https://fine-scale.net/solidmodel/ 2026-05-17T10:21:49+00:00 https://fine-scale.net/solidmodel/ https://fine-scale.net/solidmodel/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.svg text/html 2025-11-25T07:51:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://fine-scale.net/solidmodel/doku.php?id=en:authors:yasuichi-takami:f-4b:1965-05&rev=1764057060&do=diff 1965 May Issue Introduction In recent years, plastic models have advanced remarkably—welcome news for us model enthusiasts. By contrast, reports say that solid models have been in decline, and the regular meetings of solid-model clubs around the country seem less lively than before. That is regrettable. text/html 2025-11-25T07:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://fine-scale.net/solidmodel/doku.php?id=en:authors:yasuichi-takami:f-4b:1965-06&rev=1764057080&do=diff 1965 June Issue Main Wing Construction (continued) Last month we finished by thinning the trailing edge of the main wing. Leave each wingtip 3–5 mm longer than final length, and fasten the wing firmly to the fuselage with small nails or bamboo pins. Take great care with the incidence and dihedral when joining wing and fuselage. text/html 2025-11-25T07:51:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://fine-scale.net/solidmodel/doku.php?id=en:authors:yasuichi-takami:f-4b:1965-07&rev=1764057093&do=diff 1965 July Issue Headline Topcoat (Finish Coats) The stretch from undercoat to finish coats is utterly monotonous; at times it makes me feel silly for building solid models at all. When that happens, I take a break and come back with patience. text/html 2025-11-25T07:50:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://fine-scale.net/solidmodel/doku.php?id=en:authors:yasuichi-takami:f-4b:gallery&rev=1764057039&do=diff From the Photographs Preserved in the Album As of October 2025, my personal album of Mr. Takami contains the photographs used for this article. Taking this opportunity, I will present a selection of them here. Table of Contents * f-4b start * 1965 May Issue * 1965 June Issue * text/html 2025-11-25T07:50:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://fine-scale.net/solidmodel/doku.php?id=en:authors:yasuichi-takami:f-4b:start&rev=1764057050&do=diff F4B (1:50) Production Yasuichi Takami’s construction articles appeared in Kōkū Fan from the May through July 1965 issues. The series was titled “Building the F-4B Phantom II”, with the subtitle: “How about making a 1/50 solid model — a ‘jr. Ghost’ Phantom II?”