F-4J UK Phantom II-1/72 Fujimi kit

[Deleted member 22781]

Here is the Cold War jet I mentioned in my introduction to this site. It is the old Fujimi 1/72 F-4J UK which is basically just a refurbished ex USN F-4J Phantom. I have the cockpit tub built, painted and just installed the IP decals last night. No seats or sticks as of yet, slow but steady wins the race.

 

[Deleted member 22781]

I like the old Fujimi kits, there are modern ones like Fine Molds and Academy but this is more my style. Here is a Fujimi F-4M, a British built Phantom II with a Rolls Royce Spey Turbofan engine. The colors are similar to the F-4J UK I am building now.

 

[VegasAWACER13]

I only just recently learned that the RR motors in Brit F-4s were more powerful than the US J79s.

 

[Ron2]

I'm working on a phantom ii right now. Hasegawa kit. Looks good!

 

[Deleted member 22781]

I have the fuselage halves closed up, puttied and sanded. I also added 12 grams of weight in the nose.

 

[Edbert]

Seems like there are some Phantom aficionados here so I'll ask...

Do you know of any good guides for changing a slat wing to a hard wing? Subject matter is an E model, most of which had the slats, but the Thunderbirds used the earlier wing.

 

[Ron2]

Seems like there are some Phantom aficionados here so I'll ask...

Do you know of any good guides for changing a slat wing to a hard wing? Subject matter is an E model, most of which had the slats, but the Thunderbirds used the earlier wing.

That's beyond my experience.

 

[Deleted member 22781]

Seems like there are some Phantom aficionados here so I'll ask...

Do you know of any good guides for changing a slat wing to a hard wing? Subject matter is an E model, most of which had the slats, but the Thunderbirds used the earlier wing.

Go here and read this article. I have 2 F-4E Phantom kits by Fujimi, one slatted and one hard wing,go to Scalemates and download both kits instructions and you will see the difference.
http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air...00-hard-winged-f-4e-from-slatted-winged-f-4e/

 

[Deleted member 22781]

Here are the 2 kits one hard wing and one slatted wing. Mig Killer is hard wing and Shark Teeth is slatted wing.

 

[Deleted member 22781]

Hard wing top and bottom wing of 1/72 Fujimi F-4E

 

[Jakko]

British built Phantom II

British built? I thought they were built at McDonnell Douglas in the USA, but of course with the changes the British wanted, like the fuselage modified to accommodate the Rolls-Royce engines?

 

[Deleted member 22781]

They were NOT totally built in USA OR UK. The frames were modified and assembled in USA-Hawker Siddley and Rolls Royce did a lot of the work on the British specs so you cannot say they were TOTALLY built in either country. They were far more British than American.

 

[Jakko]

Ah, OK. I was under the impression that the airframes were built in the USA and that British companies mainly supplied parts and did some outfitting once the planes arrived in the UK.

 

[Deleted member 22781]

A picture of the plane I am modeling. ZE357 code N in 1986.

 

[Deleted member 22781]

I have the seats and control sticks installed in the cockpit tub. I now need to paint the ejection pull rings for the seat tops.

 

[Deleted member 22781]

Decals arrived today for my other 1/72 Fujimi build-an F-4EJ hard wing.

 

[Ron2]

Decals arrived today for my other 1/72 Fujimi build-an F-4EJ hard wing.
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Are you familiar with bicentennial color scheme for the usmc? The color scheme I have labels sections as h8 but then don't provide h8 in the listing. I found a photo and am guessing it's a typo and should be h18 , which is "steel". But the instructions also shade the diagram different for h8 than h18.

 

[Deleted member 22781]

I guess you are talking about the horizontal stabilizer. I have always gone with aluminum on the outside and inside steel then aluminum on the other outside of the stab. I have seen a LOT of times they call out colors on the instructions but never list the color at all anywhere. I also stopped using silver and went with aluminum, liked the duller sheen aluminum has.

 

[Ron2]

I guess you are talking about the horizontal stabilizer. I have always gone with aluminum on the outside and inside steel then aluminum on the other outside of the stab. I have seen a LOT of times they call out colors on the instructions but never list the color at all anywhere. I also stopped using silver and went with aluminum, liked the duller sheen aluminum has.
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Sorry, yes that was exactly what I was referring to. Thanks for your reply and the pic! I noticed in your pic there is a strip on th stabilizer that is a different shade than the rest- that was what I am confused about. Why is tha different?

 

[Deleted member 22781]

It"s a different material or a mix of different types of the main material which is Titanium. The stabilizers have Titanium, an Aluminum box frame and honeycombed mixtures. See Air Force and Navy pictures below.

 

[Ron2]

It"s a different material or a mix of different types of the main material which is Titanium. The stabilizers have Titanium, an Aluminum box frame and honeycombed mixtures. See Air Force and Navy pictures below.
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Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 22781]

This is my most current work in progress, a Japanese J.A.S.D.F. F-4EJ. It's built in Japan under a license from McDonnell-Douglas, basically it's a Japanese F-4E. It's a hard wing as the Japanese never used the slatted wing, no idea why they didn't.

 

[Ron2]

This is my most current work in progress, a Japanese J.A.S.D.F. F-4EJ. It's built in Japan under a license from McDonnell-Douglas, basically it's a Japanese F-4E. It's a hard wing as the Japanese never used the slatted wing, no idea why they didn't.
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Is that AI background?

 

[Deleted member 22781]

No it's a Japanese airfield. It is Tsuiki Airfield on December 3, 1979.

 

[RacerX]

It"s a different material or a mix of different types of the main material which is Titanium. The stabilizers have Titanium, an Aluminum box frame and honeycombed mixtures. See Air Force and Navy pictures below.
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Hi Ledsled i need some help, in what scale of the Fantom kit would the jet be about 10 to12 inches long?

 

[Deleted member 22781]

An F-4E Phantom at 63 feet long would be 10.5 inches long in 1/72 scale. Every 6 feet is 1 inch in 1/72 scale.

 

[RacerX]

An F-4E Phantom at 63 feet long would be 10.5 inches long in 1/72 scale. Every 6 feet is 1 inch in 1/72 scale.

Thank you sir, that will make my planning the next bout of insanity much easer.

 

[Deleted member 22781]

That Fujimi F-4E looks a bit shy but I guess "close counts". LOL

 

[RacerX]

That Fujimi F-4E looks a bit shy but I guess "close counts". LOL

Thank you for that picture it helped alot to, its good to have builders of all kinds of models all in the same space so we can see details of what the kits look like.

 

[Deleted member 22781]

I added the ejection seat loops to the seat tops, installed the cockpit interior tub to the fuselage, added the gun sight then closed up the canopy. I am currently painting the engine intake interiors white.