Mike J. Idacavage Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) On December 21, 2016 at Holloman AFB, NM, the Retirement Ceremony and Final Flight of the last F-4 Phantom II aircraft in active duty Air Force inventory was held. Would there be any interest in doing a decal sheet for the markings of the last 4 Phantoms flown by the USAF on that day?This would be a great bokend for the Early Years decal sheets. I was lucky to have attended a PhanCon at Holloman about 8 weeks before the retirement and shot a bunch of photos of what turned out to be the Phinal Phour Phantoms. I have not been able to see any change in the markings from the time I photographed them and the retirement ceremony (not that I expected they would make any changes). I did not know which or how many Phantoms would be in the last flight so it turned out that I have more complete documentation on some of these than others. Here are the last 4 USAF Phantoms to fly: 74-0645-(AF-336) 74-0643-(AF-351) 74-1043-(AF-338) 74-1638-(AF-349) - This was the last Phantom to land A really cool feature for a decal sheet for these last Phantoms is that each QF-4 has a different look so there would be no duplicates in the overall paint schemes. Kursda, I can send you a CD with the photos I took of these four Phantoms to help with the markings. We should also be able to dig up other photos should I be missing a particular detail. Having the markings for the last US Phantoms in 1/72 and 1/48 would be awesome! Maybe a Phantom Phinal Phlight decal sheet later in 2021? 😃 Have fun modeling Mike 🍻 Edited January 9, 2021 by Mike J. Idacavage photo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike J. Idacavage Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 I am aving problems in posting photos as the usual IMGUR route is not working and I get bit with keeping all 4 photos under 100 kB. So here's 74-0643-(AF-351) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike J. Idacavage Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 74-1043-(AF-338) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike J. Idacavage Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 74-1638-(AF-349) - This was the last Phantom to land Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hemspilot Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) QF-4E What about the drone Phantom with the low viz tiger stripes, was it there? Edited January 9, 2021 by hemspilot Added link Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mungo1974 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Really need someone to do a QF-4 conversion set to make the decals worth while. Twobobs did 3 sheets,Jake Melampy drew up artwork for another which hasn't been released yet... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Jake and I shot the last QF-4 launches at Tyndall, I don’t know his plans for a sheet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike J. Idacavage Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 10 hours ago, hemspilot said: QF-4E What about the drone Phantom with the low viz tiger stripes, was it there? Hi hemspilot Looking through my photos, the QF-4E with the low vis tiger stripes was not there when I photographed them. As I believe these were the last of the Phantoms in the USAF inventory, the tiger striped Phantom was already struck off inventory. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hemspilot Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 4:35 AM, Mike J. Idacavage said: Hi hemspilot Looking through my photos, the QF-4E with the low vis tiger stripes was not there when I photographed them. As I believe these were the last of the Phantoms in the USAF inventory, the tiger striped Phantom was already struck off inventory. Mike Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mungo1974 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 1:45 AM, habu2 said: Jake and I shot the last QF-4 launches at Tyndall, I don’t know his plans for a sheet. He put up a image of the sheet maybe 3 years ago now, it covered 6 or 7 of the Heritage scheme jets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike J. Idacavage Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 Thanks Mungo1974. I don't beleive that sheet was ever released by Jake. Besides, there is little to no chance that the sheet would ever be released in 1/72 even if the 1/48 sheet would happen. Have fun modeling! Mike 🍻 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I will definitely do these in later in the year - certainly in the 1/72 scale, and possibly in 1/48 as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike J. Idacavage Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 Outstanding Kursad!!!!!!! 👍🏼 You just made my weekend! Let me know if and when you would like a CD with reference photos and I'll get that in the mail to you. Thanks so much for considering doing these decals!! Yahoo!! Have fun modeling Mike 🍻 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Tyndall AFB, Combat Archer, May 2015 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmel Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) On 1/17/2021 at 11:53 AM, habu2 said: Tyndall AFB, Combat Archer, Ma I'm famous!!! Dude, remember how HOT that day was?? Look at the sweat on my shirt! Edited January 19, 2021 by jmel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I made sure to capture your good side.... lol and that was still morning, before the ground fog burned off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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