1/48 Hasegawa Phantom FGR2

Gallery Article by Peter Wilkinson on Sept 24 2009

 

Here is my latest build, an RAF Phantom FGR2 from the early 90's. This was a retirement scheme for when the aircraft was withdrawn from German bases. As usual for my builds, it's based on a photograph I took, this one from the Air Tournament International at Boscome Down in 1992.

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The Hasegawa kit needs no introduction, it builds up pretty well.  I added the following extras to add some more detail to it: -

Aires cockpit - Typical Aires, superb detail but lots of patience required to fit.

Aires exhausts - Again detail very good but not a lot of thought went into how well they fit to the kit. You have to do a fair bit of sanding to reduce the diameter of the barrels, otherwise they sit completely wrong on the kit.

Seamless Suckers Intakes - Look good now they're on but headaches a plenty to get them fitted. I must have cut them out 3 times and resanded before they finally looked right.

Check Six decals - Not the best at first glance, bit thick, but they turned out ok.

Model was finished with a combination of Humbrol & Xtracolour enamels and gloss varnish. Decals went on with Micoset & Sol and sealed in with Xtracrylix matt varnish.

All in all a very enjoyable kit to build and am pleased with outcome, especially considering that it's only my third build in from a 15 year plus sabatical from modelling. The break obviously did me good because I'm trying things now that I wouldn't have contemplated back then.

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Peter Wilkinson

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Photos and text © by Peter Wilkinson