Changing of the guard – 1/72 Luftwaffe F-4F Phantom II and Eurofighter

by Thomas Neuss

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My idea was to create a display with the "old and new" QRA-Birds from the Luftwaffe: the F-4F Phantom II and the Eurofighter.  And it should be a flying display, not showing the birds on the runway, so I looked around for ideas of displaying flying jet aircraft and came to acrylic rods – very simple and good looking, I think. 

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The kits are the Hasegawa F-4F Phantom II and Revell Eurofighter, with some extras for seats, aircrew and weapons. Building was no problem and even the decals where taken from the kits, as both have Jagdgeschwader 74 decals on the sheet.

 

 

While building the kits I managed to find the patches needed for the display, there is the old JG 74 Mölders patch, the Phantom Phlyout patch and the Eurofighter Zapata patch, all in all it makes a nice display, I think.

 

Hope, you like it,

Thomas

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Photos and text © by Thomas Neuss