Janissary Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) Hi, here my latest subject and model. It is a Turkish Air Force F-4E Terminator; Israeli upgrade to the F-4E for the TUAF. I used Tamiya acrylics, MM enamels, and Alclad metalizers. I primarily used post-shading to weather the model. Edited November 18, 2009 by zidane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Janissary Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) I used 3M adhesive spray and baby powder to create the walkways. Masking took about 2 hours. Spraying 3m about 2 seconds . Edited November 18, 2009 by zidane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Whoooaaaa...that's an awesome Terminator Zidane. Very neat build..great paintjob too! If you don't mind my asking, what mods did you do to modify the regular F-4E to "Terminator" configuration? -Awan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) Here are some of the final pictures. Edited November 18, 2009 by zidane Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Great! this is one of my future projects. Did you add the MFD displays at cockpit? Congrats. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Plastictiger Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 (edited) Very nice. Who makes the decals? I've never seen the decals, or I would have a set! Thanks Scott Edited November 18, 2009 by Plastictiger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 Thanks Awan, the upgrade on the model consisted mostly of antennas and visual details. Antennas were: on the spine, top of the ruder, under the chin. There is also a circular disk right in front of the windshield but I don;t know what it is. Finally, there are some strobe lights on either side of the rudder (right above the flag), and on the side of the engine intakes near the border of the two colors. I got most of this info from my friends in a Turkish modeling forum and from my reference pics. Fulcrum; no unfortunately I used the kit parts and did not have much of any scratchbuild inside the cockpit except for the seat belts and a few other details. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Whoa, beautiful Phantom ! Really nice work with the paint and weathering ... Superb actually ... :lol: Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jgrease Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Wow! Awesome build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-16rhs Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Very nice build m8!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Wow. Man that's a nice build! Love those natural metal areas and the superb paint finish. Great job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragan_mig31 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 verry nice phantom,and a turkish one the finish is perfect.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 One of the better F-4E schemes, especially for a Hill Grey II. Nice job. Aaron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PhantomMan Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 WOW! what a beautiful Phantom, love it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Fantastic job mate! A great model of an airplane that was a truly legend! Cheers,Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 waow!!! very nice looking model! i love the weathering! the pictures are very good too! bravo!! bye Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Beautiful metallic paint :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richter111 Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 That is a spectacular build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted November 18, 2009 Author Share Posted November 18, 2009 Thank you very much all! I grew up in Eskisehir where this squadron is based and these F-4's still fly over the city skies every day (though I am not there anymore). There was a question about the decals. I designed most of them myself in Adobe Illustrator but Babibi model carries these decals as well: http://www.babibimodel.com/joomla/index.php?lang=en My goal in the next build (Hasegawa 1:48 F-15DJ) is to move into the world of Mr. Color paints. I just ordered a set from the UK! Really looking forward to it. Thanks for the encouraging words! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alessio Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 zidane...your Phantom...is wonderfull....perfect... the weatering is one of the most effective i've seen untill now... i'm stillw orkign on a phantom...but now thanks to you i'm afraid to show it...:-) may it be possible to knwo wich kind of alclad did u use for the tail section??? thanks in advance Alex.. Italy Sicily Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted November 19, 2009 Author Share Posted November 19, 2009 Thank you Alessio. I have three bottles of Alclad: High-polish Aluminum, Magnesium and Steel. Before spraying these, I cleaned the surface well and put down a solid coat of Future and let it dry for about 2 days. I then airbrushed the Alclad colors. This results in a high-shine outcome especially for the aluminum. I then added small bits of a variety of Testors metalizers to Alclad to do some postshading (of the darkest magnesium color right around the nozzles). Finally, I sprayed very thinned Tamiya clear blue and clear orange at random spots and surfaces to create a burnt-metal effect. You need to go easy on this as you can quickly ruin the look (which I did earlier and redid everything from scratch). To protect, I later sprayed a coat of Future to all the metalic parts. I still have mixed feelings about this (I think it changes the metallic effect) and then masked it up. Anyway, at the end of the project, I toned down the overly shiny metallic surfaces with the dull coat. The real plane's surfaces are not that shiny if you look carefully. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
omar Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Excellent build!!! Best Omer ERKMEN From TURKEY Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayne S Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Very nice job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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