Sheet:

Detail and Scale 0248: F-4D Phantom II

Units: See review

Price

1981 sheet. Out of Production

Reviewer:

Scott Van Aken

If you read the earlier Detail and Scale  Phantom sheet, you know that D&S not only did cool schemes, but has excellent instruction sheets. This one is no different and contains markings for three Wing Commander F-4Ds. The aircraft are all from the 1980/81 time period and are in the standard Southeast Asia (SEA) scheme of  two greens and a tan upper with light grey undersides. 

The three aircraft are:

56 TFW F-4D from 1978. As with the other aircraft, the colors are in the fin stripe and the wing number is part of the aircraft serial, in this case 65-0756 for 56 TFW. As you can see from the image below, it is still a pretty colorful plane.

Next is the 49 TFW bird, 64-0949, a very early F-4D. I have lots of photos of this one in ANG markings, but not in 49 TFW colors. Tail code is HO.

The final plane from the 31st TFW, 65-0731, is similarly marked, but in this case has black ZF tail codes and has a broad stripe on the upper fuselage to add to the colors.

If you ever manage to find any of the D&S sheets, I'd recommend picking them up as they have some very interesting F-4s in them.

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