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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

1/48 F-4N.

This is an original 1982 issue of Hasegawa’s F-4B/N kit. As such, it features raised panel lines. Unlike the rest of their 1/48 Phantom lineup, Hasegawa never re-tooled the B/N kit with recessed panel lines. As long as they’re [...]

Review: The F-4E Kurnass (Israeli variant of the F-4 Phantom)1/72 scale Fine Molds Review

Warlord Phantoms: 1/48th ESCI F-4J Phantom II

Seeing as a few of you commented on this F-4J Warlord Phantom in the background of my last post I thought I would feature it here as well. The old ESCI/ERTL Phantoms do have some nice qualities about them, nicely scribed surface details [...]

Linebacker Shamrock: 1/48th ESCI F-4J Phantom II

The old ESCI/ERTL Phantoms do have some nice qualities about them, nicely scribed surface details and a correct shape however the cockpit is a comparative disaster with poor fitting panels, decals for instruments (which aren't even [...]

Tamiya 1/100 F-4EJ

Japan selected the F-4 Phantom II as its new fighter at the end of the 1960s. On 1 November 1968, this choice was made public and Japan became one of the few countries that license-produced this aircraft.The Nihon Koku Jietai [...]

"And kill MiGs": Zoukei Mura F-4E Phantom

I finished Zoukei Mura's very nice 1/48 F-4E Phantom yesterday. It's a well-engineered and highly detailed kit. The only problems I encountered were self-inflicted by yours truly and his many thumbs. I'm mainly a "jet guy", [...]

Hasegawa RF-4E 1/48 Phantom II: Final Year 2020

The commemoration of the long service of the Phabolous adds another colorful dimension to the 'Sea Camouflage' attractive scheme of Japan's RF-4E. I enhanced the basic mold of the ejection seats and used DXM decals for the specialized [...]

Stars and Bars

I am starting on a 1/32 F4E Phantom by Revell.I have the Zotz decal sheet to make a Viet Nam Era aircraft.The sheet has two sets of stars and bars,one with the blue surround on the bars,one without.I cannot find documentation on the set [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 RF-4E Phantom II 'faded camouflage'

For many years, Ebay used to be my main source of of models. There are many good models around. Hence, overstocked items with low shipping costs were my favorites. At some stage, Hasegawa's Japanese Phantoms were offered for sale at a very [...]

Airfix 1/72 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 RAF Leuchars 1974

The start of a bit of a Phantom marathon. Primed with Tamiya Neutral Grey Painted with: Colourcoats Dark Green, Dark Sea Grey and Dark Gull Grey. Mr. Color Light Aircraft Grey. Xtreme Metals Steel, Pale Burnt Metal, Burnt Metal and Jet [...]