1/48 Esci F-4E and 

1/48 Hasegawa F-4G Phantom II

Gallery Article by Darius Aibara

 

These are the Esci 1:48 F4 E and Hasegawa 1:48 F4 G kits assembled almost
out of the box. 

 

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The Esci kit is not too bad with somewhat overdone recessed panels lines, but it needs improvement in the cockpit.  I used spare instrument panels from a Hasegawa F4 kit to improve things and replaced the kit seats with Verlinden resin MB Mk 7's.    The ACM data collector is a  PP Aeroparts white metal accessory and the TISEO pod on the port wing came form the Hasegawa kit.  I brush painted the aircraft  with Humbrol enamels and used Experts Choice decals for a specially marked F4E of the Indiana ANG circa
1992.

The Hasegawa F4G was built straight out of the box, however the underwing AGM 88 HARMs were scratch built using suitably sized sections of kit sprue and plastic card fins.  The aircraft was brush painted with Humbrol enamels and Superscale Decals were applied to depict a 1991 Desert Storm bird of the 52nd TFW who were normally based at Spangdahlem AB in Germany but flew (according to my references) from Incirlik AB in Turkey during that particular conflict.

Darius Aibara

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Photos and text © by Darius Aibara