1/48 Hasegawa RF-4EJ Phantom #174

Gallery Article by Shawn "phantom" Weiler on Sept 10 2014

 

      

This is my 174th Phantom. 1/48 Hasegawa RF-4EJ. For a change this one is almost completely out of the box. Even the kit decals! The paint job (apart from the lower grey, silvers and black) is all free hand with the airbrush. The light grey, silvers and black were of course masked. The only after market is the straps for the ejection seats.

 

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It was built for the JSDF Group build here on ARC. This is one of the F-4EJs that had a partial Kai conversion but was used by 501 recon squadron. The recon camera pod came with the kit. Its a nice kit. Came with three recon pods. The one used here, a Lorop pod which was used on a past IDF Phantom build and a electronic recon pod which will get used sometime in the future.

I suppose if this is Phantom #174 I had better think of something special for #175. No doubt in 1/32 scale.

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Photos and text © by Shawn "phantom" Weiler