Subject: Re: 1/72 IRIAF RF-4E
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: Daniël <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 20:59:38 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  From: Daniël 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:04 PM
  Subject: 1/72 IRIAF RF-4E

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  "1/72 IRIAF RF-4E" 

  by "Daniël Obers"
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  When Diego from HI-DECAL LINE sent me his new RF-4 Phantom decals, the choise of which one to make was an easy one ! I started of with a standard Hasegawa RF-4E kit, which normally allows you to built a German or Japanese recce bird. To put some details in to the kit, I got a really nice Photo Etched set from Eduard (# 73265), which was actually meant for the RF-4C. This PE did not only allow me to do a really nice cockpit for my RF-4, but also added some truely nice details to the rest of the kit ! As said, the decals are from HI-LINE DECALS and allow you to do not only 3 different Iranian RF-4E's, but also Spanish RF-4C's and a USAF Kentucky RF-4C. Phinally we now have some hard needed Phoreign Phantom decals ! To finish the kit I put some True Details wheels on it. 

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  The initial built went pretty smooth, as shown in the pics, the Eduard PE makes a really nice cockpit. As I do more often, the ailerons and rudder were cut out, and put back under a different angle. Where needed I used putty and did the required sanding. "A bit of pre-shading" was done using Humbrol 21 gloss black, and from here on I made a little mistake. I twisted the colors (Humbrol 47 Sea Blue & 129 Satin US Gull Grey), assuming the buttom of the RF-4 was supposed to be grey instead of blue ! I found this out after airbrushing the whole model, but before applying the decals ! So I had to strip the whole model, re do the pre-shading and painting ! from here on things went smooth again ! 

  Greetings, 

  Daniël

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  After applying the decals, the model got a wash and some weathering was done using Tamiya X19 Smoke. After that, the model was sprayed flat using Model Master Dullcote. The ALQ87 comes from a Hasegawa weapons box and was modified a bit. Since I scaled down the paint with 15% white paint, the paint color does not exactly match the color of the decals (something I'll have to keep in mind for next time..).

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