1/48 Hasegawa QF-4 Aerial Target Conversion
Finally finished this thing. It was a kit that I bought about 20 years ago when I was getting back into model building. After market includes Eduard seats and exhaust, as well as a couple of parts from an ancient resin cockpit set. The front canopy is from my doomed Academy F-4J kit. I figured it looked better that the Hasegawa one and no one would ever notice that it doesn't fit properly when closed since it won't be. Mr Paint was used- again. The metallics were mostly Alclad.
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Craig Abrahamson said on February 9, 2018
I'm an admitted Phantom nut and I love this one, George...really nice work!
Robert Royes said on February 9, 2018
Phasinating Phantom! you nailed the weathering.
Louis Gardner said on February 9, 2018
looks great George !
Gábor Szabó said on February 10, 2018
Beautiful bird! Beautifully built and finished! Grat!
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on February 10, 2018
Nice one. Aren´t drones required to wear orange panels to show it´s unmanned?
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on February 10, 2018
Good looking F4. Most folks don't build unmanned aircraft, Louis being an exception.
George Johnson said on February 10, 2018
The headline for this article is a bit misleading. It should say that it is an Aerial Target, not Target Drone. This is a manned aircraft. I just changed the headline. I also realized that I forgot to take the mask off of the wing camera pod.
John Healy said on February 10, 2018
Nice job, George. I always thought AF Phantoms looked best in that Euro One scheme.
david leigh-smith said on February 10, 2018
She's a beauty, George. That 'Euro 1' with the shark mouth is a winner.
Richard Mcstay said on February 10, 2018
That looks amazing mate, another stunner for the collection!
Jeff Bailey said on February 10, 2018
I like Phantoms. I especially like THIS beauty, George! Well done, amigo.
Tom Cleaver said on February 11, 2018
Nice work. Reminds me of the best rollercoaster ride I ever got to take: back seat of an F-4E accompanying two F-4Gs of the 37th TFW into the Red Flag range in 1981 for an assignment from Air Force Magazine to do an article on the Wild Weasels (yes! I actually got paid to do that!).
Anthony Conway said on February 11, 2018
Very nice job on this.
George Williams said on February 12, 2018
Very cool looking Phantom, so glad you finished it.
George Johnson said on February 12, 2018
Thanks, George. Me, too. I'm still working on the SR-71 I started 22 years ago.
George Johnson said on February 12, 2018
Thanks, everybody. I'm working on a 1/32 Horten Ho-229 now.
Greg Kittinger said on February 12, 2018
Gorgeous! I'm gonna need to do an F-4 in the Euro scheme soon...