Mick Drover Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Hi all. I’m on a bit of a roll with Phantoms at the moment so here’s my second one for 2020 and fourth completion for the year so far. This is the 1/72 Hasegawa F-4EJ Phantom built as 69-0307 while it served with 1 and 6 squadrons during its time with the RAAF. It was returned to US service in 1973 where it was converted into an F-4G and operated in the Wild Weasel role. It met its demise when it was shot down as a QF-4G in 1997 :(. There’s a photo of 07 in the Wilson book lined up as a four ship departing with full bags and 6 500 pounders. I also like this jet because it had received the strip lighting but hadn’t received the Midas 4 gun muzzle change yet. The build was straight forward with decals coming from various sources including Hawkeye Decals, Xtradecals for the roundels and Airfix for the stencils. The crew are from the Hasegawa and are both wearing yellow 1 squadron undershirts and their helmets have yellow stripes on them. The Mk.82’s are from the Hasegawa weapon sets. I’m pretty happy with the build but there is one thing that might prove to be difficult to fix. I’ll leave that for another time! I think the in flight pose certainly shows off the lines of the Phantom quite well, you also don’t see images of an armed RAAF Phantom hence the ordnance. Almost forgot to mention it's my second effort at a freehand camo scheme. Hope you like it . Mick 19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Very nicely done, and nice attention to detail with the muzzle and formation lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Nice Phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Looks very smart displayed in-flight. Nice work buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Excellent work. Very nice camouflage painting. Cheers Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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