Official Freewing 90mm F-4 Phantom II Thread

[jetfool]

Look what arrived in the mail today. Parts out of the box including little bitty mirrors and grab handles. Cable tow hooks for launching off the carrier. First clean-up of the 3d trees from parts, very fragile to handle. Looks like fitting everything will require a lot of sanding to fit. Have to burn the midnight hours to get this correct.
Thanks for the 3D parts my friend.

Best Regards, Rex

[Elbee]

That was my solution. The IP's and consoles are quite small in this jet. My expertise with 3DP was just not good enough at the time to try to detail all that with a satisfactory result. Even now, at this scale there wouldn't be much to see much like the B-25, it is there but you just can't see it. Best, LB

[jetfool]

Elbee,
Reduced your cockpit pics to fit the inst. panels, they lined up perfect to the panel. Printed on photo paper and gives a good visual view even though the instruments are small.
Rex

[jetfool]

Computer crashed. Had it fixed and ready to go.
Lots of messy wet sanding going on. Not much to show
Best Regards, Rex

[jetfool]

Thanks guys, I'll try to do it justice.
Rex

[Elbee]

jetfool,

As stated Interior is Gray.

Panels for switches, buttons, and breakers are Black as are all the IP instruments.

Best, LB

[Evan D]

I'm not...

[jetfool]

Are you guys getting old e-mails? I/m getting 20-40 old e-mails every day. Is there a spam problem?

[jetfool]

Evan D,
Very helpful. I have the instrument panels grey and the dials flat black. Does this look more familiar to you? These are pics I using.
Rex

[Evan D]

I think the walls of the cock pit and floors were gray.

Looking at pictures on line I think I was wrong, all the instruments on the front panel were black but the panel is gray. On the sides they control panels covered the mounting almost 100% but I think it was gray under them too.

[jetfool]

Evan D,
So, I need to paint the inside tub flat black, not light grey?
Evan your experience is very helpful. Any suggestions would be great. Although the scale panels fit the cockpit they don't have a lot of correct details on them. I'm trying to make it as presentable as possible. Thanks for your input.
Best Regards, Rex

[Evan D]

Yes. The instrument panels, front and sides were also flat black.

[jetfool]

Guys,
A picture of the real 201 F-4, it looks like the upper consoles and canopy inside frames are flat black. Am I seeing this correctly?

[jetfool]

Working on the cockpit parts today. Painted the cockpit tub and started on the panels. Nothing glued in yet. Also painted the nosecone with the grey, next will be the white underside and the shark mouth. Turtle pace but moving along

[jetfool]

Started spraying some color on the stabilizers. Used aluminum for the inner side. Then the strip will be a dark grey shade. Are these the correct colors for this area?
Best Regards, Rex

[Elbee]

jetfool,

Hah, I remember shooting a coat of primer on my Phantom cockpit in around thirty degrees winter temps on a sunny day.

I set the cockpit down on a piece of cardboard and went inside to put the spray can down (1 minute, maybe).

When I came back out the part had gatored so bad I had to start over, too.

I figured the solvent could not 'gas off' well in that cool a temperature and simply ate the cohesive bond between the EPO beads.

It was a major pain in the buttocks.

Best, LB

[jetfool]

Wasn't happy with the surface so sanded smooth and sprayed regular primer. Looks better so after drying I'll re-spray the grey. One step forward 3 steps back

[Elbee]

Rex,

Looking good.

Best, LB

[jetfool]

Sprayed a light coat of the exterior grey. When dry I'll sand with wet 600 paper to smooth out the paint specks and re-spray. should be pretty smooth after that.
Best Regards, Rex

[jetfool]

Moving around while thigs dry I sanded the filler of the cockpit, ready for more primer. Removed the tires/wheels, masked and sprayed primer. I put Cotten in the main wheel brg. so paint won't enter.
Elbee, I used the scale hook and shoe.
best regards, Rex