• 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.



Fighter Squadron One Six One VF-161 “Chargers” was formed during WWII. On February 1,
1971 the squadron was assigned to the USS Midway and CVW-5 for the first time. In the
summer of 1977 VF-161 traded their F-4N for the F-4J variant. Once the F-4Ns were replaced
most of them were sent to AMARC including BuNo. 151433 c/n 425. The aircraft originally was
an F-4B and converted to an F-4N and was the CAG aircraft in 1977 when the F-4Ns were
replaced. 151433 was wfu (withdrawn from use) on October 20, 1977 and was stored at
AMARC as AN 8F072 until 1993 when it was finally scrapped.