Cutting Edge Modelworks

1/48 F-4B, F-4N, F-110A, & RF-4C (Early) Airframe Backdate Set

product # CEC48508 for Hasegawa kit

$48.99 from Meteor Productions

Review by Steve Bamford on July 19 2007

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This is the new resin from Cutting Edge Modelworks is for making a F-4B, F-4N, F-110A, & RF-4C (Early) Airframe Backdate Set for the Hasegawa NEW TOOL (Engraved Panel Lines) F-4J Kit OR the new Hasegawa RF-4B kit. This extensive set allows you to model the earliest combat Phantom, the F-4B (and the F-4Bs loaned to the USAF under the designation F-110A), by converting the beautiful Hasegawa 1/48 F-4J with engraved panel lines (NOTE: this set will NOT fit-and there is no point in converting--the early Hasegawa F-4J kit with RAISED panel lines!). 

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This set provides the flat upper wings, revised radome and fin cap, flat landing gear doors and speed brakes, etc. It also includes separate inboard and outboard flaps, so you can model them raised or lowered! 

It includes the thin main landing gear wheels and tires and the rear fuselage extensions necessary to make the smaller exhaust nozzle openings for the early J79-GE-8 nozzles (not included in this set). Finally, you will get the AN/ALQ-126 intake shoulder antennas used on some late F-4Bs and all F-4Ns as well as the non-slotted stabilators originally fitted to the F-4B. 

This set is also applicable to all F-4Ns, which in real life were conversions of the original F-4B. Finally--and this is GREAT NEWS!--this set fits the new Hasegawa RF-4B kit! As you know, the Hasegawa RF-4B kit is really more typical of a RF-4C (although the last few RF-4Bs built did in fact have the thick wing and wide wheels and tires fitted to the F-4C and all subsequent Phantoms). This set allows you to model the much more common thin wing RF-4B used by the Navy and Marine Corps.

Resin casting is of a very high quality and all the detail is very well done with no air bubbles.  This new resin set from Cutting Edge Modelworks will permit modelers to create an accurate F-4B, F-4N, F-110A, & RF-4C (Early) Airframe from the big Hasegawa Phantom kit.

Steve

I would like to thank Cutting Edge Modelworks for providing me with this review sample.

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Photos and text © by Steve Bamford