Yellowhammer | 1/32 F-4J VF-84 Decals

Reviewed by Mark Proulx

This is a review of the Yellowhammer Models decal sheet for the colorful F-4Js of VF-84. Printed by Microscale in 1998, this sheet allows the modeller to dress up Tamiya's Navy F-4J with alternative markings.

The 1/32nd scale decal sheet is printed on two sheets with very crisp and sharp definition. The decals are very thin and should supply the modeller with little difficulty upon application. One sheet carries the markings that are common to all US Navy and Marine Phantoms for use in conjunction with some of the other Yellowhammer decal sheets. The next sheet supplies you with the markings that are unique to VF-84.

The skull and crossbones of VF-84 have always been a favorite for the modeller to build. Of course the bones still "live" with the F-14 Tomcats of VF-103. It was with great anticipation that I read about the Yellowhammer sheet and I purchased this and their other F-4 sheets when they were first released.

Of course, with this purchase, I set off on a course of researching the decal sheet. I have been searching the internet and going through the multitude of books that are available for the F-4J looking for the markings of VF-84. I finally discovered a photo on one of the web sites of the exact aircraft that Yellowhammer duplicated.

Admittedly, Yellowhammer did do a very good job. However, some things are required to be fixed. Based on the photo of F-4J #153823, the following items require attention:

All in all these items are easy to correct and shouldn't prevent you from purchasing this sheet. I wouldn't hesitate recommending this decal sheet and would rate it four out of five stars due to the errors in its instruction sheet.

© Mark Proulx

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This review was published on Saturday, July 02 2011; Last modified on Wednesday, May 18 2016