Monday, February 06, 2006

The Fury and the Fist

Franklin Mint's Armor series 1/100 F-4 Phantom 'Black Bunny'. Photo by author


Fury-barely controlled emotion, hard handed and hard headed, as much grace as an old corn binder parked behind a barn. But she could carry, and she was fast. The sky of Vietnam taught a generation of Airforce drivers to fight in the vertical, nimble red stars engaging the F-4 Phantoms in a dance of death-in the end, no winners, just hollow space for the victor, and the weight of great saddness for those left in the homes of the defeated.


F-4 Phantoms by Franklin Mint. Sadly, the majority of Armor 1/100s were discontinued after the Franklin Mint buy out.


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The 'Bunny', as with the other 1/100 scale Armor series aircraft, are of exceptional quality. Photos by author

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