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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

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 [...]

Tamiya 1/32 F4C

There has probably been more misinformation published on 64-0829 than almost any other Phantom. I have tried to build this jet as it may have looked on the 30th March 1967 when the then Col. Robin Olds led a low level strike against the [...]

Phantom 1/48 F-4G "Wild Weasel"

The Phabolous Phantom as a Wild Weasel both by Hasegawa and Meng. Hasegawa's Phantom is presented it the first three photographs and the Meng Phantom follows. The Meng kit is much better engineered and more detailed. It also includes more [...]

Aftermarket detailing: IDF RF-4E

An easy access to comprehensive reference material, not to mention scrutiny in salvaged aircraft led to this project. This was an opportunity to exploit the full range of resin aftermarket kits designed for the Hasegawa 1/48 RF-4E. Detail [...]

Hasegawa 1/48 F-4EJ Kai Super Phantom

The venerable Phabulous. kit was used again to depict JASDF's Mitsubishi manufactured Phantom.

Crud crew bird, F-4J VF-31,1976. Monogram 1/72

One of the biggest concerns in naval aviation is corrosion of aircraft structures due to exposure to the sea air and back in the day the exhaust stacks of the fossil fueled carriers. Periodically an aircraft would be due for inspection and [...]

1/72 Academy F-4J Phantom US Navy

Not much I can say about this one. This box was sitting on a shelf in my garage for a while. It's a "no glue, no paint" model from Academy that I got from a friend (who got it from another friend). No one was really interested in [...]