Subject: Re: F4-J VF-102
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Sharon & Angelo" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:13:22 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

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  From: Sharon & Angelo 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 4:16 AM
  Subject: F4-J VF-102

    
  "1/48th Phantom F-4J VF-102" 

  by "Angelo M Picardo"
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  One of the first models I built, oh so many years ago, was Revell's 1/72nd F-4B. 

  The box art showed two F-4s in VF-102 "Diamond Backs" Markings and that was enough for me to part with my pocket money.

  Ever since then, I have promised myself that I would build another F-4 in Diamond Backs markings, as I have had a soft spot for those markings, and the F-4. 

  The opportunity recently arose and here is the result.

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  The kit is a Hasegawa F-4J, with an excellent resin and photo etched cockpit from Aires, who also provided the exhaust cans, and seemless intakes come from Cutting Edge.

  The Cutting Edge intakes are moulded integraly with the intake shrouds which feature raised panel lines opposed to the kit's engraved ones so, I decided to cut away the resin intakes and fit them to the kit's shrouds.

  It was a fiddly job, but it was worth it.

  The decals are from Cutting Edge and are excellent.

  This was a trip down memory lane and I enjoyed it thoroughly!

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  Photos and text © by "Angelo M Picardo"