• True 1/72 scale
  
  Professionally painted
  
  Great attention to detail
  
  All markings are Tampoed
  (pad applied)
  
  Option to display the model on
  a stand that is provided
  
  Model can be shown with the
  landing gear in the down or up
  positions
  
  Loads of optional armament
  has been provided
  
  Canopy can be displayed
  open or closed
  
  Crew figures
  
  Extremely heavy metal with a
  minimum of plastic
  
  Highly collectable

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a two-seat, supersonic long-range all-weather fighter-
bomber. The aircraft was designed as a USN Fleet defense aircraft and entered service in 1961. The F-
4 soon became one of the few aircraft to be utilized by the USN, USAF and USMC. The Phantom could
carry a varied payload and armament so it was well suited to do just about any job. Because of its large
nose and ruggedness the F-4 earned the nickname “Rhino”, along with others that were less flattering.
The F-4 went on to serve in no less than 11 other countries. Production ended in 1979 with 5,201
aircraft manufactured in 14 different versions.

The West German Government decided to buy the F-4F to replace their F-104s. The “F” version was
basically an “E” with major components made in Germany. Between September 1973 and April 1976
175 F4Fs were delivered. Some aircraft went to equip Hunting Squadron “JG 74” MÖLDERS. Carrying
on a tradition of honoring their war heroes, in 1973 the JG 74 Squadron received the name
“MÖLDERS”. MÖLDERS was a WWII Ace with 101 victories when in November 1941 he died in a
plane crash while a passenger on a He-111. In 2005 the German Defense Ministry decided that since
MÖLDERS had been in the Condor Legion that took part in bombing of a Spanish town during the
Spanish Civil War that he didn’t deserve to be honored and his name would no longer be associated
with JG 74.