McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
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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 [...]
F-4E (Early) "Vietnam War" FineMolds No. FP41 1/72 scale kit.
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Building this F-4B reminded me just how much I like Phantoms, but it's still a toss up between the sleeker F-4B/J Navy planes or the F-4E Air Force Gun Jets - I can't decide - heck , even the Recon birds look awesome!
I had the pleasure [...]
I used Hasegawa's C-2 kit, of which the molds go back to the 1972 release JS-080 kit, It's still in their catalog, they have updated it somewhat by adding the leading edge slats. The decals are equally ancient being remnants from [...]
The white bunny scheme was only carried on this F-4 for a few years in the seventies as opposed to the more famous black bunny. Aircraft was white, the markings were gray with no national insignias. I used Tamiyas US Navy insignia white [...]
Hi all,
My latest completion. Revell (Hasegawa) Phantom in 1/48 scale, with Aires cockpit and Eduard Sidewinder. Mrhobby paint was used, weathering with Mig products. Comments and criticisms are welcome !
1/72 scale kit by Finemolds
I built the latest Finemolds 1/72 Phantom.
The kit was characterized by the current standard of solid detail and cleverly divided parts that require almost no joint processing.
The assembly itself is easy, but [...]
Interesting plane, but not much interesting kit. I love japan colors. I used some PE parts to cockpit and resin nozzles
for Hasegawa kit. And cargo nad recon pods are homemade.
Several years ago, I built a 1/48 F-4 Phantom for my good friend Wally, whose dad, Major Tommy Ray Warren, served as a Stormy FAC in Viet Nam. Major Warren lost his life in this aircraft, 66-8820, in January 1970 after being hit by ground [...]