musangpulut Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) I alway being fascinated with Iranian RF-4E story. Here some references on the web Project Dark Gene Unknown Iranian So I think now is a great time to start a build.My build would be a new blue scheme camo 2-6502 as per below No aftermarket except perhap Quickboost 1/48 F-4 seats( If I could find a set).Decal would be from HDL and some left over sheet. So far cockpit job is done. Result after 3 hours of my crappy detail painting.How I wish I was a bit richer so I could afford an Eduard pre painted PE set! Till then! Edited February 23, 2011 by musangpulut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Nice paintscheme you've choosen Musangpulut. Looking forward to see this one completed. Good Luck with your build. /Bosse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fenestron Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Hi there, Yes..More Phantoms. I really like the Iranian camouflage. Will follow this:) All the best Ed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Yes ME too..I lLIKE the IRIAF color schemes too and look forward to this Phabulous Phantom :D build. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 You are off to a good start. Keep the photos coming. Darwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Julien (UK) Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Looking good. Julien Quote Link to post Share on other sites
texgal45 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Phantoms, Phantoms and more Phantoms. Absolutely gorgeous machines. Keep them coming. Grandma L Quote Link to post Share on other sites
musangpulut Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 guys, many thanks for the supportive comments,I really appreciated it! Here latest progress. Cockpit is finished and ready to be installed Camera installed too, not much will be seen once I close the fuselage. I will close the fuselage by this night.Hope not much seams to be filled latter. In unrelated topic, I also building another recce bird since last 2 months and now in primer stage. It was 1/72 MiG-25RB with pavla conversion.I think it will disqualified for this GB since it's more than 15% completed.Still cant decided whether to build it as Egyptian or Indian recce bird. Thank you for watching! :] Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Jawdropping. drooling kind of build..The pit is very good and so neat and amazingly tidy..painting is coming along nicely.. love the WORK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Considering the high quality of your work on that cockpit, you would be wasting your money on a PE set. That is some fabulous work. Darwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tobiK Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 hey, nice paintjob so far in the pit! Maybe a bit drybrush and some scratchbuild of levers and oxygen hoses and you not really need the eduard stuff (you just need copper wire out of electric cables, CA glue, white glue, patience, calm hands and good detail pics of the pit)! Oh, maybe I should tell you the glue the IP of the WSO AFTER installing the pit into one fuse half. After closing the 2 fuse halfs, you can add detail on the rear of the WSO IP: round pieces of plastic, wire...looks busy! Yeah, and we are in: I will send you a pair of resin bang seats and a little surprise you can need if you don't want to install a seamless intake set ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikestomcat Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hi, You're doing some really nice work, looking forward to seeing more of you're Rhino Mike. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
musangpulut Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Here my latest progress Due to heavy workload at work place, I was a bit slow in finishing a major assembling work.Fit was not so good especially on below cockpit & nose area. Next is to paint a cockpit/canopy in black and spraying primer to check any seams left during assembly. Special thanks to Tobi @ ToBiK for supplying a beautiful resin seats & intake cover.Definitely will change the look of this bird! I really appreciated it! Now, should I paint the exhaust/metal area first or should I do the camo before painting the natural metal area? which is the best and less hassle for masking etc eh? Cheers Amzari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tobiK Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Do metal areas after the camo. Masking alclad or other metalcotes takes the risk of removing colorparts after demasking. Especially when the mask has to remain some days there. Advice for exhaust: humbrol polished steel for area behind the nozzles, shades of alu, stainless and steel on the vertical panels (alclad II or gunze mr. metal). Nozzles: humbrol polished gunmetal, after polishing more or less chipping with silver. A good book for phantom phreaks: "Modelling the F-4 Phantom" Osprey Modelling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Netz Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Who makes the intake covers?? Do you have a better shot of them. Curt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
musangpulut Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) I decided to paint metal areas after the camo. So now major camo works are finished. I think I need to tone down the blue color? or the grey is too dark perhap? Any C & C are welcome! Edited February 23, 2011 by musangpulut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tobiK Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 You took the colors due to Hi-Decals instruction? When you did so, maybe some subtile after shading...brighter and darker base color. Good idea doing the NMF sections later! You are really making progress! Wow! I m still busy finishing my 2 vipers.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikestomcat Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Looking very nice indeed ;) Mike. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JEN722 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Unknown Iranian Interesting project! However, I would take the acig.org information with a grain of salt as the two RF-4Cs mentioned were on loan to the IDF/AF (i.e. Israel) and not the IIAF (Iran). Pictures of the RF-4Cs confirm the Israeli colour scheme which is quite different from the Iranian one. Jens Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shorty84 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Looks very nice. The contrast between the two colours is quite low like on the real thing . What colours did you use? While researching Iranian Tomcats I came across the following colour callouts: FS36622 Camo Grey (Gunze H-311) FS35450 Air Superiority Blue (Gunze H-74) Markus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
musangpulut Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Tobik - Yup, the reason I painted the metal area last is because to prevent metalcote peeling during demasking.Many thanks for the advise and please resume your hellenic bird! :} Mikestomcat & JEN722 - Many thanks! I didnt plan to build that RF-4C since there is not enough info & photo of it for the references Markus - Yup, I did test that gunze H331 before and it's look too bright.H74 is Sky Duck Egg Green and not related at all. For this build I use Grey - Gunze H317 (60%) + Gunze H62(40%) Blue - Lifecolor UA145 (70%) + Lifecolor UA113 (30%) regards Amzari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tobiK Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 The best match for FS 35450 should be MM 2131, H311 gunze for FS 36622 is ok, but Hi-decal tells you for the grey to use FS 36440 = H315 gunze. Whatever, now the painting is done! Maybe it looks the same now!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tiger331 Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 How is the MiG-25 with pavla - does it fit? I have it too, but I will built the Bulgarian bird from Cold War - it flew ocassionally recce misions slose tu Turkish and Greek borders. Decals are in Begemoth sheet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
musangpulut Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) After 1 month hiatus due to work commitment @ my office, I finished retuned the camo colors & painting all parts. Next is to gloss coat & decaling session. Special thanks to Curt aka Netz for the color sanding technique, It's really work!!!!!!!!!!! Edited March 29, 2011 by musangpulut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twhite80 Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Really enjoying your build. I love the Recce Phantoms and the IIRAF Phantom looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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