Enough has been said
about the Revell of Germany F-4F kit. This jet has been built from the latest 50
anniversary boxing, which besides the special painting also includes
markings for one ICE jet from FW-71 "R" and one from
FW-74.
Being involved in
the whole project I also had the chance to convince the guy who drew the
decals, to depict a jet from FW-71 "R" on the decal sheet. Luckily he
used the jet with my name on the rear canopy as reference...
The decals are
extremely accurate and have the right color, even after being applied onto the
painted model. (contrary to the ones from AIRDOC which disappear after being
applied).
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The jet depicted has been
flown on a functional check flight after the stabilators have been
changed, with them being not painted yet other than the yellowish primer
color. The crew for this flight has been the one who's names are
stencilled on the left canopy rails, which does not happen too often.
After Revell released this kit, "my" nosegunner asked me to
built our jet for him.
Built OOB except for
the pilot figures, which came from Tamiya. All the control surfaces were cut out
and repositioned to show them in the take off position.
Greetings from
Germany!
Michael Riedel aka
SCOUT712
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