Red Phantom

[zenrat]

The premise of this one was what if this scheme...

...had been painted over a red base rather than blue.
The Red Phantom 1 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
The kit is an older 1/72 Hasegawa F-4EJ.  It was cheap and crude.  I wouldn't build another using that kit.
The Red Phantom 6 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Its the first time i've put on this level of decals and it seemed to take forever.  I think the result is worth it although a few of them don'r seem to be where I thought I left them so don't look too closely.
The Red Phantom 9 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
The Red Phantom 3 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[DogfighterZen]

Flashy as it's supposed to be! The markings look very good over the red, looks fiery! 

[Dizzyfugu]

Sexy!  But I can understand your decal trauma - Japanese F-4s have minute stencils everywhere, and applying the large decoration was surely not easy, either. 

[NARSES2]

Oh that really works 

[su27rules]

 

[Captain Canada]

It sure does ! Great job on that finish. A real head turner that. Love all the stencilling !

[PR19_Kit]

AWE inspiring Fred! 

Very well done.

[Tophe]

That would be a proper aircraft for Santa Claus...

[zenrat]

Thanks folks.  I can't fault the quality of the decal sheet.  I think it said it was for a Hasegawa Kai but as it didn't fit well in places I suspect it was for the later version.

[Old Wombat]

That ... looks ... BRILLIANT!!!!!