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I have built a few Phantoms but mainly FGR2s, a D, a J and a couple of RFs. No long noses though. I always wanted to do an F-4G Wild Weasel in Euro One camo and I picked up an ERTL kit some time ago. Then someone said you can’t build a Weasel from that, it’s got a hard wing. So I had to scratch convert it to a slatted wing. It’s got Eduard etch in the cockpit, Quickboost resin seats and Milspec decals. Oh, and I put in lights too. Wing tip port & starboard lights, nose wheel taxi light, behind the instrument panel light and flashing tail anti collision light. I also got the Hataka paint set and used an airbrush for the first time in years. While looking at the Weasel I compared it to the ESCI F-4E/F kit in my stash. It’s the same kit without the Weasel sprue!. So I thought I might as well do the two together. Same scratch slatted wing, same lights, seats and cockpit etch but kit Luftwaffe marks as an F model and Humbrol / Tamiya rattle cans to paint. I did a variation on the Norm 72 splinter camo. I found a picture of my subject in this scheme with white rudder, tail and spine panel. Then an intriguing shot of another airframe with the same white but a Norm 81 tail. Looked good so I did it with the kit decals. Not sure if it actually happened to this airframe but I quite like it. So the basic kit for both goes together well enough & nice recessed panel lines. Here they both are with the lights on This is my reference pic for the F-4F - credit to the photographer as watermarked And this is her with my Luftwaffe RF-4E And this is the Spangdahlem Weasel with its little friend F-16C A pair of sharks teeth And a couple in daylight Thanks for looking!
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