GI Joe PHANTOM X-19 Stealth Fighter from old Testors 1/48 scale F-19

[seadude]

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Getting ready to start my next model probably in mid or late April.
Anybody remember the old GI Joe cartoons from the 1980's?
Well, there was a GI Joe toy called the Phantom X-19 Stealth Fighter.
It looks remarkably similar to the old 1980's Testor 1/48 scale F-19 stealth fighter model kit.
For a long time, I've had the old Testor kit in the stash, but never could think of what to do with it until now.
The model won't be an exact duplicate of the toy. But I'm going to see what I can do.
One thing I can say for sure is that I'm not going to paint some of the parts that crappy yellow/green color that is shown on the toy.

[DogfighterZen]

 
I remember GI Joe very well. Actually i remember Action Force before GI Joe and i've recently bought a kit to make a more "realistic" X-30.   

[seadude]

 
I remember GI Joe very well. Actually i remember Action Force before GI Joe and i've recently bought a kit to make a more "realistic" X-30.   

I plan to do the X-30 as well. Eventually, I plan to buy another Hasegawa 1/72 scale X-29 kit and make that into an X-30. How far I'll modify it is unknown.

[seadude]

Still working on this, though a bit slowly due to a medical eye issue I have right now. Long story. Maybe some other time I'll tell it.
The craft will be mostly painted with Vallejo # 71.120 USAF Dark Ghost Gray with various black colored highlights.
The landing gear bays and weapons bay were painted a steel color. I'll explain more on that in a later post.

[seadude]

Just out of simple idle curiosity............

I don't know yet what type of ordnance I'm going to put in the weapons bay. The kit comes with 2 Maverick missiles. Or I could use one Maverick missile, and a spare laser guided bomb, or use 2 laser guided bombs.
Anyway, the missiles (and other features) on the GI JOE toy are painted a ridiculous bright yellow/green color. Why this was done, I have no idea. I'm speculating that the missiles on the toy were painted this absurd color because if a child dropped or lost one while playing with the toy, the missiles could be easily found laying on the ground.
I don't want to paint any ordnance this absurd color. But at the same time, I also want to stay as true to the original toy as possible.
So I tested painting some Maverick missiles a yellow/green color. I used Vallejo Game Air color # 76.122 Bile Green. This is a dead ringer/spot on for matching the color of the toy missiles.     In fact, it is most likely the same color that matches the current yellow/green color on modern USAF airfield flight line fire extinguisher equipment. It also might even be close to matching the color on some airport fire/crash trucks as well.
Anyway, tell me what you think. Use it or not? It's so bright, you might need sunglasses to look at the missiles. LOL! 

[Spey_Phantom]

keep up the great work, yo joe!!!

[Andrew Gorman]

I like the green.  Maybe tone it down a little with some stencil blocks and stripes?  Stay true to the source material. 

[Captain Canada]

Very cool.

[seadude]

Work is slowly continuing on this. Though I do hope to have it finished maybe by next weekend.
Did a bunch of major painting to the model. Main aircraft color is Vallejo Model Air # 71.120 Dark Ghost Gray, and secondary colors on the aircraft are Vallejo Black and Vallejo Steel.
The landing gear bays, landing gear struts, and weapons bay have been painted similar to what the SR-71 Blackbird has as the data specifications for the X-19 Phantom GI JOE toy state that the aircraft can fly at Mach 3+. The SR-71 Blackbird's landing gear bays are of an unpainted Titanium/Steel/Aluminum colors and the landing gear are either black or metallic black in color from what I've seen.
The model won't be an exact copy of the GI JOE toy as far as colors, markings, etc. But I'm going to try and get as close as I can if possible. This model is just a "loose interpretation" of the actual toy.
The one main sad thing about this model is that I was never able to add the gun cannons on both wings of the model as I didn't have the necessary spare parts at home to add them.

[seadude]

Well, I guess I'm calling this done. It's a loose interpretation of the GI JOE X-19 Phantom stealth fighter based on the 1980's toy. So it's not going to be exact.
All decals and markings are spares from at home.
Compare my photos here to the pictures of the real toy in my very first post in this thread. Even the canopy on my model is tinted blue just like the toy. I used Future mixed with blue food coloring.
Questions, comments, suggestions, etc., etc. are always welcome.
There's even a pilot figure that I'll add next to the model when and if I create a base for this model.

[buzzbomb]

When I saw Gi Joe, I immediately thought of this

The 12" doll type from the '60's that I may or may not have had    ( Along with Captain Action of course  ) So had to check out the thread to see how big this was going to be.

Great build 
This is just a multi use kit, the shape is so great. I have used it for a space fighter with a suitable scale-o-rama, I really like this idea 

[seadude]

@buzzbomb

Funny you should mention about the 12" GI JOE dolls. There's a resale shop not far from me that deals in collectible games, toys, models, books, etc. I haven't been there in several months. But I know the owner and he used to have nearly a whole aisle filled with 12" doll figures. A lot of them may or may not have been GI JOE ones. Maybe some time I'll go back to his store and check to see what he has.