1/48 Revell F-4 Phantom

RedCorvette

Member since
January 2006
From: Sarasota, FL

Posted by RedCorvette on Thursday, January 18, 2018 10:28 AM

Nice job on an old kit.

That kit is actually a scaled-down version of the old Revell 1/32 Phantom, only without the radar or removable engine of the 1/32 version. Later releases of the 1/32 'E' also included tanks and TER's with bombs.

I've got several of both the 1/48 & 1/32 kits in my stash.

Not much specific detail, but fun to build and a great canvas to practice your scratch-building skills.

Thanks for sharing,

Mark

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Greg

Member since
May 2013
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by Greg on Monday, January 1, 2018 2:01 PM

Beautiful Phantom. Yes

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Chemteacher

Member since
June 2017

Posted by Chemteacher on Monday, January 1, 2018 10:29 AM

Phabulous Phantom! Awesome job. My favorite jet.

On the bench: Revell-USS Arizona; Airfix P-51D in 1/72

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Don Stauffer

Member since
November 2009
From: Twin Cities of Minnesota

Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, January 1, 2018 8:55 AM

Very nice! As an old MDC employee and Phantom lover, I loved it.

By the way, you might consider making intake covers/plugs to prevent the see-through.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Shipwreck

Member since
May 2006
From: Chapin, South Carolina

Posted by Shipwreck on Monday, January 1, 2018 6:21 AM

For a low ranking F-4 kit, it builds up to a nice kit! Now let's see how it stacks up against F-4's that cost several times as much?

On the Bench:

Revell 1/96 USS Constitution - rigging

Revell 1/48 B-1B Lancer Prep and research

Trumpeter 1/350 USS Hornet CV-8 Prep and research

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templar1099

Member since
December 2015
From: providence ,r.i.

Posted by templar1099 on Monday, January 1, 2018 5:56 AM

I have one waiting to be done, now I'll have to push it back further into the stash. Nicely done.

"le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile"

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Bish

Member since
December 2002
From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Posted by Bish on Sunday, December 31, 2017 4:52 PM

I know nothing about the kit or the Phantom, but that looks damn good to me. Nicely finished.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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stikpusher

Member since
July 2004
From: Sonora Desert

Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, December 31, 2017 4:34 PM

Nice work in that old clunker! It is not recognizable as the original Revell beast.

The original F-4E that it’s based on dates from 1977 according to Scalemates.

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

- Plankton

LSM

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Darren Roberts

Member since
January 2003

1/48 Revell F-4 Phantom

Posted by Darren Roberts on Sunday, December 31, 2017 4:17 PM

This is the first of a series of Phantoms I'm planning on building. I'll build an F-4 from each manufacturer in 1/48 scale and do a review/ranking. The Revell kit is quite old. My copyright date said 1979. The kit was released as an F-4E and an F-4J. Since the parts for a slatted wing E are in the box, I decided to make mine an F-4S. The kit is pretty basic. Instrument panels are decals and there's little to no detail in the cockpit or the wheel bays. Since it was released as an E, the nose section is too square, and the air conditioning inlets are squared off at the rear as opposed to rounded on the short nose Phantoms. Overall detail is lacking. You can look in the engine nozzles and see up to the front of the model. Needless to say this will be ranked quite low. With that said, it was still fun to build and brought back a bunch of memories from my childhood. Decals are from Furball. The build was OOB with the exception of Steel Beach intake plugs.