• 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
• Canopies can be displayed open or closed
• Crew figures
• 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.


VMF-323 was commissioned August 1, 1943. In 1964 the squadron became Marine Fighter
Attack Squadron 323 (VMFA-323) transitioning to the F-4B Phantom II. Supposedly VMFA-323
became the “Death Rattlers” when 3 squadron pilots killed a 6 foot rattlesnake and hung its
skin in the squadron’s ready room. VMFA-323 arrived at Da Nang, South Vietnam on December
1, 1965. On October 6, 1966 the “Death Rattlers” transferred to Chu Lai Air Base. In March
1969 the 323 left South Vietnam having flown over 17,000 sorties.