(SEE NOTES BELOW FOR THE 1/32 BLUE ANGELS & BRITISH PHANTOM SETS AND THE 1/48 PHANTOM SETS)
1/32 Sets
YHD32007 F-4J Showtime 100. CORRECT MARKINGS for the aircraft in which Cunningham and Driscoll became the US Navy’s first aces of the Vietnam War. Why did we make decals for a scheme that was included in the Tamiya box? Accuracy, of course! The Tamiya decals, apart from their pedestrial printing quality, have some outright artwork mistakes in addition to being a mix of markings from different cruises; also they do not incorporate the differences between the “early” phase of the 1972 deployment and the last half of the cruise during which Cunningham & Driscoll got their famous MiG kill.
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YHD32002 F-4J VF-84 Jolly Rogers. FINAL FIVE SETS AVAILABLE–AFTER THAT COMPLETELY OUT OF PRINT! This set contains accurate markings for a Jolly Rogers “J” model with the all-black fin and rudder. The black “pirate flag” used on their F-4Bs was not seen on their later jets.
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YHD32001 Blue Angels Phantom. F-4J Phantom II Blue Angels 1969 season DOUBLE SHEET. This is the only Blue Angels F-4J decal set to get the proper yellow color for the markings (which may look strange on the decal sheet but correct on the painted model).This sheet and the color testing was researched by the inimitable Hal Tippens.
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YHD32005 F-4J (UK) 74 Sq RAF, 1988 NATO Tiger Meet Scheme. MULTIPLE SHEET SET. Love this jet (a standard USN F-4J leased to the RAF) . . . some of the most INept artwork ever applied to a military aircraft (let alone a “special” scheme) resulted in one of the most eye-catching Phantoms ever! I mean no offense to the artist (and after all, they designed and painted the artwork overnight at the last minute), but the tiger nose art looks like it was done by a none-too-talented nine year old! In spite of the technical “deficiencies” of the nose art, it looks very cool, and it is impossible to miss this jet even in a large collection of models. The tiger artwork was different on each side, and we of course captured those differences. Our decal set provides full crew names, serial numbers, and code letters (T, I, G, E, R, S, Q, N) for every F-4J 74 Sq flew at that time. Alternate markings allow you to build the early “gray tail” (“grey tail” for you Brits :)) scheme as well as the later standard “black tail” scheme without the Tiger Meet markings. Only 21 sets still available.
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1/48
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT 1/48 PHANTOM DECAL SETS:
(The sets listed below are the only Phantom decal sets I have left in 1/48; any not shown here are completely sold out)
CED48004 Israeli Kurnasses. FINAL 3 REMAINING–NO MORE AFTER THIS! Research and artwork by Raanan Weiss, of IsraDecals! This HUGE double sheet set allows you to model almost any Israeli F-4E, F-4E(S), or RF-4E! This set also has a very detailed instruction sheet set.
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YHD48014 F-4J (UK) 74 Sq RAF, 1988 NATO Tiger Meet Scheme. Love this jet (a standard USN F-4J leased to the RAF) . . . some of the most INept artwork ever applied to a military aircraft (let alone a “special” scheme) resulted in one of the most eye-catching Phantoms ever! I mean no offense to the artist (and after all, they designed and painted the artwork overnight at the last minute), but the tiger nose art looks like it was done by a none-too-talented nine year old! In spite of the technical “deficiencies” of the nose art, it looks very cool, and it is impossible to miss this jet even in a large collection of models. Our decal set provides full crew names, serial numbers, and code letters (T, I, G, E, R, S, Q, N) for every jet 74 Sq flew at that time. Alternate markings allow you to build the early “gray tail” (“grey tail” for you Brits :)) scheme as well as the later standard “black tail” scheme without the Tiger Meet markings.
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YHD48015 F-4J Showtime 100 of VF-96. CORRECT MARKINGS for the aircraft in which Cunningham and Driscoll became the US Navy’s first aces of the Vietnam War. Why did we do decals for a scheme that has been done so many times by model companies as well as other aftermarket decal companies? Historical accuracy, of course. Kit decals, apart from their usually pedestrian printing quality, tend to have various artwork mistakes in addition to being a mix of markings from different cruises, nor have they incorporated the differences between the “early” phase of the 1972 deployment and the last half of the cruise during which Cunningham & Driscoll got their famous MiG kill.
Only 26 sets still available.
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YHD48017 F-4J of VFMA-235 “Death Angels.” In their original scheme, the squadron carried only a red radome and red/white star swoosh on the fin. The “Death Angel” insignia was added to the rudder soon after the white stars were added to the radome. It is purported the squadron flew combat missions from Da Nang in this scheme, although we were only able to find photos of this scheme taken at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. In keeping with fighter pilot traditions, the squadron called themselves the “Death Angels” while the rest of the Marine Corps fighter squadrons called them the “Dead Angels!”
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YHD48018 Ferris & Bunny F-4Js . . . and now for something completely different! This set features the amazing experimental “splinter” scheme designed by Keith Ferris for the Navy’s Phantoms and tested on VF-194 “Red Lightnings” birds in 1996. Navy pilots reported the scheme was actually easier to see than the TPS scheme then in use so this camouflage was not adopted. The second bird is one of the famous “Black Bunny” Phantoms (BuNo 153783) flown by the VX-4 “Evaluators.” This is the first time all correct markings for Modex 1 have been included on a decal sheet.
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YHD72002 F-4J Showtime 100 of VF-96. F-4J Showtime 100 of VF-96; the first time fully accurate markings for this bird have been available in decal form.
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YHD72003 Famous Phantoms. The first is a F-4J of VF-84 Jolly Rogers. This set contains accurate markings for a Jolly Rogers “J” model with the all-black fin and rudder. The black “pirate flag” used on their F-4Bs was not seen on their later jets. The second is of the famous F-4J “Black Bunny” of VX-4 “Evaluators.” Note that this scheme represents 3783 (not 5539, which was also a “Black Bunny”) and includes the oft-omitted gold-trimmed blue swoosh on the spine and wingtips.