Hmm, I've been following this release so far, as any legite Phantom Phan would,... I am intrigued, but another J version??? Blah. And of course, Showtime 100!!??
. Anyway, the most impressive part is the cockpit so far, nice canopy framing and finally some detail under the center window section. No molded instrument details and dials though, so using a decal is a must. I hope the one in the kit is decent. Any why must a person build two whole engines even if we don't want them displayed? I was hoping for a short cut and not having to build them up, and only using the exhaust end of course. I don't like the sprue attachments on the clear canopies, they are in a place where there is very little if any framwork, They should have taken a step from the way Tamiya designed their windscreen on the new Tomcat. It would also be nice to have multiple decal options, maybe for a Marine J and include some mud moving ordinance. As far as the price, I thought it would retail for around 60-70 US bucks?? The Academy one goes for 50?? And the Eduard re-box with a few goodies goes for 85?
Edit: Oh and the ECM bumps are moulded on? Don't they look to fat and toyish?