Spangdahlem F-4D Phantom, 1970s

Mid Franconian autor
A quick in-progress-pic…

Mid Franconian autor
I did some weathering of the Phantom with oils. Those Phantoms were dirty planes..

Mr James
Lovely shading on that great camo pattern. Coming along very well

Mid Franconian autor
Thanks! Glad you like it!

Michael Kohl
Looking good.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

walaroo
I have the same kit and am planning a Hawaii Air National Guard. How was the fit? Anything I aneed to watch for?

Mid Franconian autor
Hi Walaroo, you have the Academy kit? I really like this kit. I had no major issues during construction. A little bit of putty/CA was required to make the intakes "fit in". To me the fit is as good as of the 1/48 Hasegawa kits. I added some of the "in progress pics" to the gallery so that you can see the areas which needed more attention.

Mid Franconian autor
Took some new pictures recently. Hope you all like it!

Major Oak
Great build 👏 can I ask what percentage mix do you use for your gloss coat always seem i have problems mixing tamiya varnish cheers

Rui S
Nice work 👍

Guy Rump
Great result, congrats! 👍

Mid Franconian autor
@ Major Oak: for a clear gloss coat I use Tamiya X-22 thinned with Mr Leveling Thinner, in a ratio of approx. 20/80. Sprayed in several thin layers.

Michael Kohl
nice. I wanna do some Spangdahlem bird too. But rather a low vis F-15 in 72. Appreciating your fine work in the mean time.