I did not start this model.  ARCer Janissary did.  He started with a Aires cockpit, afterburner cans and full trunk intakes.  He did a amazing job!!!!!!

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Turns out the pit was like 2mm forward of where it should have been, still the pit looked a thousand times better then any pit I have ever done.  Well Janissary was a little discouraged and wanted the model out of his house.  He sent it north of the border to little old me.  On delivery I had an amazing looking started F-4E.  A couple SAMs via Canada post did manage some structural damage.  Nothing I could not fix.  A couple strips of Evergreen plastic and pitot tubes and it was good to go.

I had the idea of moving the cockpit back the required 2mm.  For the life of me I could see no way of making it happen without destroying the entire model.  So, the cockpit is a little forward.  Fixed that by positioning the centre windscreen 1mm forward. Unless you REALLY look hard you can't tell the difference.

Now Janissary had planned to make the model Turkish.  I thought great!  I can finish that way, but the Turkish decals I thought I had did not exist.  Did have some wonderful Greek markings from ARCer Scott.  Also the rear IP seemed to not make the trip north. Perhaps the cats ate it, but I could not find it.  SO add the Greek decals to a lack of IP panel and some conversion was required. 

The new IP panel came from a CF-18 Hornet which is going to get a aftermarket pit some time in the future.  Some dials and we have a new rear pit.  The neat thing I have always found with the still current Greek F-4Es is that they are filthy.  Neat USN style aggressor paint with dirt, lots of dirt.

With the amazing start Janissary began with we have what I feel is a very nice Greek F-4E.

"Janissary and phantom"

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