F-4J Phantom 1:144 Jolly Rogers
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Andrew PA valiant effort, and a good result. That Sova kit looks like something to avoid. I wish we had good Phantoms in 1/144 scale.
Scot R SchrijverThanks guys. She's a dirty girl to be sure, but I'm glad I have her in the line up. If I was a better modeler and more patient I would have spent a bit more time on the wheel bays and gear, but I couldn't find great reference photos. Probably should have bought a book. 🙂
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The third build to my Jolly Rogers project is the SOVA-M F-4J Phantom II kit. This build left me with a lot of hard choices to make. There are not many US Navy variants of the Phantom available. And I was not going to spend for the very pricy F-4N available from Tomytec (AC128) although its still on my wish list and I think still a better starting point. So I instead reached out to the community and located this kit and decals from Y-Kraft for VF-84 #212. I would like to be respectful to SOVA-M since this is a limited edition set, but it is not for the faint at heart. The build almost broke me on a couple of occasions. While the recessed panel lines and overall accuracy were what I was looking for, the mold was terrible. Several deformed parts and a lot of work to bring the parts into alignment. The canopy I will hope to source from an aftermarket vendor later on as the kit part had no details whatsoever. Still, I finished the build. I hope you like the pictures.
