Its been awhile since I,ve finish my last model. This one is the 1/48 Hasegawa F-4F JG71 Special Painting. I used the decal that came in the box mostly for template to paint the red/black and white tulips. The decals were mostly useless since they shattered to million pieces when they are placed in warm water. I managed to use the stencils and had to place them like jigsaw puzzle when I fished out the shattered pieces. There was one that was almost useless. This one is the port side 37+86 with the "6" being made up of 5 small pieces. Aftermarket items were scraps from black box cockpit to busy up the cockpit, resin nozzles from Joe Lortie's ebay site, and intake plugs from 2Mikes resin. Paints are acrylic Tamiya and Gunze Aqueaous. Sorry for the lousy pics taken hurriedly from my i-phone

















Here are the in-progress pictures. My link

Cheers,

Eric

That looks very nice indeed. Good save on the shattered decals
Have you used Microscale liquid decal film? That can help you save decals you know will shatter.

Jesse that was my mistake. Should have applied liquid decal film first before cutting them and giving them a bath. Oh well lesson learned.

Thanks,

Eric

Nice work Eric ! A pleasant treat to see the old Phantom in some bright colors. Thanks for sharing ! tom

We would never have known they shattered unless you told us

tom, the model was in my stash for a long time before I decided to take it out and start building it. It really stands out in my cabinet and I do appreciate the hard work I put into it and am glad it paid off.

Cheers,

Eric