Hi Guys,
Who makes the best/most accurate F-4b Phantom, in 1/48th scale. Also does anyone make markings for the F-4b Phantom that belonged to VF-143 Pukin’Dogs that landed on the USS Bon homme Richard?
Cheers
Mike
This Academy tooling from 2012 seems to get good reviews - note it has been reboxed 3 times since initial release so box art has changed a bit.
Also Tamiya released a new tool in 2021 but not read anything about that kit.
As for the marking I can’t help there as I know nothing about the event.
Tamiya is better/more accurate than the Academy kit.
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You could never live that down lol
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There is going to be lots of people with egg on the face for a while. Plane captain, Maint Officer, Co and the pilot.
Only thing that might save you is an undetectable part failure that caused an emergency divert. You still get tagged but command failure is not highlighted.
You missed something in preflight, fuel issue because of navigational error, you took off with the wings folded etc that will follow you. Probably get you a new callsign if you can still fly.
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what about this one:
F-4E Early Phantom II, Zoukei-Mura SWS48-10 (2020)
When it appeared it was toutd as the ultimate Phantom
As far as a B I would go with the Tamiya,and hunt down or make the decals
Zoukei-Mura’s ‘earliest’ Phantom II is their 1/48 Phantom IIC SWS48-06, but that’s a USAF bird; the USN flew A, B, J, N, and S variants. According to what I can find, while the USAF got two F-4Bs for evaluation (calling them F-110s before the nomenclature standardization), there were a number of differences made to the B for the USAF’s C variant that would make converting it back to a B difficult – the B had the original thin wing, while the C had a thicker wing with wider wheels and tires, and the C had side consoles in the rear cockpit, while the B didn’t, and the C had the standard USAF refueling probe port in the spine of the plane, deleting the probe the Navy used (it did, however, retain the tailhook); it also had anti-skid braking, but that wouldn’t be visible on a model.
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That’s an -E model, which was never flown by the Navy, and quite different from any Phantom flown by the USN or USMC. Z-M never released a F-4B kit.
indeed:
| Variant | Internal Cannon | Wing Slats | Fuel Probe | Carrier Gear | Slime Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-4E |  Yes |
Yes |
 Boom |
No |
Yes (late) |
| F-4A/B | No |
No |
Side |
Yes |
No |
| F-4J | No |
No |
Side |
Yes |
No |
| F-4N | No |
No |
Side |
Yes |
No |
| F-4S | No |
Yes |
Side |
Yes |
Yes |
it wasn’t aware of all those differences, still much to learn
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Thanks so much guys, does anyone know if there are any others photos of this F-4b?
And also does anyone do decals for it??
Don’t know of any decals for the photo bird but Furball has two sheets for VF-143 F-4B bird.
Cool thank you so much for that information!! It gives me a start if I do go down that route.
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Not sure if there is a walk around images which is what most decal designers would want before making a decal. Hope I am wrong and someone has the other side.
You can look for the Bonnie Dick cruise book and it might have more photos of the bird.
I’d go with the Tamyia 4B.
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Cool, thank you very much for the help and information.