Hello everyone.
This is my second submission to ARC. I absolutely love this web site.
Steve does such an awesome job! Anyway, there isn't much to say about the
build. It is an older F-4 kit. I built this model out of the box. Nothing
extra. I didn't even use reference photos! I had a blast building it
though. All I can say is I love the Hasegawa F-4's. Everyone is familiar
with their good and bad issues so no need to cover that.
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I was in Osaka
Japan when I built this kit. I was inspired by the wonderful people in
Osaka. I never build foreign air force colors but what can I say.....this was
a special occasion. I built a Japanese Air Force fighter in Japan by a
Japanese manufacturer. It seemed right to me. Anyway, I gave the model
away to a friend in Japan because I knew it would not make the trip back
to the states in one piece. I used Mr. Color paints which were referenced
on the instructions as maybe Humbrol? The numbers matched perfectly.
I did
not weather the model because I could not get a good enough sludge mix
going. I did not have all my available tools that I have at home so I made
do with what I had. The decals were in the kit. Man there were a lot of
them too. They went down really well. I also used a Mr. Color decal
solution, it's as good as anything I have used here. I hope you like it
and please email any comments or critiques.
Gonzalo
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