Hasegawa F-2A Viper Zero - Completed!

Tim Heimer
Beautiful work again! Another nice piece for your collection! Congrats!

Donald Dickson II
Beautiful work on the 16 wanna be.😉

Nathan Dempsey
Excellent build Michael! The paint along with the decaling are impressive.

Sy Bar
I love your bases, where do you get them?
Models are fantastic too 👍

Neuling
Beautiful colors and shading!

Ricardo Reis
Beautiful, we'll done! I want to build one! 🙂

Kees Kleijwegt
Awesome build Michael and I agree with Sybar, your bases are great too! 👍👍

Daniel
Congrats to that model and the way you displayed it, looks hot! 👍

Ingo F
Looking great! 👍

Soeren R.
Wonderful work and the display is an amazing idea!

Konrad -
Ok that is really really cool !!!
The in flight position is awesome und bring much more life into the pics 👍!
Congrats Michael to this beautyful modell.

Daniel Klink
👍👍👍👍👍👍 Just love it!

Slavo Hazucha
Excellent work (again) 👍 It really, really captures the original extremely well, including the cleanness & consistency of colors & everything. No nonsense or forced details, a clean-cut silhouette in the air... A flawless job all over start to finish... Pictures great as usual too!

This build moved my perception of the subject from "Yeah, an F-16 spin-off, what about it...?!" to "I want to build one and play with the colors & finish ASAP" (understand: in the early/mid-2020´s) 🙂

Already looking forward to your next endeavour!

Stephan Ryll
Yep Michael 🙂 and another gem on your shelf 👍 I like it a lot

ForestFan
Superb, love how it's displayed

Daniel Klink
Still can't believe you do this since 4 years only... Amazing 👍

Murad ÖZER
instant classic! Michael this is a masterpiece, it roars!😎

Michael Phillips autor
Thanks Tim, Donald, Nathan, Sybar, Neuling, Ricardo, Kees, Daniel, Ingo, Soeren, Konrad, Daniel, Slavo, Stephan, Forest, and Murad! All of your kind words and compliments humble me, and I am so appreciative of the positive feedback!

The base is home made using a baseball card holder, a printout of work I did on Adobe Illustrator, some screws, 12" aluminum bar, and a piano black blank plaque base. I have created a new album and uploaded some behind the scenes look of how I put it together. You can see the album here:

In-Flight Stand WIP | Album by Fighting 84 (1:48)

Michael Phillips autor
Slavo, inspiring someone to take on a subject is the greatest compliment I could receive. With you amazing skills, I am sure it will be a masterpiece!

Daniel Klink, yeah, it has been almost 4 years now since I started my first model as an adult, the 1/48 Italeri F-14A Tomcat. As I look back through my albums, I can see major improvement in my skills over the years, and I think I really started to come into my own at right about build #11, which was another 1/48 Italeri F-14A, an in-flight build of an Iranian bird. I still have a lot to learn and much to improve, but I will get there.

Bart Goesaert
Splendid work (as usual 😉 ) one hefty load for that bugger...

Spanjaard
Excellent job!!!!! I love it

Michael Phillips autor
Thanks Bart, Spanjaard, and James! I really appreciate the kind words!!!

Demigod
Again, a wonderful model with a fantastic paint job. Kudos for the in-flight stand - aircraft look best in the air, yet rarely they are modelled this way. Well done!

Urban Gardini
Fantastic result mate, love it!

Michael Phillips autor
Thanks so much for the kind words Demigod and Urban!

Jos Jansen
Beautiful plane...excellent display, fricking awesome man...!!

Bryn Crandell
Totally an amazing build. The display really sets it in motion.

Clifford Keesler
There are not enough words to describe the beauty of this build. Very well done Sir.