• 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 provided.
• Canopy can be displayed open or closed.
• Pilot figures included.
• Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic.
• Highly collectable.

One of the most famous and easily recognized fighter aircraft of the post-WWII era was the
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II. This aircraft was developed as a private venture by the aircraft
company but was soon ordered by the USN as a carrier-based attack aircraft. Its first flight took
place on May 27, 1958 and it entered active service in December 1960. It wasn’t long after the
F-4B appeared that a fly-off was set up with USAF front-line fighters. It was no contest, the F-4
performed so well that the USAF ordered their own variant, the F-4C. As time went on, the F-4
evolved into well over a dozen variants.



The VF-84 operated between 1955 until 1995.  The unit nickname was the “Jolly Rogers” and
between 1970 and 1975 was assigned to CVA-42 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt of CVW-6 for 4
deployments. The USS FDR was originally launched as the USS Coral Sea. The final
deployment of the F-4 on the USS FDR took place between January 3, 1975 and July 16,
1975. VF-84 flew several variants of the F-4 Phantom II between 1964 and 1976 when they
were replaced by the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. VF-84 received their F-4N’s in 1975. F-4N
150438 was sent to MASDC as 8F0112 on August 19, 1982.