1/48 Tamiya F-4B Phantom 06 - Gears & Cans - in 4K

[@cameronharvey5801]

it's always a good day when Doogs posts a new video

[@dougeby3996]

Great to have you back, Matt, thanks for giving us almost a full hour of video. Best takeaway from this one for me was the idea of mixing colors with metallics - that was so effective.

[@xaviercarcopino5417]

Great to have you back

[@Zone5Aviation]

Yay Doogs is back! Top effort as always.

[@tonybourke8212]

Love the use of The Magic wash it’s so subtle but really jumps out !!! Nice one Matt 👍👍👌

[@TheModelGuy]

This has been a very educational hour. This jet is going to be banging when you’re done.

[@RD-ut2fy]

I love your vids and insights. I wish that one day I'll be at your level of model building.

[@michaelnaven213]

Always admire your art Matt.

[@glenflanderka6504]

Great work. Really creative use of materials.

[@jamesvazquez2491]

Looks great! Perfect reference for my F-4B build

[@heidihobear]

I think your work looks amazing. At a contest I think it would get lost in the crowd and not be seen

[@lesthegringo]

While not so great for larger areas, for stuff like the undercarriage oleos and hydraulic struts I now use the Molotow Chrome stuff, which I bought as the refill pack. Using a brush, it goes on fast and easy, and looks really good for the high chrome parts.

[@scottwilson7068]

Love the cans.

[@SuperHooloovoo]

Inspiring! Do I see correctly and you manage to spray MRP metallics through the PS-770? Do you thin the paint and what psi do you use? I always seem to fail trying to pull that of with the PS-771.

[@DoogsModels]

Mixing the metallics with regular colors really helps. I usually don't thin MRP, but sometimes I will for certain effects or because it's one of their weird colors that seems to prefer a bit of thinner (like light ghost gray). PSI is usually somewhere between 5-20. I go by feel though, like selecting gears on a mountain bike.

[@antonistsaousis4880]

I know that its alomst two years back, since you post this video, and maybe you can't remember and give me an answer to my question, but..... I'll ask you.... I saw that you primed with GX2 the oleo struts, and then paint them with K Colors Steel How much time did you let the spaint cure, in order to mask them with tape? I am aksing you, because no matter how much time I let them cure (I let them cure almost 24h) when I take the masking tape off..... I got peeling problems

[@thegodofhellfire]

Pigment slurry is great!

[@jlcsr9163]

They are the best-looking exhaust cans that aren't resin i've seen in a kit.

[@embryophytelove]

Is there a substitute for Matisse Surface Tension Breaker? It doesn't seem to be available in the US.

[@jcwoodman5285]

Sweet! 🤗

[@kiethpederson7558]

Body work? I thought this kit fit like a glove

[@DoogsModels]

It does. There's still bodywork needed.

[@Aroo_0]

Hi sir, a quick question.. do you have to prime everything? And what is the reason to prime it in black? I love your channel by the way, super cool…

[@southpaw5483]

May you please let me know what the "magic wash" mixture is? water, (acrylic or enamel) paint, surface tension medium, etc.

[@DoogsModels]

I know it's covered somewhere else in the series, but the basic mix is 50% water, 50% aquagloss, a few drops of paint (in a tattoo ink cup, this is usually 3-4 drops of a Tamiya paint) and a few drops of Derivan Matisse MM3 surface tension breaker. My usual go to color is Tamiya Rubber Black. But you can use any color depending on what you're after.

[@southpaw5483]

@@DoogsModels Thank you for your time.

[@rickbourn971]

Matt, if I don’t have VMS thinner will Tamiya acrylic thinner (or anything else) also work? The finish you achieved sounds like exactly how that textural look inside the cans appeared in real life.

[@DoogsModels]

It should. I'd be wary of just water, since surface tension could be an issue.

[@boblanigan2988]

Apart from the ink, what are the other ingredients of the Liquitex carbon black wash?

[@DoogsModels]

Water, aquagloss, surface tension breaker

[@boblanigan2988]

@@DoogsModels Brilliant. Thanks

[@patrickmccarthy6126]

What glue did you use for the oleos? You said "ultra glue" but could you be more specific?

[@DoogsModels]

Ammo Ultra Glue

[@utley]

tank shaped squirrels?

[@briansonnenfelt7125]

I actually build the gear, weapons, and crap like that first cuz it’s my least favorite thing to do. If I wait till the end I’ll do a crap job

[@patrickhagelstein1810]

Maybe a stupid question, but why are there FOUR speed brakes glued to that ruler? As far as I know a Phantom only has two of those… 🤔

[@Zone5Aviation]

Am sure I saw in a previous video Matt had purchased a second Tamiya Phantom. Could be wrong but my guess is he's two on the go.

[@patrickhagelstein1810]

@@Zone5Aviation OK! Cool! I guess I missed the purchase of that second one then. 😊