Geoff M

it's just the Mustang Gt 350

Bravo! Well done

I have tried masking the canopy and leaving the area to be painted the seal color unmasked. Painted the canopy black, let it dry and paint the appropriate seal color, then mask the seal outline. Paint the rest of the kit. It is a lot of masking and hoping when you remove the mask you don't pull off the painted seal. At the width of these seals it is tough to get them not to look ragged too. You also have to make sure and keep the width consistent. If you are careful it can work. Most of the time I don't bother.

That is a beautiful plane and cool markings. Good luck finding them.

Looking forward to more progress on this one.

Excellent work on that RF-84!

I would go with OD/NG. I think later versions of the P-47 is where the color discussion begins.

Since there was no internet back then, there was no forum like this for posting one way or another if the kit was good or bad or what was wrong with it. For magazine choices you had Finescale and Scale Modeller (I think that is it). I don't remember anything like critical reviews back then. That would have been biting the hand that feeds you. You had to figure out for yourself if a kit was good or bad. I also don't remember getting advanced notice that a kit was being released. It just showed up at the hobby shop. I remember building kits back then that I wouldn't touch now a days. I g

Nice work on those twins and the stands are very nice too!

There are 4 of them on each side of the fuselage, attaching the external section of the intake (stationary intake) to the fuselage. Easy to miss but once you know what to look for you can't not miss them. HTH. Here is my effort to replicate them:

This is my first Meng kit and it was an enjoyable build. It certainly looks like a Phantom. I have built quite a few Phantoms and I will rate this one high on the scale of true phantomness. I do have a few nits: All F-4G's had the belly strap, Meng does not supply it; The ejection seats look like an afterthought, no seat belts and no pilots to cover the lack of seat belts; The G models have the characteristic 3 antennas on the spine and Meng has the spots to place the antennas but only supply 2 of the antennas omitting the middle one. The wing tips look more like the wings on C, D, B mode

Finished this up yesterday. More pics in the Display Case.

Another golden oldie

I am having trouble posting again. It won't let me add anymore text to my last post. Anyhow, Meng supplies a nice set of decals for the wing pylons and weapons. I scrounged up a pair of CBU's to round out the weapons load. I just need to add a few small parts and touch up some paint. Then I will add a panel line wash and this one will be ready for a final flat coat. OH YEAH! I almost forgot I still need to do the ejection seats, DOH!

Latest update. Started the decal process using a mixture of the kit and Speed Hunter Graphics latest release for the F-4G. These are excellent decals and fit this kit perfectly. I used the kit decals for the walkways. After looking at them for a while I decided they are not right. You will also notice that the star and bar is on the wrong (right) wing. A couple of problems to fix! I was using the kit instructions to do the general markings and stencils. If you look close they have the star and bars on the wrong wings. Unfortunately the SHG doesn't provide

That came out excellent. You did that old Monogram kit proud.

Looking forward to this. And if they do the rest of the variants we will be supplied for years to come.

Very cool. The mythical SEA Hustler. Well Done!

All Mr Color.

I am really liking this kit. The fit is very good, detail is excellent, the way the kit is designed makes it go together very precisely. On to the update. I have finished painting the plane and have been working on the things under the wings. Decals are the next big thing on the list.

Looking good. Nice Progress.

Another update, Catching up after the last few days. This is where I am at right now. Fuselage to wing joint. No gaps or filler needed Upper and lower fuselage seam disappeared. The chin pod literally snaps into place. I glued the windscreen and the small section between the canopies in place. The canopies themselves are just snapped into place secure enough for painting. Later I can mount them open. Intake seam has just the slightest step at the top otherwise it fits very well. Seam at the rear fuselage is on

If you are inclined to kitbashing, you can take the Hasegawa/Mania kit and combine it with the Tamiya F4U-1D. Here is a link to my effort at doing this. What did you just finish building? - Page 73 - The Display Case - ARC Discussion Forums (arcforums.com)

Right now I am able to post pictures and then come back and add some text. The gap Between the upper and lower fuselage disappears after clamping. Clamping the wings made sure there weren't any gaps in the wheel wells. Outer wings fit perfectly. Lower fuselage ready to attach to upper. Nice clean joint after gluing and clamping. Panel in the middle is an panel that can be left off if desired. It fit well. Slight buffing with a scuff pad will make it look fine. The 4 braces added to the intake r