Airfix 1/72 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 RAF Leuchars 1974
The start of a bit of a Phantom marathon.
Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey
Painted with:
Colourcoats Dark Green, Dark Sea Grey and Dark Gull Grey.
Mr. Color Light Aircraft Grey.
Xtreme Metals Steel, Pale Burnt Metal, Burnt Metal and Jet Exhaust.
SMS Insignia White.
Tamiya Clear Red, Clear Green Nato Black, Rubber Black, a mix of Olive Drab and Metallic Grey for the seeker heads and Semi-Gloss Black.
Washes used:
Flory Dark Dirt
Citadel Nuln Oil
Abteilung 502 Smoke thinned with lighter fluid.
Finished with Windsor & Newton Galeria Satin Varnish
AM used:
Aerocraft Splitter Plates and Exhaust cans.
Eduard PE Cockpit detail set.
I found myself rather enjoying the stencilling sessions this time (I know I'm not quite all there) and it only took about 8 hours all in rather than the 10 1/2 on the FAA Phantom.
Anyway on with the pics including some family shots.
The harsh lighting of the photo booth shows some silvering on some of the stencils but these don't show up in natural light, so, I'm happy with that.
All in all I fairly chuffed with the finished item.
Thanks for looking,
Cheers,
Alistair
Nice work, Alistair. The metal sections look very convincing.
Thanks very much,
The Xtreme Metals make that part a breeze.
A real gem, Alistair @alistairfgauld
This Phantom looks great in RAF scheme.
Thanks very much.
This is my favourite Phantom scheme after an FAA one of course.
Very nice, I love the look of this era of British Phantoms
Well done!
Thanks very much
Looks pretty sweet, Alistair. Who doesn’t love a phantom?
Thanks so much.
Three very nice models, all to the same standard of quality. That's actually hard to achieve. I like them all.
Thanks so much Tom,
What beauties, Alistair @alistairfgauld. Fantastic paintjob, these Phantoms are beasts. My favorite is the camouflage scheme!
Many thanks,
I love the FAA scheme but the camo version is my favourite RAF version.
Love the Phantom - excellent work on this (and the others)!
Thanks so much Greg.
Those look amazing!
Many Thanks,
Most kind.
Excellent job and really great result, Alistair! I consider the British Phantom the most attractive of all the series and your excellent build does justice to those looks.
Well done! 💯
Thanks very much Spiros,
As always you a far too kind.
Phantastic Phantom! Phabulous attention to detail. Airfix did a great job with this kit. I did the RN Phantom awhile back.
Thanks so much.
Very nice work Alistair 😀
They all look fantastic - I'm inspired now to do a F4E RAAF Phantom now from the Vietnam era.
Thank you for sharing 🙂
Many Thanks.
I'd love to see that one.
Nice work Alistair!
A superb trio of Phantoms.
Great to see!
Thanks very much.