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Introduction
The F-4 Phantom II aka "Rhino", "Double Ugly", “the "Flying Anvil", "Flying Footlocker", "Flying Brick", "Lead Sled", the "Big Iron Sled" and the [...]
As Captain Terry Martin of the 562nd Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing told me when I visited the wing at George AFB in May 1982 on assignment from Air Force Magazine to do an article on the Wild Weasels, [...]
There was a time, and a long time it was, that the 1/48 scale Hasegawa F-4 Phantom model kits reigned supreme. Most Phantom variants eventually got covered by Hasegawa and they produced the F-4S version around 1998. They have now been [...]
Although it has some fit issues and 3 colors plastic part trees, Academy's Phantom is superior to the venerable Hasegawa kit. It boasts with nicely detailed surface texture and has the full armament arsenal of the F-4B variant.
In the end, [...]
ProModeler's F-4E is a re-boxing of Hasegawa's Phantom. It is an early F-4E model without the slats. Although painted in the SEA scheme it appears that the aircraft never left the US although it has a MIG kill marking. My guess is that the [...]
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 [...]
Hi fellow modellers,
Proceeding my Thunderbird series, I post a quite old build that I’ve missed before.
The Phantom II F-4E
Hope you like,
A white T-bird
The Thunderbirds started the 1969 training season still in the F-100Ds, but in [...]
Started back in late Feb or early Mar (who can remember that long ago now...), this was the second of 2 Phantoms I started simultaneously (along with the EJ Kai already posted). The kit was typical Hasegawa late-version, with lots of [...]