1/48 Hasegawa F4F 

German Airforce Phantom

by Sam Chia

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This is my Luftwaffe Phantom I just completed.  As this must be one of the most unique camo schemes on the Phantom ever, I couldn’t resist doing one.  As with all 1/48 scale Hasegawa Phantom kits, it went together almost without a hitch.  A little fussiness around the Cutting Edge intakes and the rest is history.

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The kit was built almost stock right out of the box. As mentioned, the intakes are from Cutting Edge. I also threw in Eduard’s F4E prepainted photoetched instrument panels and some KMC resin sidewalls I found in my scrap box and a pair of Eagle Designs resin burner cans.

Almost all paints used were from the Gunze Sangyo range.  In some cases, they were mixed to approximate the unique colors found on the camouflage scheme.

Sam

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Photos and text © by Sam Chia