Next bunch, the
world favourite aircraft. So good people have been known to steal its name for
use on geeky internet forums.
The Phantom. First
shot 2 1/72 phantoms 1 Hasegawa 1 Revell. The Hasegawa got fox one decals, the
revel (dropped flaps) got a really old superscale sheet. Next the big boy, 1/32
Tamiya Phantom also with VMFA-333 decals.
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Shot 4 is once again
the CVW-8 badge. The rest are all 1/72 Hasegawa or Fujimi phantoms. VF-74 with
eagle strike decals and its cruise partner on the USS America VMFA-333.
Below VF-142 and 143 after they
switched from CVW-9 to CVW-8 just before they switched to Tomcats around 1975 or
1976. The VF-142 decals were by Eagle strike while the VF-143 are a combination
of scraps. Some markings from Tomcats and others from here there and everywhere.
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The last one was one of
the weirdest combinations. VF-74s partner (333) was busy and no other phantom
squadrons were ready for a med cruise. It was the height of the Viet Nam war, so
the powers that be told the RAG, VF-101 to form a det and go to sea. The only
time a RAG squadron has done a full deployment in a long long time. CVW-8 would
later have a weird combination in the early 2000's when VFA-201 would deploy its
Hornets (see part 2) as the first reserve squadron to deploy in decades.
The last shot is how these guys
are displayed.
Shawn
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