McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1 / FGR.2

When the Royal Air Force sought new close air support capabilities in the 1950s and 1960s, it initially expected both of these roles to be filled by British designs, but rising development costs and government intervention forced it to look overseas for its new aircraft. One of the world's most successful multi-role combat aircraft, the McDonnell-Douglas Phantom II was selected for both the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.
Although acquired at a time of great uncertainty for the British aviation industry, it proved to be a capable and popular aircraft in British service.
As the RAF already had Phantoms originally intended for the Royal Navy in service at Leuchars Air Base in Fife, the departure of HMS Ark Royal in 1978 meant that it also inherited the rest of the Fleet Air Arm's Phantom fleet.
43 and 111 Squadrons used the Phantom FG.1 to defend British airspace until 1989, when they both converted to the BAe Tornado F.3.

Plastic model kit

• 161 parts
• Length when built 247mm
• Width 162mm
• Height 68.1mm

Decal options:

• McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1, aircraft flown by Wing Commander John Brady and Flight Lieutenant Michael Pugh-Davis, No. 43 (Fighter) Squadron, Cornwall, England - Northern Scotland, 24 February 1988
• McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1, No. 892 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Ark Royal/USS Saratoga, 1978
• McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2, No. 56 Squadron, Royal Air Force Wattisham, Suffolk, East Anglia, England 1991

Scale 1:72

unbuilt / unpainted

Paint and glue not included