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F-4C Phantom II "Nam 1968" - 557th TFS 12th TFW - Cam Rahn Bay Air Base


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back to planes !

 

I am initially an airplane kit builder. When I resumed modeling 4 years ago, it was with this F4 C and i discovered the forums and their members who are not ultimately that big perverts ... (apart from Basket, whom i met then, but I would have the opportunity to come back to it)

 

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the entire montage, wich took me five months (a lot of scratch was done), is here :http://fighters.forumactif.com/t78359-f-4c-phantom-ii-nam-1968-557th-tfs-12th-tfw-cam-rahn-bay-air-base

 

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See you!

Fabrice

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Hi Fabrice!

Hi all !

 

What a stunner !!!

 

At the time Fabrice started his model , he didn't know anything about F-4 .

 

Fortunately , as a BM member myself , I was able to ask first hand info from a famous BM member : Mr  Gene K. 

 

And Fabrice who wanted to paint it all white ( after all it' a ghost !!! ) finally decided to follow Gene's advices regarding this Rhino !!! 

 

Sorry Fabrice but truth had to be said !!!

The bloody pervert salutes you !!! 😛

 

 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, basket said:

Hi Fabrice!

Hi all !

 

What a stunner !!!

 

At the time Fabrice started his model , he didn't know anything about F-4 .

 

Fortunately , as a BM member myself , I was able to ask first hand info from a famous BM member : Mr  Gene K. 

 

And Fabrice who wanted to paint it all white ( after all it' a ghost !!! ) finally decided to follow Gene's advices regarding this Rhino !!! 

 

Sorry Fabrice but truth was to be said !!!

The bloody pervert salutes you !!! 😛

 

 

 

 

liar ! vilain! I wanted to paint it pink according to your advice ! luckily i discovered BM...

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Slightly battered, wear & tear, rattler on the back, loaded & ready for trouble.
Phabulous. 

 

ps: nice touch with the bone dome!

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On 7/6/2020 at 2:36 PM, Fabrice Simon said:

 ... the entire montage, which took me five months (a lot of scratch was done), is here :http://fighters.forumactif.com/t78359-f-4c-phantom-ii-nam-1968-557th-tfs-12th-tfw-cam-rahn-bay-air-base 

Fabrice,

 

That thread brought back memories --a most interesting  journey that led to the presentation of a superb model!!

 

Again, well done!

 

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Gene K

P.S. Still wish you had painted the visor red (Squadron color)!

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Many thanks to all of you !

@gen , so happy you like my build. Regarding the color of the visor, I wanted to add a cold shade that contrasts with the chromatic tone of the whole thing. I will correct this now that the photos are taken😉

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You can never have enough Phantom threads, especially one as good as this.  Superb model and superb skills, well done Sir.

 

Phil

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Very very nice model!!

Grad you did not oaint it pink or white...

But ...

 

No joking, a stunner!

 

Would Mk.82s be common and correct for the timeframe?

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On 7/9/2020 at 2:28 PM, exdraken said:

Would Mk.82s be common and correct for the timeframe?

As Fabrice noted, he did his homework -- very well in my opinion.

 

Mk82 would be a "correct" load ... with and without fins, and with and without Daisy Cutter fuse extensions. But it's hard to define "common" since the wing regularly flew the  Mk80 series of iron bombs (from  the ineffective 250 Mk81 (withdrawn) up to the 2 thousand pound Mk84 ), as well as a variety of CBU, rockets, napalm, the SUU-16 gun, and flares.  The primary mission of the wing was Close Air Support ("Nape and Snake", CBU and Gun) and Interdiction (500, 750 (M117), 1000 and 2000 pounders).

 

As far as I know, the only time air to air missiles were carried during the mid 68-69 timeframe was to escort President Nixon's aircraft from DaNang to Siagon when he visited South Vietnam in 1969.  The Sparrows and AIM9s had been stored  a long time, and that inactivity, combined with the aircraft systems not being exercised regularly, resulted in some of the missiles not checking out after being loaded. Took six airplanes to launch four. 

 

Gene K

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6 hours ago, Gene K said:

As Fabrice noted, he did his homework -- ..)

 

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Yes i did thanks to you Gene ...and my spare box is currently full of missiles  😁 and I have to regularly argue with "full load" model builders of my friends...

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Fabrice, that is an excellent model you have there! :worthy: Very life-like and tastefully weathered too :clap:

 

I'm glad you followed @Gene K's advice, can't go wrong with that - first hand info and passion for the type :winkgrin:

 

Ciao

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51 minutes ago, giemme said:

Fabrice, that is an excellent model you have there! :worthy: Very life-like and tastefully weathered too :clap:

 

I'm glad you followed @Gene K's advice, can't go wrong with that - first hand info and passion for the type :winkgrin:

 

Ciao

Thx giemme ! I had some looks on your phantom's buid here too while buiding mine 😉

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