| One-of-a-kind FGR Mk.2 Phantom Royal Air Force
Last edited by Mesa : 04-11-2008 at 07:17 PM.
Reason: typo
Greetings,
I have one of my Franklin Mint repaints to show, but I want some advice for how best to upload the pictures. In the meantime, I'll give it a try on my own.
The plane you will see shortly is a British version of the F-4J, known as the FGR Mk.1 as used by the Royal Navy. The decals and some of the historically accurate parts I added (e.g., fuel tanks) came from the out of production Hasegawa plastic kit.
The plane I repainted has been weathered to reflect sun effects as well as soot, exhaust, etc. The hardest part of the whole thing was hand-painting the inside of the air intakes. The finish on the plane is protected by five coats of clear varnish, hence is arguably more durable that a new FM out of the box. Also, the decals won't peel under normal conditions because of how well they have been sealed. |