It is about time I started getting all my started kit's done they seem to be piling up.

I thought I would share them here to help me finish and it my be of interest to some.

I will post progress for them here and for some that need more work I will start a separate thread and add links here.

I do have one going already, a Hasegawa F-14A left over from the Enterprise campaign.

http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/forums/221468&page=1

And there is this F-4E left over from both the 55 Years of Phabulous Phantoms campaign and the Hagar Queen IV campaign.

Cheers Rob.

The F-4 is ready to decal as is the F-111 I did not finish for the Ronnie RAAF Campaign II this one I am trying something different. The F-111 has a black underside that I want to use a semigloss paint for, so I have painted the top and gloss coated it for decals after which I will flat coat it then mask and paint the underside. Hopefully it works the way I think it will.

Cheers Rob.

Aach, another stash war

Rob,
Glad to see that you're coming to grips with your Hanger Queens. Looking forward to seeing each of them finished.
Joel

That Ozzie aardvark is almost there

It's not my only stash war I have to start one for Armour as well.

Cheers Rob.

Right, another front in the stash war. But I think that the stashes are winning. I ordered a new kit just last week. An I may pre-order a kit before I leave Malaysia.

I did at least manage to start a kit while I'm over here, but it just makes for more hanger queens.

The decaling is a slow process

The decals for the F-4 are in bad shape with cracks throughout, after trying the first without sucess I sprayed some Microscale liquid decal film over the remaining decals that helped but there are still some cracks luckily I also have some Microscale decals for it as well.

With the F-111 I am taking some artistic liberties I don't believe these were ever put on a camouflaged aircraft but seeing as this will not see a contest I wanted to add some color.

Cheers Rob.

Neat artwork on the Aardvark. I've lot a lot of OLD kits in the stash. I've taken to spraying them with Testor's Decal fix spray for your home made decals. Generally work s well, but can leave an extra bit of 'carrier' on the decal when you want to place it.

Rob,
The decaling on the F-4 is looking quite good. Love those tail markings on the F-111. If you like it, that's all that counts.

BTW, I won the Armor stash war since it's been years since I built any new armor kits. I just traded all the kits except one in at my LHS for more aircraft kits.

Joel

Hi All!

It's been awhile and I have made some good progress on the Phantom!
The decals took a long time and a lot of setting solution.
I also got a wash done.

Pics to follow batteries are dead.

Cheers Rob.

Rob, don't forget to sign up for Hanger Queen 7, we're doing a bit of group therapy on unfinished builds.

Thanks Mark! but I don't think these will be done in a timely manner.

The pics I promised.

Cheers Rob.

Well, timely in this case means getting one done by December 31, 2017. Even I have a chance of making that one. Looks like you're close with the Phantom.

Rob,

They are turning out as fine looking models. Love your tight demarcations between the camo colors.

The F-4 looks so funny without a canopy.

Thanks!

All the camo was done freehand with an airbrush.

Cheers Rob.

Working on the pylons.

Cheers Rob.

More done

Cheers Rob

Dug out another old kit.

I built this as a teen and after putting a lot of effort into the cockpit was not happy with how much you could see. After going through all the references I had and could find at the time I never got the info I was after so it got put in a box and at some point I decided to do an M version. Well now I'm back at it!

Cheers Rob.

Cut back the hood so you can now see all the work I put into the cockpit now trying to fit the xtraparts resin into the kit parts.

Cheers Rob.

A little work on the sidewinders for the Phantom.

Cheers Rob.

nice work there. we might see a model finished yet!

Hi Jonathan Yes we just might.

Working on the missiles for the Phantom I like how the seaker heads are coming along.

Cheers Rob.

Here is a pic that shows better what I did with the seaker heads, I drilled a hole in the back then painted the hole grey and the surround black. I also finished the painting of the missiles sanded the seam on the canopy painted the inside of the frame and masked it after a coat of Future.

Cheers Rob.

It's been some time since my last post,

I am settling into a new place and should be doing a lot more soon.

I have a lot of work to fix all my projects that got damaged in my moves.

Here are before and afters of just one.

Cheers Rob.