FH-1 Phantom "First Us Navy Jet Fighter"
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back in stock!)List price: $29.99You pay: $21.29(All prices in U.S. Dollars)Manufacturer: Special HobbyStock Number: SPH 72332Scale: 1/72View all products of type "FH Phantom" This model kit requires assembly. Cement, paint and other construction materials not included unless specifically stated in the description.
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Model of the very first carrier-based jet fighter aircraft of the US Navy.
Contents of the kit: three grey styrene injection moulded sprues, one clear sprue, photo etches, decal sheet, full colour instruction booklet. Decals for four US Navy machines:
- FH-1 Phantom, R 112 (BuNo 111778) VF-17A, Lt J.L. Fruin, USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt (CVB-42), March 1949.
- FH-1 Phantom, 122 (BuNo unknown), VF-17A, carrier deck suitability tests, USS Saipan, May 1948.
- FH-1 Phantom,101 ( BuNo 111799), VF-17A, Capt. W.N. Leonard , USS Coral Sea (CVB-43), 18 May 1948.
- FH-1 Phantom, 109, (BuNo 111786), VF-17A LCDR R.I. Clinke, USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt (CVB-42), March 1949.