Kit: Revell 04072,
built straight out of the box apart from some extra detailing in the cockpit.
Glue: mainly Zap-A-Gap, both super thin and gap filling. White glue for
the clear parts.
Putty, polishing compound and masking tape all from Tamiya.
Decals: Airdoc 32006.
Paint: Humbrol enamel 125 and 128, Testors ModelMasters metalizers.
Sealing: Johnson's Future.
Airbrush: Badger 150
Wash: artist's oil paints thinned with turpentine.
Weathering: artists chalks and pencils.
Varnish: Humbrol Satin 135.
Documentation: Daniel Soulaine's Phantom Guardians, Verlinden's Lock On n°
8, Gulf Air War Debrief and Detail & Scale vol. 1. Of course the internet
and the following newsgroups: alt.binaries.models.scale, rec.models.scale and
rec.aviation.military
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A key factor in the
successful outcome of any conflict is good intelligence. Long in the tooth but
still effective, the sharkmouthed RF-4C Phantoms from the Birmingham based
Alabama Air National Guard made sure the allied forces were well served in this
area. Stationed at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain (aka Shaky Pizza) the 18
aircraft from the 106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron were the only LOROP
(Long Range Oblique Photography) aircraft in the theatre. By the time Desert
Shield turned into Desert Storm, the Alabama crews were already replaced by
guardsmen from Reno, Nevada. During Operation Desert Storm the RF-4Cs carried
out daytime only tactical reconnaissance, including searching for facilities
associated with mobile Scud missile launchers.
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I built this kit over a period of
five months, starting the project early December 2002 and ending it at the end
of April 2003. During this time span there were several weeks of inactivity
when I had more urgent matters to attend to!
You'll find more models on my website:
Plastic
Wings
Steven
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