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Tamiya 1/48 Phantom

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Tamiya 1/48 Phantom
Posted by Tojo72 on Monday, January 25, 2021 7:35 AM

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Posted by crown r n7 on Monday, January 25, 2021 7:41 AM

It looks like a good one..    

 

 

 Nick.

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Posted by jeffpez on Monday, January 25, 2021 9:15 AM

First I've seen this. Thanks for sharing something that's really good news.

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Posted by Tojo72 on Monday, January 25, 2021 9:17 AM

Figures,I just got a Zoukei Mura Phantom Sad

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Posted by tomwatkins45 on Monday, January 25, 2021 9:29 AM

Tojo, the ZM F-4 builds up beautifully, and is a lot of fun to build. I'm a serious Phantom Phanatic, so I've done two of them so far, as well as Monogram's, Hasegawa's and Academy's. That said, I'm really looking forward to Tamiya's.

 

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Posted by Tojo72 on Monday, January 25, 2021 9:32 AM

tomwatkins45

Tojo, the ZM F-4 builds up beautifully, and is a lot of fun to build. I'm a serious Phantom Phanatic, so I've done two of them so far, as well as Monogram's, Hasegawa's and Academy's. That said, I'm really looking forward to Tamiya's.

 

 

Thank you,I think I will be happy with it.The last phantoms I built were a couple of the classic Hasegawa kits around 2000

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Posted by tomwatkins45 on Monday, January 25, 2021 10:34 AM

Yep, the ZM kit will be a treat. Enjoy !

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, January 25, 2021 10:57 AM

I'm looking foward to this baby. Oh yeah!

 

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Posted by Aggieman on Monday, January 25, 2021 11:04 AM

For some reason my stash does not include a 48th scale Phantom.  I believe I will need to rectify that problem (although I did build Tamiya's 32nd scale F-4J about a decade ago, probably the reason I've never bothered with a smaller scale kit).

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Posted by cbaltrin on Monday, January 25, 2021 12:55 PM

Sure hope they release a 1/72 scale version!

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Posted by goldhammer on Monday, January 25, 2021 4:09 PM

Hopefully they'll issue an RF4C based off this one.  Just about the only varient not offered in 1/48.  Yes, I know the RF4E is out there, but requires a lot of backdating.

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, January 25, 2021 4:28 PM

goldhammer

Hopefully they'll issue an RF4C based off this one.  Just about the only varient not offered in 1/48.  Yes, I know the RF4E is out there, but requires a lot of backdating.

 

Testors did the RF-4C years ago... it's a rough one. I have had mine sidelined for many years. And I'm pretty that Hasegawa has released one as well, or is theirs a RF-4B?

 

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Posted by goldhammer on Monday, January 25, 2021 4:58 PM

Looks like italeri did a 1/48 back when, and that hase's were all in 1/72.  Suspect that the testors was the italeri mold.

Most all versions call out b,c,and e models.

Would be nice to have a modern technology kit in the b and c versions as they were fairly simular between USMC and USFS, as far as I know.

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, January 25, 2021 5:11 PM

Yes, the main difference between the B & C RF versions is the wing. The B had the thin wing for the narrow wheels, while the C had the bulged wing for the wide  wheels. Both types used the later curved and early flat faceted camera sections. And of course the refueling systems, the C would have the flying boom receptacle, while the B had the probe for probe and drogue refueling.

 

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Posted by goldhammer on Monday, January 25, 2021 5:34 PM

Worked the C's for over 2 1/2 years as an ECM tech, at Udorn and Shaw.  Fell in love with the old girl.

Just don't have the dexterity to build in 1/72, and just barely in 1/48.  Have the old Revell kits of the C, E, and G, and the Tamiya C/D, all in 1/32.

It would be huge, but a modern tool in 1/24, of the E and RF's might be a decent seller.

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Posted by stikpusher on Monday, January 25, 2021 8:21 PM

A 1/24 Phantom would be ginormous! The 1/32 Phantoms are big enough! I've got a 1/32 G on hold waiting for more shelf space to be constructed. And that will be soon. Woohoo!

Very cool that you worked on the real deal! 

 

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N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by Nathan T on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 12:58 PM

Hasegawa has all the kits you mentioned in 1/48. All the reccee variations, except the early thin wing rf-4b, which Tamiya could definitely do based on this new kit. 

 

 

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Posted by Straycat1911 on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 1:05 PM

stikpusher

 

 
goldhammer

Hopefully they'll issue an RF4C based off this one.  Just about the only varient not offered in 1/48.  Yes, I know the RF4E is out there, but requires a lot of backdating.

 

 

 

Testors did the RF-4C years ago... it's a rough one. I have had mine sidelined for many years. And I'm pretty that Hasegawa has released one as well, or is theirs a RF-4B?

 

Yes, Hasegawa's was an RF-4B. Pretty gaudy paint job, too as I recall. 

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