Homebee Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) Next in the Zoukei Mura Phantom family (F-4C/D: thread, F-4J/S: thread, F-4E(J)/F/G: thread) are the 1/48th McDD RF-4B/C & E Recce Phantom II expected in 2023 Source: https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/92170-zm-unveils-148-rf-4bce-plans/ V.P. Edited January 25, 2022 by Homebee 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Oooh Looks like I’ll need to pick up the RF-4B, my Hasegawa has a forward fuselage that was all sorts of messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czaralko Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Same here, started building the hasegawa rf-4e but that kit is putting a fight to be built, this one seems way easier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamwriter Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 If you think the Hasegawa kit is difficult to build,you probably are not familiar with the Italeri RF-4E kit. That one is the real pain in the behind to build! 😂😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 8 hours ago, dreamwriter said: If you think the Hasegawa kit is difficult to build,you probably are not familiar with the Italeri RF-4E kit. That one is the real pain in the behind to build! 😂😂 Actually I built that one in the 80’s and it was a far sight better than my Hasegawa kit. Seriously the Hasegawa is so warped up front that i cant even fit the cockpit. The cockpit is about 1/4” bigger than the fuselage. When I try to close it up it looks like a football/rugby ball is stuffed in the nose. My only other option as of right now is a standard “B” with the recon buts grafted on to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamwriter Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 6 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Actually I built that one in the 80’s and it was a far sight better than my Hasegawa kit. Seriously the Hasegawa is so warped up front that i cant even fit the cockpit. The cockpit is about 1/4” bigger than the fuselage. When I try to close it up it looks like a football/rugby ball is stuffed in the nose. My only other option as of right now is a standard “B” with the recon buts grafted on to it. If it was in the 80's, you probably built the yet to be retooled Italeri kit. It got worse after Italeri retooled it to give it recessed panel lines. Now you have mismatched panel lines, or other lines that end before where they are supposed to end,windscreen terrible fit, and a cockpit that doesn't even have a firewall between pilot and RIO sections and the wall behind the RIO seat ends about 4mm short and leaves a big gap to the top. A complete mess. And there are more flaws that could be mentioned,but you get the picture! 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 3 hours ago, dreamwriter said: If it was in the 80's, you probably built the yet to be retooled Italeri kit. It got worse after Italeri retooled it to give it recessed panel lines. Now you have mismatched panel lines, or other lines that end before where they are supposed to end,windscreen terrible fit, and a cockpit that doesn't even have a firewall between pilot and RIO sections and the wall behind the RIO seat ends about 4mm short and leaves a big gap to the top. A complete mess. And there are more flaws that could be mentioned,but you get the picture! 😂 Ouch … Maybe my memory after 35 years is a bit faded. I don't remember mine being that bad ? Here is the kit I built, did it in the USMC colors. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/testors-582-rf-4-phantom-ii--657006 Thats why I wanted the Hasegawa kit, it comes with the same scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 😎 https://www.facebook.com/EduardCompany/posts/5406711142677122 Quote 1/48 scale Phantom II RF 4E built by Angelo Lodetti from Zoukei-Mura kit. Author used Brassin accessories from our production: - F-4C/D/E/F/G wheels, cat. no. 648012 https://www.eduard.com/Eduard/F-4C-D-E-F-G-wheels-1-48.html - F-4 exhaust nozzles late, cat. no. 648023 https://www.eduard.com/.../F-4-exhaust-nozzles-late-1-48... V.P. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 38 minutes ago, Homebee said: 😎 https://www.facebook.com/EduardCompany/posts/5406711142677122 V.P. Though it's the F-4J kit, it does wet the appetite, I'm concerned I don't have room for many though, hopefully Fine Molds will do an RF series so I can save a bit of room by having a mix of scales. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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