1/32 German F-4F Phantom II

Wild Horse

by Dave Cornett

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This is the Revell of Germany 1/32 scale F-4J MD Phantom II (Wild Horse), Kit #04706. To complete it, I used the Eduard exterior photo-etch kit for extra detail and I airbrushed it with Model Masters Italian Red #2719, Model Masters French Blue #2715 & Gloss White. I found several photos of the actual plane on the internet but they were low quality and showed very little close-up detail. Overall, the kit is of average quality, it has well defined panel lines but the fitting of the pieces is lacking, it took a bit of filling an sanding to even them out along the seams, especially around the intakes.

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I recommend buying an aftermarket cockpit or at minimum, 2 ejection seats because the interior needs a lot of help.  When applying the horse decals along the fuselage, I had to use a lot of decal solution to get them to form to shape and then I had to cut them along the wing root. I recommend tracing the bottom decal onto foto-frisket and airbrushing it in lieu of using the decal because it comes in several pieces and they’re extremely hard to shape around the missile wells and to match them up.

Once I got the kit together and painted, I sealed it with clear coat and future floor wax. Building a Revell kit is always a learning experience the first time around, but if you use a few after market accessories and foto-frisket cut-outs of the decals, the kit can be done up right.

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Hopefully when I get the time, I’ll try it again.  If you’re interested in the photos I found, feel free to email me at davidlcorn@aol.com and I’ll send them to you.

Dave

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Photos and text © by Dave Cornett