1/48 Academy F-4J Phantom #196

Gallery Article by Shawn phantom Weiler on Jan 16 2018

 

      

An Academy F-4J out of the box using Furball decals for a VF-143 airframe from a USS America cruise, just before the Puking Dogs switched from Phantoms to Tomcats.

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The Academy is a much better detailed kit in many ways. But I have to say I think I still prefer the tried and true Hasegawa. I used Furballs excellent cockpit decals for this build. Really like them and plan on ordering some more. The decals are ten times better then anything I can paint by hand.

Added a couple photos of a VF-142 CAG that was on the cruise at the same time as the primary build.

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Photos and text © by Shawn phantom Weiler