F-4E Phantom II

This Hasegawa kit is from 1985. It does make into a good looking F-4, just know it's not going to fall together. This one's going to need some sanding and filling, filling and sanding. The kit comes with 5 sprues molded in beautifully polished gray plastic and 1 clear sprue. The fuselage has nicely molded raised panel lines and rivet detail, however some of this detail gets sanded away with poorly fitting seams. The canopy is a one piece deal, so no option for having it open. Parts have some flash and ejector pin marks. The ordinance options are pretty limtied: 3 fuel drop tanks, 4 sparrows, and 2 generic looking bombs (maybe napalm canisters). There are no sidewinders. Step 5 of the instructions show AIM-4D missles as an option, but no AIM-4D missiles are provided with the kit. There are no decal options for a vietnam era aircraft. Overall a good kit. Fit is just OK, but with a little patience can be made into a nice F-4.

This is a pretty good kit. However the seam along the spine of the aircraft takes quite a bit of sanding to make it disappear. The sides on the fuselage where the intakes glue on leaves a gap that must be filled and sanded if you want to hide it.

This is a good plane but not a great one. The parts fit well but some sanding is needed there is some detale but much. The canopy is only in down setting but with some work the landing gear can be up or down. The inst art good but show some parts that are not in the kit. The decals are good and are easy to use. But the one down side is the lack of arment. The f-4e was a fighter bomber and much could be carred on the plane there only tanks and four missiles. But a good plane for all.