Description

The kit is molded in Multi-Colored Plastic (MCP) as indicated on the box. The intent was to mold the kit with enough color separation as to allow the younger or less-experienced modeler build this kit without painting and have a reasonable Navy color scheme. Of course many modelers will prime the airframe and repaint accordingly.The kit is molded in gray styrene and presented on three parts trees, in white styrene and presented on eight parts trees (two duplicate weapons trees are not shown), in black styrene and presented on three parts trees plus two separate parts, and one tree in clear styrene. In all, there are 15 parts trees in this box (plus the two separate black parts).

Among the kit’s features and options:

Fuselage is molded in one part, just like the Tamiya 1/32 kits
Kit is modular hinting at multiple variants, more on this later
Cockpit is nicely detailed
Rear cockpit has correct starboard sidewall
Nice Martin Baker ejection seats
Optional seated crew figures
Optional boarding ladder
Positionable canopies
Nicely detailed main gear wells
Main wheels and tires molded separately for ease of painting
Positionable rudder
Positionable speed brakes
Outer wing panels molded separately and can be folded (wing hinges not included)
Intakes have ducts to the compressor faces
Nice afterburner chambers with turbine faces
Positionable air refueling probe
External stores included for this version:

4 x AIM-9B Sidewinder
4 x AIM-7D/E Sparrow
12 x Mk.82 Slicks
2 x 370 gallon wing tanks
1 x 600 gallon centerline tank
2 x triple ejector racks (TER)
2 x multiple ejector rack (MER)
It would have been nice to have the options needed to pose the model as depicted in the box art which would mean positionable leading and trailing edge flaps as well as the extended nose gear strut option. After all, the afterburner nozzles are already set for maximum power.

This kit provides markings for one example:

F-4B, 15100, VF-111, NL/200, USS Coral Sea, 1975, CAG aircraft