What the stink
is he talking about???? Phantoms 104 and 105???
Well, these are the
104th and 105th Phantoms that are on my display shelves. I had others over the
years, but they have been retired to the bone yard or painted pink by monkey
girl. So I don't count them. Phantoms 106 and 107 are now in the planning stage.
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Anywho. Both of
these are built out of the box. Both are Hasegawa. And both are built for the
50th anniversary of the F-4 Phantom group build in the ARC forums.
The 1/48th is the
recently re-re-released F-4C/D. Raised panel lines, Questionable cockpit, this
time with Bi-centennial markings. Those decals look nice but I have wanted to do
a nice Alabama plane ever since meeting Sabre and A-4 back two years ago in
Alabama on a return trip from Dizzy-world. Thanks again for supper Jim!!!!!
Anyway, the
model.....Ahhhhh....1/48, added nothing apart from the Superscale decals and the
Hasegawa Mavericks. Why the Mavericks? I don't know. Seemed like a good idea. I
don't even know if the AANG even ever flew with them or not. I have 105 stinking
Phantoms on display, most with Sidewinders and Sparrows. Figured one or two
ought to have some mud blowing up capability.
The little guy is a
Hasegawa 1/72 RF-4E. Completely out of the box, even using the kit decals. Built
it wheels up, again for something different. Only problem was finding pilots. I
Had a couple trashed CF-18s (and 27 other damaged planes)thanks to my evil cat.
So two fly guys got a transfer from the Canadian Forces base in Cold Lake to fly
recon for Germany. (They seem happy enough and did not complain during the
transfer. Even after I repainted them into orange flight suits.)
Shawn
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