Royal Canadian Air Force F-4 Phantom FGR.4
Here's my Royal Canadian Air Force F-4 Phantom FGR.4. She only took 8568 hours. Here's the list list of things I did to her. (can't I say that?)
Kit used Hasegawa 1/48 F-4G
Paint scheme inspired by Richard's Phantoms profiles
Ejection seats are resin. Can’t remember what company
Rear seaters instrument panel gauges are styrene rod with solder for wires
AGM-84L SLAM-shorty are resin and started life as a SLAM-ER from academy's F-15K
The beast of a missile on the centerline station is scratchbuild with the seeker head from academy's SLAM-ER
Sniper pod for Hasegawa weapon set
AN/ALQ-184 ECM pod from Shull 24 resin
-AIM-120 from kinetic F-16I
AIM-9X's from Hasagawa
The centerline hardpoint is a shorten center pylon from Revell F-15E
Inboard and outer weapon station from True Detail Pylon set
The two antenna on upper fuselage are resin copies from kinetic F-16I
LAU-128 missile rails resin copies from kinetic F-15K
Spey nozzles are from Aires
New tail fairing scratchbuilt from stock styrene
Pitot tubes on tail are brass tubing
Cut and droop ailerons
New IFF antenna ("bird slicer")nose strip styrene
2000 liter tanks from Revell's Rafale kit -F-4 detail added to drop tank is strips styrene
Sway brace are from true detail and resin copies
Pitot tube in nose from Hobby Decals
Low light stripes are strip styrene
Preshaded all the panel line with Euro I Gray(FS36081), then used Dark Tan (FS30219) and Dark Ghost Gray(FS36320) for the main camo pattern(all Model Master enamels)
All weapon station are mounted to the fuselage with aluminum tubing
AGM-84L SLAM-shorty's missile rail are from Revell Rafale kit
Stripes on the AGM-84L SLAM-shorty and the beast on centerline were painted on
Pitot tubes on AGM-84L SLAM-shorty are steel pins
Gloss coat with Future
Low light formation lights are painted
Panel lines wash in thinned Medea com art transparent black airbrush paint
Kill markings, Canadian roundel, Canada on the fuselage and Canadian flag and aircraft no# on tail are custom decals
Canopies tinted with Medea com art transparent black airbrush paint and future.
Here's a link to the complete work in progress thread on What-If Modeler http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,34276.0.html.
