Official Freewing 90mm F-4 Phantom II Thread

[jetfool]

f4uausie,
The non-slip is 220 wet/dry sanding paper cut to 1/2" wide by 11/4" strips. Medium ca smeared on ladder steps and paper formed around the step. It came out nice and has the grit of the real ladders. Learned a new lesson doing this.


Moving along I have the stabs. and gear covers painted. Having a heck of a time with bleed thru on masked parts. Touch up works but slows progress. Using auto green tape but guess I'm doing it wrong.
Best Regards, Rex

[f4u ausie]

The ladders look awesome. What is the non slip. Tape or paint

[davegee]

Rex,

Some photos of one of our favorite Phantom Drivers.

Note the non-slip on the ladder rungs.

Best, LB

I painted up one of my F4s like Old's airplane SCAT XXVII. After its useful flying life was over, I presented it to the Civil Air Patrol cadet squadron at the Powell Airport in Wyoming. I gave a little presentation, and then I, along with a couple of intrepid cadets, climbed on the roof of a big van to hang the model from the ceiling of their hangar. It was fun and I hope the cadets got something out of it and the true warrior who flew it.

Ladder detailing and weathering looks great!

Cheers

davegee

[jetfool]

Elbee,
The hair spray coats between silver and yellow allows chipping to look real instead of putting silver over the yellow. The black steps are from 220 wet/dry paper. gives the right texture. This completes the ladders, so they get put away until needed.
Best Regards, Rex

[Elbee]

What do you all think, good or bad?
Best Regards, Rex

Rex,

Outstanding.

Best, LB

[jetfool]

I took Elbee's photo and hopefully made a good impression of the real ladders. What do you all think, good or bad?
Best Regards, Rex

[jetfool]

Robin Olds, I have looked at his Phantom at the Airforce Museum many times. Just what I need, close up of the ladders, Thanks Elbee.

[Elbee]

Rex,

Some photos of one of our favorite Phantom Drivers.

Note the non-slip on the ladder rungs.

Best, LB

[jetfool]

Thanks Elbee,
Lots of little things getting done. Going to paint the red on gear doors and stab tips today. Opening canopies are great but the angles of the sills to the fuselage are off in the STL. very tedious but using heat gun lightly I am bending bending to conform, takes time and going slow.
Best Regards, Rex

[Elbee]

jetfool

Great work Rex.

Ladders look very cool.

All coming along nicely.

Best, LB

[jetfool]

After picking up the ladders and tank drop, I tore everything off that didn't look like ladders. sanded, primed, painted silver then a couple coats of hair spray. Next after drying I painted the yellow. Will let this dry overnight then take a toothbrush and water and rub the yellow down in wear spots. Also installed the fuselage mount for the centerline tank.
Best Regards, Rex

[jetfool]

The High School kids have come thru again. I need to go to school and pick up today. A little gluing to do but pieces are all there. Don't forget to ask your schools if they need projects to learn making 3d parts. The kids get to see finished parts at the final assembly.
So progress is progressing and even using baby powder paint still pulls up requiring touch-up between color lines. Not much but a headache. Best Regards, Rex

[Evan D]

Picture.

[Evan D]

You never came back but I do. Ground mail looks like $17.55, round up to $20 for gas to take it to the Post Office.

Does anyone have an extra drop tank or a pair of drop tanks for the F4 Phantom that they'd like to sell or don't need. I am configuring them to a turbine powered L39 Albatros which did not come with the drop tanks. The scale of the turbine is a little larger, but the Freewing Phantom tanks will work.
Thanks guys!

[davegee]

Corsair: Simple Rack/Pinion, if there is space.

Least amount of moving parts, though probably heavier overall.

A carriage for the canopy base and much trial and error fitment.

All doable depending on your will to do it.

Best, LB

https://www.youtube.com/@ToddBreda/search?query=Elbee

That's beautiful work, Elbee. The P-47 wouldn't be all that different using a similar rack/pinion idea.

davegee

[jetfool]

Davegee,
Plenty of ideas! Get to it, what's stopping you. Enquiring minds want to know.

[jetfool]

Thanks Dave,

I used the baby powder and it works well but I pressed the teeth mask with a popsicle stick and it stuck to the underneath paint. Goes with learning new ways. The baby powder works great if not in small spaces. Thinking about your 47 sliding canopy and I think a jack screw servo would be best, It is fairly small and gives a direct push/pull open or closing. small enough to fit underneath and not restrict electronics. A 3d slider track with a slider bar would work. The slider could be designed to hook to the jack screw and be part of the turtledeck canopy brace that slides with the canopy.
I guess if the navy had to touch up paint that makes mine more believable, that's my story anyway. LOL
Best Regards, Rex

[davegee]

Isn't that always the way it goes painting over foam! I feel your pain and frustration. My friends who did cruises on aircraft carriers have told me that by the end of a long cruise, the corrosion detail have roughly painted on the aircraft where the paint chipped off and they look gawdawful in some cases. You're not alone with having to repaint these parts. When you're done, I don't suspect most people or judges would even see what it looks like now.

Hang in there!

davegee

[jetfool]

Take one step forward two steps back. Removed the masking tape and will have some touch-up to do. Red came out ok put need to paint white back in places. Wasn't sure this would work as it's tedious to mask. Want to keep all the paint per my scale colors and the Callie graphics were a little off. It will be fixed just more detail hours.

Fighter pilot,
I have some extra F4 tanks that Davegee sent me. If you pm your mailing address I can send to you next week.
Best Regards, Rex

[Evan D]

I do but I don't think I have a box. The next time I go into the attic (where they are) I'll look.