the kind compliments! As for the F-4S Mr.Happy I hope to do some more work on it after I finish up the F-4G. I need to clean up the area where the flaps meet the fuselage and do a repaint over that area. I managed to get the AGM-78 and exhausts all painted up and done. As for the ALQ-119 I managed to grab some decals from the Hasegawa Weapons Set B while using decals from both Zoukei Mura and the Tamiya F-16CJ. The Hasegawa decals were a bit yellowed so I tried to cut as much as the film off as possible before putting them onto the pod. Now it looks

Thank you for the compliments on the build so far guys. I slowed down a bit due to the holidays but I've still been plugging away. Mostly, I focused on the smaller bits so that I have everything ready for when the Speedhunter Early Wild Weasel decal sheet arrives. I placed my order a few days ago. I got the landing gear and wheels painted up and prepared. I've been working on the ordinance and tanks as well. Tanks are already painted and mostly ready. I have a few touch-ups here and there. Again, the VIC acrylics sprayed on real nice and smooth. Ejection seats were pain

How about some more A-7 decals? In particular, how about some more early A-7s? There are still plenty of nice schemes for the SLUF that haven't been done before. One in particular I have my eyes on is this VA-204 River Rattler A-7B with the big orange Louisiana state silhouette on the tail. I'd love to do this with the Fujimi 1/72 kit in a carrier launch diorama.

Nice work on the Fujimi Phantoms! You don't see them built very often but they are nice little kits. Intakes on Phantom kits always seem to be the sore spot. The only one that is the exception from the norm is the Tamiya kit. This little guy should look real nice painted up in SEA camo!

Hello everyone. It's my first time posting here on this board here. I just wanted to post my progress on Zoukei Mura's hot new kit of the F-4G Wild Weasel Phantom. It didn't take that long at all to paint the cockpit, prep the internal components and glue the fuselage together. Fit was quite good, save for the part on the bottom where the front of the lower fuselage meets with the intakes. I used thin strips of wide styrene glued to the front of the steps created by the join to help blend in the join to the fuselage and rescribed any panel lanes that were lost. I added

This might be a long shot, but I am looking for Collect-Aire's correction set for the Hobbycraft F7U-3. Name a reasonable offer via PM and we can work something out. I can pay via Paypal or do a trade. Jim

I'm working on Fine Molds' excellent new Tomcat kit, but I'm not a big fan of the markings FM provides. I'd like to get markings from the following sheets if possible. All in 1/72 of course. Two Bobs 72-026 Felix in the Fight VF-31 Two Bobs 72-049 Bounty Hunters VF-2 OIF VF Decals 72-002 VX-9 & VX-30 I am willing to take partial sheets as long as necessary stenciling is provided. I prefer the low viz jets from the VF-31 sheet or the VX-30 jet from the VF Decal sheet. I am open to trades. I live in Japan so if there is something you want I can try to get it for you in exchange for the

I'm working on Fine Molds' excellent new Tomcat kit, but I'm not a big fan of the markings FM provides. I'd like to get one of the following sheets if possible. All in 1/72 of course. Two Bobs 72-026 Felix in the Fight VF-31 Two Bobs 72-049 Bounty Hunters VF-2 OIF VF Decals 72-002 VX-9 & VX-30 I am willing to take partial sheets as long as necessary stenciling is provided. I prefer the low viz jets from the VF-31 sheet or the VX-30 jet from the VF Decal sheet. I am open to trades. I live in Japan so if there is something you want I can try to get it for you in exchange for the decals.