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AUGUST 2015
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VOLUME 37
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ISSUE 06
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P H A N TO M
F  4 J  U K 
Academy’s 1/48 Phantom
F-4J as a F-4J(UK)
By
Bill Clark
ZE355/ S RAF 74 Squadron, Wattisham, 1989
an it really be over thirty years ago that
the RAF took delivery of their nearly new
McDonnell Douglas Phantom F-4Js? Time
certainly does fly, and as if to celebrate this
Academy have issued a superb 1/48 tooling,
which just begs to be built as an RAF F-4J(UK).
A lot of Klear, Xtracrylic paint and MEK has
flowed under my proverbial modelling bridge in
those three decades. I had previously attempted
an F-4J(UK) in 1/48 with Hasegawa’s lovely
Showtime 100 kit as the basis, using a resin set
by KMC to enhance the cockpit. This time I
decided to utilise some photoetch from Eduard
to augment the otherwise rather good cockpit in
the kit and to chuck in a pair of Aires Quickboost
resin seats. Further resin was included in the
form of a Hypersonic canopy set.
C
turquoise colour description in Patrick Martin’s
British Phantom Book, which is highly
recommended by the way. Whatever the colour I
don’t think it would have looked out of place on
the underside of a Battle of Britain era Hurricane.
Some aircraft also appear to have had their inner
wings painted in this shade, although they
should have really been in Neutral Gray, the
nearest US equivalent to Medium Sea Grey.
Another noteworthy feature was that the
paintwork was rather glossy, certainly when the
aircraft first arrived and compared to the
standard matt RAF grey schemes. Photos show
that this colour faded dramatically to a very
patchy pale shade of blue, with different shaded
panels added giving a patchwork effect.
Whatever the reasons for this colour being
applied, the problem was how to replicate it in
model form.
For my previous attempt I used Xtracolor Flint
Grey mixed with a shade of Xtracolor Pale Blue,
which I thought gave a reasonable rendition of
the grey coat used. However nowadays I tend to
use only acrylic paint, so I had to come up with a
water based solution.
Of course I had the option of modelling my
aircraft as one of the few repainted machines.
Sources suggest just three were totally repainted
in the standard three tone grey RAF scheme.
These are identifiable not only by them being a
lot ‘greyer’ but by also by having the correct style
of serial font and also having the ejection seat
Kit No:
12305
Scale:
1:48
Manufacturer:
Academy
UK Importer:
Pocketbond
US Importer:
MRC
Colour Conundrum
Upon delivery it was apparent that these
aircraft were different from the existing RAF
Spey powered Phantoms in more than just
shape, they were also a different colour. The grey
appeared to have a blueish green tint to it, some
aircraft more so than others. There has been
much conjecture over the years as to why this
was. Popular opinion suggests that the Flint
Gray, the US equivalent of the UK’s Barley Grey,
was applied thinly over a yellow zinc chromate
primer, or that the topcoat of grey reacted with
the primer. Some have described the colour as
duck egg blue or duck egg green, but I prefer the
Academy’s kit comes in three shades, very reminiscent of a 1970s
Matchbox kit
Eduard’s set FE319 added some detail to the cockpit
Once the cockpit has been completed this can be added to the
nose wheel bay and lower nose section
Academy provide separate wheel well bays and speed brake
inners
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W W W.
S C A L E
A I R C R A F T
M O D E L L I N G
. CO. U K
P H A N TO M
F  4 J  U K 
Once the main planes are on, construction certainly speeds up
It seems that all Phantom kits suffer from issues with the intake
fit, and Academy’s kit is no exception
seems to be slightly different in composition to
the grey and the white and I found that I needed
some extra cement on these parts.
Cockpit detail provided is very acceptable,
and whereas I normally prefer to install a resin
cockpit, this time I opted for an Eduard pre
coloured photoetch set and a couple of Aires
Quickboost seats. The plastic cockpit was
sprayed in a medium grey and the pre coloured
photoetch panels applied, after which additional
plumbing using thin lead or copper wire was
glued into pre drilled holes to help clutter the
cockpit up a bit. I used a small reflective lens
from a cheap costume jewellery set from
Hobbycraft as the basis of the reflector in the
cockpit. I also used one of these to bejazzle the
nose gear door, to represent the landing light. I’d
certainly recommend a search along the non
modelling aisles of these general hobby shops
as they do offer a host of options for us model
makers
One slightly disappointing feature of this kit is
the lack of side wall detail in the cockpits. It is
true that you can’t see an awful lot with the seats
in, but it would have been nice to have
something there. Of course the individual
modeller can add detail to taste, but I decided
against spending too much time detailing this
area.
The completed cockpit fits on top of the
Academy’s multicolour approach is much in evidence here
warning triangles in red. The original delivery
scheme had these in a lighter grey.
But where’s the fun in that, and when else
would I have a chance to paint something with a
turquoise tint? So studying as many colour
photos as I could and trying to remember the
colour I saw all those years ago at various air
shows, I came up with a grey to aim at and that’s
what I’ve attempted to reproduce here. In reality
and with hindsight I probably could have gone a
bit bluer, but I think my mix reflects the average
colour scheme found on some of these jets.
inverted wheel well, which in turn fits on to the
fuselage nose lower section. This complete
forward section fits snugly onto the lower main
plane.
The lower main plane needs the wheel wells
to be installed. The instructions would have you
adding the main undercarriage legs at this point.
However I was worried that these may break off
so I left them off until later. This meant that the
locating arms had to be cut off, but this was a
better option in my opinion.
With the wheel well bays in place the lower
main plane can be added to the fuselage. This
can then be added to the kit’s lower wings.
Remember to open up the relevant pylon
attachment points before adding the upper
wing sections.
Academy’s kit
Academy’s Phantom’s have been around for a
short while. The first issue was the F4B/N, and the
F4J that follows naturally shares some common
parts. This kit does away with split fuselage
halves so long associated with most kits, and
features a whole upper fuselage, and those
modellers familiar with Tamiya’s 1/32 Phantoms
will know what a bonus this is. This kit is
moulded to perfection and for those of us young
enough to recall those halcyon days of
Matchbox kits coming in two or three colours
this does too!
Now whereas this may therefore provide
some of us with a welcome trip down nostalgia
alley, it is also a bit of a problem. The black plastic
The Fuselage
Construction really can move on swiftly. The
upper fuselage slips nicely over the lower
section and literally clicks into place. I ran Tamiya
Extra Thin Cement along the joins to join them
together.
The intakes are not quite seamless but
Academy does offer full length internal trunking.
I believe that this is a first in this scale so well
done. This is already supplied in the requisite
white, though a quick spray of white primer will
I used Humbrol Grey Acrylic primer. This helps highlight any
issues with the fit and helps the paint to adhere better
You can see here the lower wing strengthening strip that I added
earlier in the build
A wash of Phil Flory Dark Dirt was applied to highlight and pre
wash the panel lines and to avoid the overall monotone effect of
the grey
For some reason this kit has rows of deep rivets engraved on the
tail fin. Now I can’t say for certain if these are accurate, but photos
I’ve seen don't seem to show them quite like this, so these were
filled with Mr Surfacer and rubbed down. You can also see here the
excellent brass pitot from Master’s set AM-48-049
Hypersonic's resin and photoetch set is well worth the
investment
I used Quickboost resin seats on my Phantom, though those
provided in the kit look pretty good
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VOLUME 37
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ISSUE 06
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