This model captures the actual aircraft’s marking and overall paint scheme depicts Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm FG.1 Phantom of No. 892 Naval Air Squadron on board the carrier HMS Ark Royal (R09) after visit to a US Naval Air Station Oceana where they worked up with USS Saratoga. The Royal Navy roundels had been replaced with interwar American Navy “meatball” insignia, and on XV590 001/R, the “Royal Navy” flash had been replaced with “Colonial Navy” 


A note of interest; this modeler’s other works are on permanent display at the Edwards Air Force Flight Test Museum. Also, the modeler was winner of the 1999 Tamiya Con in the Best Finish category in a 1/32 scale F-15 Streak Eagle model. The model is still on display today in the Tamiya company museum. 

 

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