F-4C Phantom II "Operation Bolo"

Subject:: McDonnell Douglas F-4C-22-MC Phantom II
US Air Force (1947-now)
480 TFS, 366 TFW The Gunfighters 640733 (Maj. K. Cobb/Lt. L. D.Peterson)
Mars 1967 Shot down March 31, 1967 crew successfully ejected - Da Nang AB
FS34079 FS34102 FS30219 FS36622
Skala:: 1:72
Status:: På vent
Påbegynt:: September 11, 2016

Got a bunch of old Revell Phantoms off Evilbay for relatively cheap recently. Estate sale. All bagged, no decals. Surprisingly, only a couple had very minor pieces missing. I should have enough decal sheets & spares to cover a relatively plain bird from Operation BOLO, 2 January 1967 over North Vietnam.

Prosjektinnhold

Byggesett

F-4C Phantom II Air Commando

Revell 1:72

H-229 1967 Nye dekaler

"Recce"

RF 4C/E Phantom II

ESCI 1:72

9029 1982 Nye deler

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Revell F-4C Phantom II "Operation Bolo" 2 January 1967

1:72

I grabbed a couple of newer tool stick actuators to plop into the office. Well, at first they wouldn't go in because the...

Prosjekt: F-4C Phantom II "Operation Bolo"

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Vintage 1/72 Revell Aircraft Boxings

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Kommentarer

13 September 2016, 01:12

Rex
Cool idea. I have a few of these kits left. I plan to do one as if we had aftermarket back in the sixties as active as it is today. I also have a few of the first gen Hasegawa kits left, I plan to do one of those the same way. LOL, about all that will be left of those two kits with be the fuselage, wings and stabs, by the time the upgrades all get added.

PS, a "sixties aircraft builder's trick" for that Revell Phantom,,,,,,,,put spreader bars, about 3 or 4, on the inside bottom of the fuselage, to insure contact with the top wing halves when you cement those on. Otherwise, your wings will curl up after a year or two and your Phantom will look like a snack bowl from the front view. (caused by the pull of the wings where they are cemented to the fuselage halves) You'll see what is needed when you dry fit the parts.

13 September 2016, 06:50

Ekki
Following.

13 September 2016, 16:04

Calvin Gifford
Thanks for that heads-up, Rex! The 'Gentleman's Scale' Revell Phantoms I built in the '70's and '80's mostly didn't stick around long enough for me to find that out 😉 Not doing any AM on this. See the photo album for details but just sprucing up the crew stations and burning cans. Decals will be cobbled together.

13 September 2016, 18:34

Calvin Gifford
I added the ESCI RF-4C 'Recce Phantom' to the project because I will be using many of the stencils from that kit's sheet on this project. I have some nice AM sheets for it when I build it.