ESzczesniak Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) I’ve long had a F-4 “Black Bunny” on my list, and finally worked myself up to tackle the gloss black finish. This the is the 1/48 Zoukei-Mura F-4J. Quinta Studios cockpit decals were added, and the exterior decals are from Furball. The Quinta cockpit set looks great, but I honestly use these more to speed up a build if I’m not in the mood to spend time on the cockpit. So my use of them is variable. The Furball decals are decent, but not great. Their adhesion is on the weak side. I displaced a couple with a gentle washcloth wipe preparing for the final gloss coats. The placement guide has some small errors. For instance, the rear ejection seat warning triangle is show as aligned to the cockpit sill and I later realized in reference pictures that it’s aligned to the ground. And it appears from reference pictures that the word “warning” and “caution” in the stencils should be red or yellow, not all white. There’s not much to say for the build and painting technique. The kit builds well. It’s not quite Tamiya fall together fit, but close. And there’s nothing special for shading or weathering with the overall black. The final gloss is Tamiya X-22 with Mr. Color Leveling thinner. The pictures... The exhaust is painted with shades of Alclad II (most jet exhaust, burnt iron, and dark aluminum) with some metallic artists pencils used for highlighting. After the final gloss, these areas were masked off and spray with Alclad Semi Matte. The landing gear wells were also spray with Alclad Semi Matte, as the true high gloss looked like too much in the wells. As always, I’d be happy to hear any comments and/or constructive criticism! Thanks for looking! Eric Edited February 25, 2022 by ESzczesniak Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum1 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Real nice! Which paint did you use for the black? That came out super smooth with the X-22. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary F Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 See your Bunny was a nice start to the day! Nice one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ESzczesniak Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 Thank you all for the replies! 56 minutes ago, fulcrum1 said: Real nice! Which paint did you use for the black? That came out super smooth with the X-22. It's Tamiya XF-1 for the black. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 She's a real beaut Clark !! Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 That looks really nice! I've heard about X-22 with MLP -- that's a really nice gloss -- I need to try that sometime : ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Nice effect. Looks very well polished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barkin mad Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Lovely & very well finished. Incidentally, this was the airframe that ended up serving with the RAF as ZE352. I think only the nose/cockpit section survives. ------------- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Beautiful job ...! -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vonjhn68 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Great work! The Vandy is perhaps the coolest Phantom paint scheme of all time. Regards, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 That sure is a pretty jet. Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 She is gorgeous Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 3 hours ago, eraucubsfan said: She is gorgeous What he said! 🤘 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
#1 Tomcat Fan Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 What a beauty 😍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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