Length: 10.5"
Width: 6.25"
True 1/72 scale
Professionally painted
Great attention to detail
All markings are Tampoed (pad applied)
Option to display the model on a stand that is provided
Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions
Canopies can be displayed open or closed
Crew figures
Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic
Highly collectable
One of the most famous and easily recognized fighter aircraft of the post-WWII era was the
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II. This aircraft was developed as a private venture by the aircraft
company but was soon ordered by the USN as a carrier-based attack aircraft. Its first flight took
place on May 27, 1958 and it entered active service in December 1960. It wasn’t long after the
F-4B appeared that a fly-off was set up with USAF front-line fighters. It was no contest, the F-4
performed so well that the USAF ordered their own variant, the F-4C. As time went on, the F-4
evolved into well over a dozen variants.
There have been 5 USN Aviation squadrons to either use the designation VF-84 or use the
name and insignia of the Jolly Roger. It all began back on January 1 1943 with the creation of
VF-17. In 1959 with the disestablishment of VF-61 that wore the skull and cross bones at that
time the name and insignia was moved to VF-84 under Roger Hedrick. VF-84 was flying the
F8U-2 Crusader at that time before transitioning to the F-4B in 1964. In 1965 VF-84 deployed
aboard the USS Independence in the Gulf of Tonkin where they flew 1,507 combat sorties over
2,200 flight hours. VF-84 flew variants of the F-4 until 1976 when they left the Phantom II for the
F-14 Tomcat. VF-84 was disestablished on October 1, 1995, but VF-103 Sluggers adopted the
name and insignia of the Jolly Rogers.