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Item Name: . F-4J Phantom II VF-84 Fighter Squadron 84 The Jolly Rogers USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVA-42)
Kits .Tamiya
Scale: .1:32
Builder:.Wing
Item Status:.Built To Order / Pre-Order

Detail features:

Award winner built McDonnell Dougla F-4J Phantom II Ser. No. 5861 of Fighter Squadron 84 The Jolly Rogers USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVA-42) with realistic painting and weathering finish. Top building quality with incredible detail overall and super accurate scale on each part. Accurate decals and unit markings. The intrepid form of the F-4D Phantom with its characteristically elongated nose, has been accurately reproduce. Add metal parts and rubber parts. Finely conform perfectly recessed panel lines and rivets. Beautifully cockpit details. Intricately detailed wheel wells and landing gear. Working-able-control parts. Add armaments and more add on details.

* Top building quality with crisp details overall.
* Large size of: fuselage length: 600mm, wingspan: 368mm.
* Great surface detail is recessed with raised panels and rivet details.
* Fuselage has been molded as one piece with intricate areas faithfully recreated.
* Main pieces can be fastened to fuselage with screws.
* Awesome fuselage features complete intake ducts from the splitter plate to engine with proper angles and change of shape from the intake to the engine.
* Exquisite detail of cockpit and instrument panels portrayed in superb detail.
* Completely detailed and accurate cockpit proper wall on both side and more.
* Nicely detailed twin ejection seats.
* Canopy can be assembled in the open or closed position.
* The wing features separate leading edge slats work-able.
* Landing gear reproduced with dye-cast parts and tires are recreated with real rubber.
* The white metal landing gear are screwed into the wheel wells for strength.
* Separate retraction jacks on all struts and casting detail on the inner faces of all doors.
* Rubber tires with great thread pattern and hub and brake rotor detail are also good.
* Parts for recreation of full armament, such as air-to-air missiles, are included.

Buffing and polishing to remove mold seam. Base color with primer and putty for better surface detail. Airbrushed and painted with multicolor. Add clear paint for good finishing on decal applying. Wash to enhance the surface detail increase the appearance of depth including panels, doors, rivets, and more. Brushing to emphasis and highlighting texture with edge for good wear, tear and fading. Filter out the contrast and blend color effects with air flow marks. Real life nozzle burned multicolor representing. Great detail paint job on grease with staining appearing and more on real life weathering. Final protective layer for long term collection.

You can chose any color scheme and squadron you like.

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After the Korean conflict, and with the advent of guided air-to-air missiles like the Sparrow and Sidewinder, military planners foresaw the end of dogfighting. Instead, future air engagements would be accomplished at supersonic speeds and with guided missiles. Guns and dogfighting were going to be things of the past, or at least so they thought!

At a time when the mainstay fighter for the US Navy carriers was the F-8 Crusader, Navy planners were already seeking a replacement. The F-8 could not achieve Mach 2, nor could it employ the Sparrow radar-guided missile. The Navy wanted a stable missile platform that combined speed, endurance, reliability, advanced radar capabilities, and still operate off of the deck. LTV proposed a sport model of the F-8, dubbed Crusader III, which was capable of Mach 2+ speeds and could employ the Sparrow and Sidewinder missiles. In the end, however, the winner was the McDonnell Douglas F4H-1 Phantom II.

The F4H-1 was quickly replaced by the F4H-2, incorporating a number of engineering changes that were identified while operating the F4H-1. The Air Force recognized the potential of the Phantom, placed an order of their own for the F-110 Spectre and requisitioned a number of F4H-2s for training and evaluation. After the 1963 realignment of US military aircraft designations, the F4H-2 became the F-4B, and the F-110 became the F-4C.

The Navy flew the F-4B extensively in Southeast Asia and as technology improved, the Navy ordered the F-4J to replace the F-4B. The F-4J featured an improved radar and higher thrust J79 engines. When Secretary of Defense McNamara`s mandated replacement for the Naval F-4 faltered in development (the F-111B), the Navy performed a life extension program on their fleet of Phantoms. The F-4B received avionics updates and the resulting aircraft was designated F-4N, while the F-4J was not only given upgraded avionics, it also retrofitted with a similar flap/slat system as the later block USAF F-4Es. These updated F-4J aircraft were designated as the F-4S. These upgraded Phantoms soldiered on until the F-111B replacement, the F-14A Tomcat, could enter the fleet in sufficient numbers.