Subject: Re: silly week
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Richie Letham" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:28:24 -0800

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

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Richie Letham 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 6:49 PM
  Subject: silly week 

  Gallery Template #04

  "silly week 1/72 f4g phantom" 

  by "Richard Letham"
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  This is my first submission which I thought would be good for silly week.

  A couple of months ago my model club had a small group build, we all brought the same tamiya f4g phantom and we could build it in any way we wanted. Most built the phantom as is  but a couple of us  built it into something else, here is my version.

  I started with sanding off all the raised lines, cut out 30mm from the middle also cut out the arrester hook area. Then I raided the junk box.

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  A old f15 was mainly used eg. canopy, tails, exhausts(which fitted the f4 exhausts inside). I also raided some sea eagles missiles off a sea harrier and the intakes are off a f18 and turned upside down. I still had a phantom shape wing in plan view so I cut off the ends and swapped them over. it was great fun to build and got some interesting looks at the club meeting, hope you like it

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  Photos and text © by "Richard Letham"