1/48 Monogram F-4J

by Paul Nortness

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This is my entry for the F-4 Phantom II 50th Anniversary Group Build.  It is a 1:48th scale F-4J from Monogram.  When I picked the kit up at the shop, I instantly felt all the nostalgia of building this model as a kid.  I was so inspired, I decided to forego the modern techniques and go back to the way I built models 25 years ago as a kid. With the exception of a little putty to fill a large seam on the intake and the use of future, this is what a model would have looked like on my shelf 25 years ago.  It is completely OOB (I did have to use SuperScale decals because the kit decals were unusable), I painted the entire model using ModelMaster acrylic Gloss Black with a brush.  The only thing that was not brushed was the white landing gears and in the wheel wells....I used a rattle can for that.

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This has been one of my most satisfying builds since returning to the hobby.  I smiled almost the entire time I was working on this project.  It was one of those projects that makes you sad when it is complete...knowing all there is left is to stick it on your shelf and dust it every once in awhile.

Photos and text © by Paul Nortness