Tamiya 1/32 F-4C Phantom USAF early scheme. Vietnam 1965
February 8, 2017 in Aviation
This is my Tamiya Phantom in the early USAF gull gray & white colour scheme used until around 1966 when the SEA camo scheme came into use.
I loved building this kit even though it was a few years ago now. Cockpit is Black Box and there are Aires, Quickboost & Cutting Edge resin detail sets used as well.
The seats were very unusual in that they both had their respective belts arranged differently! – Very cool as you never see 2 seats looking alike in that respect.
Stencils were by Isradecals while the main decals I think, were by Cutting Edge.
I’ll start with a few light construction pics to show some progress before moving onto the finished article.
I was seeing stancils in my sleep when I’d finished this one!
The last picture, courtesy of the USAF – Special thanks guys! It shows the look I was aiming for in the phinished Phantom.
Please excuse the ‘Kamikaze’ Spitfire pilot trying to scupper the build in one picture – You’ll all be pleased to know he missed! 🙂
I hope all you Phantom Phans out there like it!
Cheers!
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Simon Whitney on February 8, 2017
Nice Rhino Gary, the Spitfire would of probably missed the tail end mile a mile.
Craig Abrahamson on February 8, 2017
OMG..!! You actually used EVERY stencil on that decal sheet, didn’t you! It looks great – one can’t have too many Phantoms on the shelf.
Gary Stevenson on February 8, 2017
Every stencil & a few more besides Craig……there was nothing in white for the radome & anti-glare panel – I had to improvise a little there!
Chuck A. Villanueva on February 8, 2017
Very well done Gary, I wonder how long it took to apply all that stenciling. Incredible!!
Gary Stevenson on February 9, 2017
Quite a few evenings I’m never gonna get back Chuck!“““
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. on February 8, 2017
Gary, I hope your eyesight hasn’t suffered.
Brilliant work with the decals, they look like the real thing, plus, you can read them.
Also nice to see the original color scheme for the USAF F-4. SEA tricolor made that go away.
Robert Royes on February 8, 2017
One Phabulous Phantastic Phantom, I can just here the J-79’s tooling up!
Richard Mcstay on February 12, 2017
There is a lot of decals on that! Nice model, great cockpit detail as well.