Academy 12315 1/48 USMC F-4B/N VMFA-531 Gray Ghost Phantom ACADEMY

The F-4 Phantom is one of the most iconic US fighter jets of the 20th Century.

This superb Academy 1/48 release covers the service life of the F-4B in US Marine service in the 1960s. Including a full set of mud-slinging ordnance and a highly detailed and colourful marking set by Cartograf decals, the F-4 lives on – Phantoms Forever!

Features

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

• Cockpit is nicely detailed

• Rear cockpit has correct starboard sidewall

• 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

• Choice of slotted or unslotted stabilators

• Choice F-4B or F-4N fin cap and chin sensor

• Additional antennas provided for F-4N version

• 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

• Positionable air refueling probe

External stores included for this version

• 4 x AIM-9B Sidewinder

• 4 x AIM-9D Sidewinder (included but not acknowledged in the instructions)

• 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)

This kit provides markings for three examples

• F-4N, 152323, VMFA-531, VK/200, USS Coral Sea, 1980, CAG aircraft

• F-4B, 153006, VMFA-314, VW/3, Chu Lai AB, 1968

• F-4B, 152274, VMFA-314, VW/5, Da Nang AB, 1966