Small Scale Military Headquarters

Here are Badcat and Flyingmule photos of Hobby Master's upcoming 1/72 Steve Ritchie F-4D Phantom II and a photo of the real thing. Notice Hobby Master's model lacks the clear canopy section between the two pilots' canopies and other differences.

No, those are preproduction model pics.. The real model has the windows.

http://www.themodelhangar.com/forum/hob ... -pics.html

The 5 MiG-21 kill stars aren't properly aligned compared to the real F-4D in the photo.

dragon53 wrote:The 5 MiG-21 kill stars aren't properly aligned compared to the real F-4D in the photo.

The "real" F4-D in the pic isn't Ritchies, its a replica.

Here is the real deal:

My apologies to Hobby Master. It appears that 21st's 1/18 Ritchie F-4D won't be released, so Hobby Master's is an alternative.

Badcat has sold out its pre-order of the Ritchie F-4D, "This F-4 vanished almost immediately from the manufacturer's order forms as "brisk sales" would be a dramatic understatement."

If there was an 1/18 or 1/32 PLASTIC Ritchie F-4D, I assume the sales results would be similar.

Agreed. This is easily one of the most recognizable Phantoms EVER. I just wish we could finally see the day where we could hold in our hands that monster piece of plastic in 1:18...

Hey, don't worry. 21st Century will come out with an 18th scale F-4 Phantom. I bet you 89 dollars they will.