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Interesting that they show XT863, the 111 special at IAT 83 as having Barley grey inner wings as opposed to medium sea grey. The latter was proved a few years ago on here when the Xtradecals came out with the wrong colour scheme. The aircraft came straight out of the paint shop with the three grey scheme.

Hannants have got three of the books in stock as of NOW😇

That's Naval Fighters 108 Birth of a Legend McDonnell F-4H-1 Phantom isbn 978-0-9993884-5-7

There was a commercial conversion kit a few years ago but it sold out rapidly. I cant for the life of me remember who made it but get in touch with @Rhino who was involved in the construction. If you check rumourmonger someone is releasing a 1/144 version

Not necessarily. The ecm fairings were fitted to the J, with longer ones on the B/N, and carried over to the S. the overall LGG was carried in both J and S (and some Ns)

AN/ALQ-126 ---- so yes.

Interesting placement of the USS Saratoga marking on that picture.

@FinnN WAPJ Spirit in the Sky states that VF-31 used the F-4J from 1968 to early 1981; the picture is of 3769/101 in overall light (LGG) gray with a gray rudder and the tomcat without ring or background colour. C&M17 shows 157308/107 in LGG/White from USS Saratoga with the tomcat on a coloured disc (b&w photo) with no intake fairings. there's also a colour photo of 153809/107 with a yellow disc for the tomcat and in LGG/white with intake fairings. There's also the CAG bird no bu no./modex 100 in overall gray, intake fairings, the tomcat with no background and coloured ticks on the rudder. There seems to be a mix of a/c with and without the last four digits of the bu no. being repeated on the rear fuselage.

@Adam Poultney….. one for you.

In a way a very British protest; don’t know about how much damage was caused but a can of petrol and a lighter would have really made a point, but would have been spotted quicker. on that point, just when was it spotted?

Gorgeous (deliberately ambiguous!)

A good start; I can now see the pictures.

@kiseca i bet you fancy Anne Widdecombe (whom I’m sure is a very nice person!)

Thanks, that’s on my bucket list.

The engines are also running and the prop disc appears to be affecting the tones.