Academy 12294 1/48 F-4C Phantom Vietnam War ACADEMY

This striking replica of the McDonnell Douglas, two seat, twin engine, all weather supersonic jet has been reproduced with impressive attention to detail.

It begins with the authentic cockpit and ejection seat detailing. The model’s exterior features accurate main gear wells and a set of wheels and tires that are molded separately for hassle-free finishing.

Realism is reinforced with positionable rudder and speed brakes. The canopies can be built open or closed. Attention to the little things can be seen in the optional boarding ladder and included crew figures.

Among the kit’s weapons are the AIM-9B Sidewinder and AIM-7D/E Sparrow missiles. There are also well contoured reproductions of the aircraft’s unique external wing and centerline fuel tanks. One set of aircraft markings are in the kit, and those are for Colonel Robin Olds, a fighter ace and a legendary wing commander in Vietnam. A set of stencils and markings for weapons are included as well.

Features and Options

• Fuselage is molded in one part, just like the Tamiya 1/32 kits

• Kit is modular hinting at multiple variants, more on this later

• Cockpit is nicely detailed

• Nice Martin Baker ejection seats

• Optional seated crew figures

• Optional boarding ladder

• Positionable canopies

• Nicely detailed main gear wells

• Main wheels and tires molded separately for ease of painting

• Positionable rudder

• Positionable speed brakes

• Outer wing panels molded separately and can be folded (wing hinges not included)

• Intakes have ducts to the compressor faces

• Nice afterburner chambers with turbine faces

• New inboard Air Force pylons

External Stores Included for this Version

• 4 x AIM-9B Sidewinder

• 4 x AIM-7D/E Sparrow

• 12 x Mk.82 Slicks

• 2 x 370 gallon wing tanks

• 1 x 600 gallon centerline tank

• 2 x triple ejector racks (TER)

• 2 x multiple ejector rack (MER)