Academy 12232 1/48 F-4B "VF-111 Sundowners" Phantom II MCP

Entering service with the US Military in 1960, the F-4 Phantom II began as a fleet defense fighter for the USN. In 1963, the aircraft was adopted as the USAF’s lead fighter. It was a Cold War icon that broke fifteen world records and held onto five of them until 1975. The aircraft was produced from 1960-1981, with 5,195 built and operating in eleven other countries. This 1/48 scale model from Academy depicts the McDonnell Douglas F-4B, number 200 as it appeared with the “Sundowners” in the 1970s. The VF-111 “Sundowners” acquired their F-4B aircraft in 1971, and that fall, they were deployed to the Gulf of Tonkin on the USS Coral Sea for 148 days. The USAF acquired twenty-nine aircraft on loan before making the Phantom II their primary fighter, and the aircraft tails and fuselage were given USAF numbers. The fully assembled 1/48 scale model is 35.5cm long and is 10.4cm tall.

Features

• Highly detailed:
  • Interior and cockpit
  • Positionable canopies, speed brakes, rudder, and air refueling probe
  • Landing gear and compartment
  • Molded and folded outer wing panels
  • Afterburner chambers with/ turbine faces

Includes

• Plastic and transparent parts
• 14 sprues with more than 460 multi-color parts
• Three crew figures
• Optional boarding ladder
• Decal sheets
• Air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons include:
  • AIM-9B Sidewinder (x 4)
  • AIM-7D/E Sparrow (x4)
  • Mk.82 Slicks (x12)
  • 370-gallon wing tank (x2)
  • 600-gallon centerline tank
  • Triple ejector racks (TER) (x2)
  • Multiple ejector rack (MER) (x2)
• Detailed manual