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Medic, where are ya, brah? I'm wanting to see more pics of your progress on this Phantom, man! I need my fix & some inspiration to finish this 1/48 Academy F-4B. I think I finally found one where th fit is decent.

Semper Fi,
Masterguns

Well, a big 'ole thanks to you both for the compliments. I 'preciate it. I talked to Rex a few times probably over at the ARC or Zone-5 forums. I concur that he is a beacon of knowledge & good gent to chat with. I did not hear of his death until I joined the discussions on site. I'm obsessed wit...

Medic....if you get only one detail walk around book in your life for the F-4B/N/J/S then all you will need is: DACO Publishing - Uncovering the US Navy F-4 B/J/N/S/Q Phantom II (No. 4) by Danny Coremans, 2010 (in color) & only five left on Amazon. This book covers conventional & drone Naval...

There are many Naval Phantom detail books but you better be prepared to pay to play since most haven’t been in print for sever years. Especially ones with color pages. Check Amazon to see what’s available & at what price. There are also a plethora of walk arounds available on various modeling si...

During this era there was a “shuttle” that was on the cat track. The Phantom wheeled over the shuttle as a yellow shirt directed the pilot to do. The bridle cable was attached to the shuttle & then tensioned to bridle hooks. Nose gear was extended to higher AOA & shuttle adjusted as necessar...

Assuming I think you're asking what those inserts are: They are the steel wound cable for the catapult bridel hold back hooks that would be under a enormance tension for either launch off the boat or ground SATS. These recesses that house the hooks are only specific to Naval F-4's, such at the one y...

Outfreakin'standing! You did a lot better than I in that exhaust section. I've not gotten one their kits where that part has fit without creating a migraine. I think I'm going to start cutting that part in half & assembling one side a time so it's more like the side of the Hasegawa kits as one p...

It seems to vary from kit to kit. Some modelers have no problems with the fit at the exhaust & others do. There is a pretty scathing review about this kit somewhere on the www & can't remember which site it was. My first two kits the fit was so bad that I got tired of trying to fix it & ...

Thanks for the support, gents. Great post Warpig! Although that makes things really difficult as I probably don't have the correct decals for it then. Thanks for the tips on the rear exhaust area. Guess I'll go ahead and attach it since I haven't finished painting it yet. Medic. I mention the exhaus...

Howdy, y'all. This might or might not matter to you. The Brassin cockpit is actually more of an early F-4B & first F-4J models. Eduard used the 1967 F-4J NATOPS (again for the first production J & early B models before the Project Shoehorn mods hit the Fleet) when they designed this pit, so ...