Reviews : Academy F4E Phantom II Fighter

I was looking to build a smaller aircraft to use as a desk model. Fortunately this model seemed to fit the bill as I love the phantom and the price was reasonable. Overall the quality is good. The cockpit canopy has some minor fit issues and the decals may require aftermarket adhesive, but those are the only two things that I could find wrong. Since it is 144 times smaller than the real thing you won't be getting all the detail of a larger model but for the price tag it is hard to beat. Assembly time was very quick with most being able to complete the actual build in a little over an hour. Painting and decal application will add about two hours time if you do a good job. This would be a good kit for someone who is wanting to get into modeling and is looking for a good kit for practice.

For the price this kit is fairly okay. It's nowhere near as detailed as other 1/144 kits such as the ones by Eduard because there's only a few reccessed panel lines and the shape is close enough. The build was simple and I only ran into problems with the landing gear because it was so fiddly. So If you want a basic F4 for a good price, this kit fits the bill.

easy build it took only about an hour to do them first time building jets. probably buy more also have two mig 23 floggers to assemble .

Fun kits that only take a long weekend. Not a ton of details, but that's expected at this scale.

This kit goes together well and made of thin plastic - Graeme