Matt -

The best kit F-4s I've ever seen were the ones Revell put with its Forrestal re-releases (they also showed up in their last 27C Lexington CVT rebox, though I can imagine getting an F-4 off an Essex would have been sporty at best.) The ones that came with the old Aurora 1/400 CVN-65 were also pretty good - I built that one back in the 70s and IIRC the planes were pretty spiffy if you took your time with them.

I also noticed you had one of the AriiCarriers in there - what's your take on them? Their planes ain't good - more or less accurate shapes that need a lot of work to look good - but the boats themselves I think are jewels in the rough. They're close enough to 1/700 that you can use that scale planes and PE on them, and let's face it - they're the only kits where you're going to get a refit Enterprise, a late Midway (but you're ONLY gonna build Midway, no Coral Sea or FDR), or Constellation. The prices are certainly reasonable enough - about $25 last I looked.

Mike