Academy 12315 1/48 USMC F-4B/N VMFA-531 "Gray Ghosts" Phantom

Entering service with the US Military in 1960, the F-4 Phantom II began as a fleet defense fighter for the USN. In 1963, the aircraft was adopted as the USAF’s lead fighter bomber. It was a Cold War icon with its large size, breaking fifteen world records, holding onto five of those records into 1975. The aircraft was produced from 1960-1981, with 5,195 built and operating in eleven other countries. This model includes over 425 plastic parts to recreate a Phantom II serving with the Gray Ghosts as part of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531 (VMFA-531). 

Features

• highly detailed nterior, cockpit and ejection seat
• Pedals and control sticks
• Instrumental panel
• Engraved panel lines and rivets
• TER (Triple Ejector Rack) and MER (Multiple Ejector Rack) pylons
• Transparent canopy, open or closed

Includes

• Plastic and transparent parts to assemble Phantom II as F-4B or F-4N version
  • 14 sprues with more than 425 parts
• Position optional parts
• Pilot figures
• Three drop tanks
• Arsenal of Air-Air Weapons, including bombs and air-to-air missiles :
  • 12 MK-82
  • AIM-9
  • AIM-7
• Cartographic decals
• Finishing decals for three fighters:
  • F-4N BuNo. 152323 VK/200, VMFA-531 ‘Grey Ghosts’, CAG USS Coral Sea, April 1980
  • F-4B BuNo. 153066 VW-3, Maj. Carl E.R. Black and Bob Schmitt, VMFA-314 ‘Black Knights’, Chu Lai, November 1, 1968
  • F-4B BuNo. 152274 VW-5, Maj. E.C. Paige and D.D. Rodmond, VMFA-314 ‘Black Knights’, Da Nang, March 14, 1966
• Detailed manual