AIR493 - Airfix 1/72 Phantom - WWHP111601

AIR493 - Airfix 1/72 Phantom - WWHP111601

Preowned, Resealed, Mint

The McDonnell F-4 Phantom II was the dominant Western multi-role combat aircraft of the 1960s and 1970s, serving with the US Navy, US Air Force, and numerous allied air arms. Originally designed as a fleet defence interceptor, it was adapted for air superiority, ground attack, and reconnaissance missions and saw extensive combat over Vietnam. Israel acquired the F-4E from 1969, deploying it with distinction in the War of Attrition and the 1973 Yom Kippur War in the distinctive three-tone desert camouflage scheme shown on this box. The Airfix Phantom tooling dates to 1967 and was reboxed across multiple markings variants throughout the 1970s and 1980s; Pattern No. 493 is the Israeli-scheme boxing.

Box Contents:

• Injection-moulded plastic sprues
• Clear sprue (canopy)
• Underwing weapons and fuel tank options
• Waterslide decal sheet — 5 marking options:
  • Israeli Air Force F-4E (desert camouflage — box art scheme)
  • USN F-4B
  • USN F-4J
  • USAF F-4C
  • USAF F-4D
• Instruction sheet

Series 4 | Vintage tooling (1967). Paint and cement required, not included.