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Specimen 0041 · USAF Thunderbirds die-cast

Hobby Master HA19083 F-4E Phantom II Thunderbirds No. 1 (1973/74)

The F-4E Phantom II in Thunderbirds markings as aircraft No. 1 — Hobby Master labels it the 1973/74 season.

An F-4 Phantom II in Thunderbirds colours with a number 1 on its tail, mounted on a pole in a park
The real thing: an F-4 Phantom II displayed in Thunderbirds No. 1 colours, Cleveland, 2015 Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0

About this item

Listed by the Hobby Master Archive as “F-4E Thunderbirds No.1 plane, USAF, 1973/74 season”; HA19084 is the same model with decals for aircraft No. 1 to No. 7. Note that the US Air Force fact sheet gives the team’s F-4E years as 1969 to 1973 — we quote Hobby Master’s own description of the model.

USAF Thunderbirds die-cast

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