When Diego from
HI-DECAL LINE sent me his new RF-4 Phantom decals, the choice of which one
to make was an easy one! I started off with a standard Hasegawa
RF-4E kit, which normally allows you to build a German or Japanese recce
bird. To put some details in to the kit, I got a really nice Photo
Etched set from Eduard (# 73265), which was actually meant for the
RF-4C. This PE did not only allow me to do a really nice cockpit for
my RF-4, but also added some truely nice details to the rest of the kit!
As said, the decals are from HI-LINE DECALS and allow you to do not only 3
different Iranian RF-4E's, but also Spanish RF-4C's and a USAF Kentucky RF-4C.
Phinally
we now have some hard needed Phoreign Phantom decals! To finish the
kit I put some True Details wheels on it.
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The initial
built went pretty smooth, as shown in the pics, the Eduard PE makes a
really nice cockpit.
As I do more often, the ailerons and rudder were cut
out, and put back under a different angle. Where needed I used putty and
did the required sanding. "A bit of pre-shading" was done using
Humbrol 21 gloss black, and from here on I made a little mistake. I
twisted the colors (Humbrol 47 Sea Blue & 129 Satin US Gull Grey),
assuming the buttom of the RF-4 was supposed to be grey instead of blue!
I found this out after airbrushing the whole model, but before applying
the decals! So I had to strip the whole model, re do the pre-shading and
painting(!) from here on things went smooth again!
After applying the
decals, the model got a wash and some weathering was done using Tamiya X19
Smoke. After that, the model was sprayed flat using Model Master Dullcote. The
ALQ87 comes from a Hasegawa weapons box and was modified a bit. Since I scaled
down the paint with 15% white paint, the paint color does not exactly match the
color of the decals (something I'll have to keep in mind for next
time..).
Greetings,
sentry30
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