Monday 2 August 2021

Flaky Phantom fettling - part 1

Sorry if you’re getting fed up of tatty aircraft models.  This specimen had quite lumpy paint and the stabilisers were canted up rather than down!  Never one to let a good - or bad - Phantom go to waste I set about scraping off the decals and the worst of the paint.  In the course of this less than gentle activity most of the remaining underwing stores fell off.  Ah well.

Next I slapped on some paint - pale grey underneath and sand up top. This transformed the thing from horrible to only mildly ghastly so having decided which Air Force would be the lucky beneficiary of my toil I pressed on with more paintwork.  Any guesses?



9 comments:

Chris Kemp said...

Mildly ghastly hits the spot for me. Press on Sir!

Regards, Chris.

Duc de Gobin said...

I see a West German F4, circa 1983?
I believe this aircraft also proved that if you put a big enough engine on a brick, it will fly...

Martin Rapier said...

Pale Grey and Sand sounds a bit deserty to me. Israel?

I never get tired of seeing old planes being revived. I can't imagine how many aircraft boxes you must have.

Tim Gow said...

Chris Kemp
Well down to the standards that you and I aspire to!

Tim Gow said...

Duc De Gobin
I'm guessing you're not a Phantom fan then? Shocking! Not West German.

Tim Gow said...

Martin Rapier
A sensible guess but no. I certainly have more than one box of aircraft....

Unknown said...

Because of the sand, I woudl guess... Iran?

Tim Gow said...

Unknown
Whoever you are, you win the prize. If there was one.

Unknown said...

It's Alex - wasn't sure how to put my name in!