• 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.



VF-41 the “Black Aces” received F-4B Phantom II for the first time in February 1962. During the
Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 the VF-41 F-4B’s were transferred to NAS Key West
Florida.  In January 1970 the “Black Aces” were assigned to the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt had several nicknames such as “Swanky Franky”, “Foo-De-Roo” and the most
popular was “Rosie”. In 1973 the USS FDR and VF-41 deployed to take part in a major
peacekeeping action during the Yom Kippur War. In 1975 VF-41 was one of the squadrons to
switch to the F-4N and that same year made their last deployment with the F-4 aboard the
USS Roosevelt.