Hasegawa USAF F-4E 1-72 (old moulds)
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I started this kit in this year´s summer vacation in Italy - not too many parts and simple setup made this kit the right choice.
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I think for its almost 50 yrs this kit captures shape and lines of the F-4E still very well. Revell´s younger F-4E/F is much worse to my opinion. But of course surface and small parts detail is no longer competitive to nowadays standards.
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I came across the stories of the 57th FIS based in Keflavík. They used the F-4 in ADC grey during the 70s/80s. I like the Phantom in this livery.
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Thanks to Scalemates I found the superb Euro Decals for a nice collection of 57th FIS Phantoms...
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...and added a Master Pitot Tube and 2 resin bang seats. Rest is OOB.
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I added all weapons provided in the kit to make the bottom side more interesting (and distract the viewer from some gaps and the very simplified landing gear...🙂)
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Same Kit - built approx. 1993... at that time a Hasegawa kit was absolutely rare to get in my town... so I did a lot of efforts to "do it right"... and I was happy with the result at that time.
Yorumlar
14 20 November 2021, 21:57
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F-4E 57th FIS "Black Knights" Keflavik