1/48 Hasegawa F-4E, Phantom #146

Gallery Article by Shawn "phantom" Weiler on Feb 22 2012

 

 

This is my 146th Phantom here on ARC. This time a Hasegawa 1/48 F-4EJ back dated to a USAF Thunderbirds airframe.  What is "unique" about this airframe is the back seater.

I asked the boss which number airframe I should do, she said #8.  Well #7 and 8 were normally used for press orientation flights, VIP flights and the like.

So I modified the back seat dude.  Cut off the airmask, added a nose and a big hole for the mouth. Bent the arms into the right position and added a paper barf bag.

Basically the guy in the back is just beginning to yack.

 

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The model itself is a F-4EJ.  To make it USAF (early) all I did was sand off the Japanese RWRs and added to early gun vent.  Puttied it shut as the Thunderbirds of course had no guns.  Other minor mods include sanding off the bottom detail which represent the pylon connections as this plane is of course in "clean" configuration.  Then filled in the holes for the tanks.

The decals are from CAM, the USAF "base" is a wooden wall coat hook from a craft store called Michaels painted in suitable colours.

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Photos and text © by Shawn "phantom" Weiler