by Tommy H. Thomason

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

McDonnell F4H-1 #1 Conversion

John Rieley's conversion of the Fujimi 1/72  RF-4B:
 Photo by John Rieley

For a summary build article, see http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234982036-prototype-phantom-xf4u-1-172/

For my original post on the first 47 Phantom IIs, see http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2009/11/early-phantom-iis.html

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

FJ Fury Canopy Design

For more information on the changes to the windscreen and sliding canopy between the F-86 and the production FJ-2/3, see http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2015/05/carrier-landings-visibility-over-nose.html

Tuesday, May 5, 2015