1/32 Revell F4E/ Israeli Air Force

"Sabretooth #187" 

by Ed Okun

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This is the 1/32nd scale model of the F4E Phantom by Revell.  I have finished it in the markings of the Israeli airforce circa early 1970s.  Photos of this plane were taken at a number of Israeli airshows in the early 1970s and it participated as a combatant in the 1973 Yom Kippur war.  It is marked with a "69" squadron insignia.  This was plane was not a MiG killer, and was damaged by Syrian AAA during the early days of the war on the Golan Heights.

The model was built nearly OOB.  Cockpit was definitely improved by a pair of resin "Martin Baker" seats.  The markings on the forward fuselage were masked and sprayed.  The sabreteeth scheme was a "one-off" and never used in full squadron service. 

Ed

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Photos and text © by Ed Okun