Scalephantomphixer Posted May 8, 2005 Author Share Posted May 8, 2005 Did you get them draws from IKEA? Looking very good. Fast progress aswell. Yes, IKEA that's it. I like the drawers very much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Im NOT WORTHY Im NOT WORTHY!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D_IcarUS_ Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 As usual a super job, Pierre. :D :lol: :lol: ;) :o Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest seanrgb4 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Wow Pierre This birds looking awesome , keep us posted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 The most difficult area of any Phantom construction: the intakes B) There so many spots and seams to clean... Those of you guys having fiddled with Phantom kits know what I mean! The only solution is called PUTTY and PATIENCE. Along with a couple of home-built sanding pads, it took me now a couple of evenings to approach an acceptable result. Two pictures of the areas I am talking about. Then two more to show you my tools. Cheers, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 My home.made sanding sticks: second-hand dentist tools, an old brush handle and a piece of scrap styrene. I glued the sanding sheets with double-side adhesive foam pads. With these tools I can reach almost any place of a kit (even deep in side an air intake trunc) and obtain perfectly flat sanded areas B) Cheers, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Looking Very nice Pierre !!! Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted May 12, 2005 Author Share Posted May 12, 2005 More sanding: the intakes are now approaching perfection Today I started tweaking the vertical stabilizer. I reshaped the radar housing at the top (cut away the old one, scratch built a new one), and repositionned the rudder. On the rudder I thinned the trailing edge to a more appropriate shape. Cheers for now, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyraider Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Pierre, nice work there! BUT: I thought you were building this one in flight? That would be a lot to much rudder to do so... If it stays on ground, well, then it’s ok! skyraider Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted May 13, 2005 Author Share Posted May 13, 2005 Pierre, nice work there! BUT: I thought you were building this one in flight? That would be a lot to much rudder to do so... If it stays on ground, well, then it’s ok!skyraider A change from my original idea: it would have been a crime to close the canopies on so detailed cockpits! The Phantom will be taxiing, taking an exit from the rwy, the drag chute still attached - which is not a normal situation, but the release handle jammed B) Cheers, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRI76 Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 it would have been a crime to close the canopies on so detailed cockpits! I TOTALY agree!!!!! Have already thought how you will do the parachute? /Kristian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dimosthenis Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Pierre, nice work there! BUT: I thought you were building this one in flight? That would be a lot to much rudder to do so... If it stays on ground, well, then it’s ok!skyraider A change from my original idea: it would have been a crime to close the canopies on so detailed cockpits! The Phantom will be taxiing, taking an exit from the rwy, the drag chute still attached - which is not a normal situation, but the release handle jammed :huh: Cheers, Pierre Pierre, you 're not wrong. I 've got at least one picture of a greek F-4E (71756 in SEA camouflage in 1989) taxiing with brake chute, only difference is canopies are closed, but you can always excuse that, by saying it was a warm summer evening at Andravida or even worse (and hot) in Larissa. :lol: Needless to repeat, but your PHantom is P-E-R-F-E-C-T! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted May 13, 2005 Author Share Posted May 13, 2005 40,000 VIEWS And the construction is far from being completed... Thank you guys for the MASSIVE support. I really appreciate your interest Cheers, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jacobp51 Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Are you kidding Pierre? I have to check this thread at least 3 times a day for my jaw-drop fix! I am in a perpetual state of AMAZEMENT!!! Congrats on 40,000 views! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkhornet Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 yeah, i check it a few times a day! cant wait every day when you put more pics up pierre amazing work mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcin_S Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 MASTERPIECE !!! ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cadfael Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 Pierre, nice work there! BUT: I thought you were building this one in flight? That would be a lot to much rudder to do so... If it stays on ground, well, then it’s ok!skyraider A change from my original idea: it would have been a crime to close the canopies on so detailed cockpits! The Phantom will be taxiing, taking an exit from the rwy, the drag chute still attached - which is not a normal situation, but the release handle jammed :D Cheers, Pierre The Luftwaffe Phantoms that have come to Maple Flag don't blow their chute off until they are well onto an exit. They would turn to about a 30 to 45 degree angle, goose the engines and blow the chute into the grass infield between the runway and taxiway. We'd always see one or two a week that would taxi all the way back with the chute still attached. Great work as always. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ray-hat Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 yeah, i check it a few times a day!cant wait every day when you put more pics up pierre amazing work mate Put me down for checking for new pics ten times a day. 10 times 7 days a week, times 4 weeks a , times 12 months......3360. (This is the coolest thread) Ray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
looks like he can fly Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 I sure as heck aint gonna lie, i've checked this thread atleast several hundred times since it was first started ;) Dan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FrankC Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 Awesome stuff Pierre! ;) ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted May 14, 2005 Author Share Posted May 14, 2005 Here is the vertical fin, where I filled a couple of panel lines and adjusted the cap. I filled the inside of the rudder hinge with a mix of plasticard and putty, which I will sand when it is dry. Then I started an etching session, and produced my own flap fairings... They fill the space between the flaps' inner edges and the body. The upper etch on the photo is this part, the lower two etches are tha fairings that cover the upper side of the flaps when they are down (more on this later on). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted May 14, 2005 Author Share Posted May 14, 2005 The body-flaps fairings, photo 1. Photo 2. These parts will be painted red. Cheers, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 :wacko: Sweet as ever Pierre.... Can I send you a PM? I'd like to pick your brains on the metal etching. I read your article on etching which is an inspiration but there are a couple of points I'd like to try and clear up. :blink: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted May 16, 2005 Author Share Posted May 16, 2005 I had to rescribe a couple of panels on the spine, as I sanded them off when I adjusted the body halves. I used a flexible template (Hasegawa) and a pin. First 3 -4 light passes, just driving the pin along the template, followed by a couple of increasingly stronger pressing passes. Then came 6 fasteners in each panel. I got the correct alignment (60°) by drafting a template on a piece of transparent paper and marking the place with a pun. I drilled the fasteners with a tiny drill (0.3mm). I applied some Tamiya liquid cement to each new panel line to soften the ragged trench, and sanded away raised material with a Micromesh pad. Then came a final layer of primer, to check that everything is fine. So far, so good Cheers, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalephantomphixer Posted May 16, 2005 Author Share Posted May 16, 2005 One more for today: I found a convenient way to hold my Phantom upright to position the resin nose. Curved pliers (stuck into the aux air doors), 2 clamps and a length of masking tape. I glued the nose with 2-component epoxy. Its own weight keeps it in place Cheers, Pierre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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