Two Japanese Phantoms 1:72 Hasegawa/Fujimi

[NorbertBu]

I would like to show you two F-4EJs that I have recently finished. 

 

The first one is a F-4EJ of the Air Developmant and Test Wing in Gifu. They painted it 2017 in a digital or pixel camouflage. When I first came across the photo of this aircraft, I immediately started looking for decals. At that time, there was only this Fujimi boxing available for a lot of money. But I bought it anyway and after a closer inspection decided just to use the decals and build the model using the Hasegawa kit.

 

 

 

 

Here is now the finished model:

 

It is an F-4EJ (without the "kai"), although it features the antenna on top of the spine. But the very small backward facing sensors on top of the rudder are missing.

Applying the decals was fun. Fujimi provided large connected areas like one wing = one decal, but I decided to divide them into smaller areas for better handling. I strongly recommend this procedure.

As a basic color I chose Revell Seegrün Aqua colours which fits perfectly.

The Hasegawa kit is nice, but I added some details like instruments and wiring to the area between the two seats. Also the triangular shaped reinforcement plates on the stabilizers have to be removed from the top and added to the bottom. Check your references, when building a Phantom....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lot of stencils are provided for the underside, too:

 

 

 

 

The second model shows a F-4EJkai (improved) that can be recognized by the two small sensors and the big antenna on the spine. Also it features a slightly bigger radome, but Hasegawa ignored this difference. Fine molds however have reproduced it in their new range of F-4EJs.

 

The JASDF 302 Sq have painted two of their F-4 in a special scheme for the retirement of the type, one white and the other one black. Hasegawa have released them both. 

The decals are nicely done but of course they need some touch up especially in the area around the intakes. I will build the black one using the Fine Molds kit.

 

Here the reinforcement plates are correct as they are in the kit.

 

Hope you like the models.

 

greetings from Germany,

 

Norbert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 13, 2022 by NorbertBu

[Roberto]

Great works! 👍

[RMCS]

Excellent 

[Tomcat101]

Amazing work!  It must have taken forever to apply all of those decals.