dmk0210 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I was just looking around for decals for my Monogram F-4J. I see a lot of Vietnam War F-4B decal sheets and tons of USAF F-4C-D-E sheets, but not a lot for the Yankee Station Navy F-4Js. Nearly, all the F-4J sheets I see are post war. There are a lot of kits out there in 1/48. Academy, Italeri, Monogram, Hasegawa made probably dozens of boxings. So how about a sheet for Vietnam Era F-4J Mig Killers? Just throwing it it out there. 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spruemeister Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) nevermind Edited September 4, 2020 by Spruemeister fix Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quixote74 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Seems to me these are among the most common Phantoms covered by kit decals, but that doesn't necessarily preclude need/demand - Academy, Hasegawa, et al, are notorious for poor quality decals (or hard to find limited edition Cartograf boxings). Assuming this was done for 1/72, I'd love to see VF-31's MiG killer included. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juanchopancho Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Yeah sign me up for F-4J MiG killers! The last time anyone tried to do something like this would probably be Fox One Decals 20 years ago.... Not posting Cunningham because they've been done to death. Artwork by Mark Styling https://www.aviationillustration.com See: No images for NG 106 buno157769? Shot down 2 MiG-17s 10 May 1972 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan buysse Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Hi, Oh, yes! I would love some modern well-made F-4J Mig-killer decals. Pretty soon, it'll be the 50th anniversary of a lot of these kills. Cheers, Stefan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarcB Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 On 9/4/2020 at 6:00 PM, dmk0210 said: So how about a sheet for Vietnam Era F-4J Mig Killers? Just throwing it it out there. 🙂 Not only Mig-Killers..what about more mundane line birds from all these colourful squandrons ? I mean Superscale,/Aeromaster/CAM sheets are difficult to find, or expensive, or old, so there is not a lot to choose if one wants to build a non-low viz Juliet. And lets not forget the USMC squadrons... MB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
polar bear Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1+ for one and only Marines MiG killer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmk0210 Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 2 hours ago, polar bear said: 1+ for one and only Marines MiG killer. TIL. I had to look that up. 9/11/72 Maj. Lee T. Lasseter and Capt. John D. Cummings of VMF-333, flying F-4J BuNo 155526, Shamrock 201. They launched off the USS America CVA-66 for a MigCAP mission. They shot down one Mig-21 with an AIM-9G and damaged another. They sustained damage from an SA-2 and were forced to eject. A second Phantom was also lost due to running out of fuel. All four crew members were rescued. Source: "Mig Killers. A chronology of U.S. Air Victories in Vietnam 1965-1973" Donald J. McCarthy Jr. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmk0210 Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) On 9/7/2020 at 6:34 AM, MarcB said: Not only Mig-Killers..what about more mundane line birds from all these colourful squandrons ? I mean Superscale,/Aeromaster/CAM sheets are difficult to find, or expensive, or old, so there is not a lot to choose if one wants to build a non-low viz Juliet. And lets not forget the USMC squadrons... MB Nearly all the jet mig killers (Phantoms, Eagles, etc) were mundane "line birds" when they got their kills. They only became Wing Kings and CAG birds much later in life due to those victory stars on their sides. That's the beauty of the war time schemes for these birds. They were war hawks driven by eager young Ens, LTs and Capts, not big brass show birds. Edited September 8, 2020 by dmk0210 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juanchopancho Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, dmk0210 said: Source: "Mig Killers. A chronology of U.S. Air Victories in Vietnam 1965-1973" Donald J. McCarthy Jr. forgot I have this book. Looks like it has photos for NG 106 BuNo 155769 Edited September 8, 2020 by juanchopancho Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quixote74 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 On 9/8/2020 at 2:11 PM, dmk0210 said: Nearly all the jet mig killers (Phantoms, Eagles, etc) were mundane "line birds" when they got their kills. They only became Wing Kings and CAG birds much later in life due to those victory stars on their sides. That's the beauty of the war time schemes for these birds. They were war hawks driven by eager young Ens, LTs and Capts, not big brass show birds. That's one of the funny things about Showtime 100 - Cunningham & Driscoll, both LTs at the time, made ace on the 10 May 1972 mission, but lost the CAG's Phantom in the process! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Quixote74 said: That's one of the funny things about Showtime 100 - Cunningham & Driscoll, both LTs at the time, made ace on the 10 May 1972 mission, but lost the CAG's Phantom in the process! Of course, unlike many other CAG jets, Showtime 100 wasn't all that differently marked than the regular squadron jets. Just the addition of the bee and the six colored stars on the fuselage sides. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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