Slowly moving ahead with my F-4 build:

well the main assembly has been completed and now it's painting time, so as you can see here i have given the kit a coat of matt white.

Michael and Jeff:
Thank You very much for Your comments.

Jeff:
Keep on building Your bird. Often a nice paint job will cure some flaws!

Pasi:
This looks like a nice and busy cockpit!

David:
Yes, I like to see some paint on the Hornet. But, what is the material below Your kit? It looks like some kind of sand. I hope, this does not damage Your lovely bird.

Oliver

Thanks Oliver. And air frame next:

Hi All!!!
It's been a few months of doing family things and 'Honey-Do's'.... Now I can get back to building........

In all honesty, other then the Holidays and Honey-Do's..!!! I destroyed my first attempt, Rev. A, at this build by drowning it with a very fluid CA glue..(by mistake).. it ran everywhere and ruined obvious sections of the fuselage, details and all.... Now, in this second version of the build, I'm a little further from where my first attempt finished off at.
I still have most all the aftermarket resin and PE that will go into this 'Rev. B' kit.
Most all of the parts have been assembled, cleaned and ready to be glued together. On this build, I'm going to do the sub-assemblies separately and paint separately... then glue together at the end.... The canopy, ordnance, exhaust nozzles and landing gear need cleaning and assembly then on to paint.....
here is an overview:





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Tobar

Thomas:
Good luck with Your new Hornet!

Finished my small diorama. It took longer than I thought. After completing the crane, I found it was too large for the ground plate . Hence, I had to cut it. Now, there is a small pirate´s Island.







Hope, You like it mates.


Oliver

Very nice Oliver!

Michael

Oliver, outstanding diorama.

Bob

Hi mates,
last night I finally started my build for this campaign, it's Academy's F-4J kit in 1/72. At least I won't need much glue, because it's a refined snap-kit. But I won't skip the painting, I think.



I'm looking forward to that experience

Hi All!

Seems that change is also a motif of my new year. I'm shifting gears from the F4U birdcage to the F4U-1A. I've only got one birdcage, and want to do it in an early two tone color, worn from the Solomon's.

So, gonna do this one instead!




Have fun!

Can't go wrong with that one John!

Michael

Michael and Bob:
Thank You very much. Glad You like it!

Peter:
This seems to be an interesting kit. I never built a snap-kit and I am looking forward to Your built.


John:
Yes! Keep the Corsairs coming!

Oliver

Oliver, that Corsair looks great and the diorama really takes it to the next level! Well done sir.

Finally, I could enjoy the photos of your dio, too! Oliver, great job!!

Hi everyone,

Excellent builds so far. Oliver, I really like your diorama, congratulations.

My entry is going to be an F-14B Tomcat 'VF-103 Jolly Rogers'. It is a 1/72 Hasegawa model.



I will build it OOB apart from the resin seats. I am not sure I will have time to finish it on time but I will try...

Carlos.

Come on, Carlos, you can do it! She's too beautiful to not being built for this campaign

I'm going along with my Phantom "Snap kit"


The good thing is, you can paint most parts separately and put them together afterwards.There's no need for filling and sanding, so it's a very clean job.
But it doesn't go much quicker than a normal kit, well that's ok.
Meanwhile I'm painting and decaling, then "snapping together" again.

Cheers
Pete

Forgot these two...

Looking good Pete!

Positive waves Carlos, you can do it!

Michael

Well a little progress before I travel.

great job oliver. i have a psp base i have been wanting to do the same with but am not sure how to paint it to look realistic. could you tell how you did yours?

thks-joe

Brian, Peter, Carlos and Joe:
Thank You very much!

Peter:
Wow, snapping these parts together looks really interesting.

Joe:
I painted the PSP in different shades of brown´s or rust color first. Than I drybrushed the grey base color followed by some gloss coat. After this, I used a wash of yellow brown oil color. Hope this will help.

Oliver

Further progress, now dealing with the (excellent) decals, before I switch back to fitting the landing gear, Missiles, bombs(?) and small parts

Looking great everyone! I've got white on the bottom of the Tamiya 1/48 F-14A and hope to get some more paint on it (at least black) this weekend.

The sharp eyed looking at the campaign page may note a slight change to the end date of the campaign. I've made an executive decision on that. I'm gonna get this one done, by gar!

Michael

I almost gave up with my Tomcat, as I'm finishing Spitfire now. You gave me a new hope to finish it.

Great stuff guys! Just wanted to post a couple "almost complete" shots as I've just got to complete the payload and the base. It will be in a flying position on a stand.

Untitled by Jeff, on Flickr
Untitled by Jeff, on Flickr