1/48 Hasegawa RF-4B  

by Tyler White

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Hasegawa RF-4B kits seem to be ubiquitous in hobby shops every where I go.  I buy them if they are on sale because I want to build "C" models and as common as the B's are the C's are just as rare, in fact I have never even seen one in real life!  No worries since you can build a C with just a little extra care.  Instead of building another C however, I decided to build a B... Why Not?? I went with the all black scheme since it seemed exotic and the decals seemed minimal.  

I used a Black Box pit and Eduard Masks.  I also used some styrene to build up the canopy sills; there really is nothing worse that those phlimsy phantom canopies.  In real life I would not want those huge things coming down on my hand for sure.  I was not too impressed with the BB resin, but for $19 US it is a bargain.  The Eduard Masks are worth every penny, and as long as I can find them on Sprue Bros.  I will never go without them again!

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I intended to take the photos outside per usual, but it was so windy that my little Recce Phantom might have taken off!  I love these kits, and in the future I will be using either the new Steel Beach FOD covers or some nicely molded Seamless Suckers.  If I can save all my pennies I will also be purchasing Aries insanely expensive detailing kit that includes the photo bay, the cans, and cockpit.  Of course I will be doing another Nebraska Phantom.  Hey decal makers, these are good birds, look 'em up and make a sheet!? 

Happy Modeling!

Tyler 

Photos and text © by Tyler White