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This is Monograms 1/72 F-4J, of VF-31 in 1976. I used aeromaster , homemade, and spare decals to represent the one I was assigned as plane captain . Standard load of missiles,and a blivet [used to carry the aircrew's luggage on cross [...]
Maybe the smallest Phantom in this group build and on my display shelf also. I don't have much to say about this model, especially after more than a month after finishing it. But it was fun to build something in a such unusual (for me) [...]
This is the 1/48 Hasegawa kit built OOB with the exception of the decals, which came from Aeromaster. The 48 FG.1s built for the Royal Navy are the most unique Phantoms of all. The RR Spey engines necessitated a redesign of the fuselage. [...]
gear doors were not always lined in red...i found many pictures to the contrary
History:
The Royal Navy received 48 Phantoms. In service 30th april 1968, retired 27 november 1978. Due to its seize, operations were limited to HMS Eagle and HMS Ark Royal.
The twin reheating Rolls-Royce powered F4K Phantom had some [...]
This build was made for a collector in germany. He likes the F-4 very much, as he was living near an airfield base in earlier times. He wants me to build exactly this aircraft before it has gone to a museum-hangar. It was a big challenge, [...]