McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
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Academy 1/48 F-4C Vietnam
Academy's early Phantoms are very good kits and superior to the dated Hasegawa kits. In this kit I focused on the complex weathering patterns that characterized aircraft operating in the humid and dusty conditions of Vietnam. Due to the [...]
Meng 1/48 F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel
1/48 USAF F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel
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Photograpy:
Nikon D7500; Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus; Editing using LightRoom
Kit: Meng LS-015
Paint:
Tamiya AS-27 and AS-28
This is an excellent kit except for one [...]
Zoueki Mura F4E Phantom II (#10)
1/48 USAF F-4E Phantom II
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Photograpy:
Nikon D7500; Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus; Editing using LightRoom
Kit:
Zoueki Mura F-4E Phantom II (#10)
Accessories:
Quita Studios 3D cockpit decals [...]
1/72 Fujimi F-4D Phantom II, Vietnam Era
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was introduced in 1962 as a high-speed, long-range interceptor for defense against Soviet bombers. Thankfully, this role never needed filling and instead the twin-engine F-4 went to Vietnam as a [...]
When I close my eyes I see teeeny tiiiny stencils.....Tamiya 1/48 F-4B
I won't add much to the narrative of what a great kit this is, but one feature I really enjoyed was the folded wing option. I used Furball decals for the VF-84 markings (anyone else think their national insignia is too light of a blue?) [...]
One of the first of the many, last of the first. F-4H-1{F-4A} BuAer no.145317, 1/72.
As far as I can tell145317 was the last of shorter narrow nosed Phantoms one of eleven development aircraft F4H-1-MC[Block2b]. A new feature was the new AAA-4 infra-red seeker which was below the radome containing the APG-72 radar with its [...]
The hard working bunny: Academy F-4J Phantom II (with Furball decals)
It can be rightfully argued that no model airplane collection is complete without a Phantom. But with so many extraordinary Phantom models out there, how can a "developing" modeller aspire to do something with a potential to [...]
USN F4-J PHANTOM "JOLLY RODGERS"
Built this as a "Quickie", OOB to give me a break between the "Dora", and the now started 1/100th HMS Victory. (build photo's on another article eventually)
Kit was a real pleasure to build, but for some reason i had an [...]
Review: "Sea of Contention" The Sixth Fleet in the Med.circa mid 1960's. Periscope films.
It's clear that the movie Top Gun and even Final Countdown became recruiting films for the navy in he eighties, and that F-14 was the star of said films. Because of their claim to fame there are all kinds of quality videos of the F-14 [...]
