Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) Trying to figure how to mount an ALQ-131 in the forward left Sparrow Well of a Desert Storm F-4G. I know on the pod itself (Hasegawa 1/72) where the two mounting brackets are, but no matter how much I look for photos of both actual aircraft and model builds, I can't figure out just exactly how far forward or aft in the well it goes (in fact, on posted models it varies considerably!). Does anyone have anything showing clearly its fore/aft position? Edited July 3, 2017 by Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Not 100% sure but i know you will need an aero5a mount. I believe that gets mounted in between the two vertical fin cutouts for the sparrow as the missle had mounts in the same location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 wrong pic---sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbum Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 This is it, I guess.---John F-4G ALQ131 by jvandeu53, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 I seem to recall that the aero5 bracket was also used for the gun pod ala the RAF Phantom if thats any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmeyer Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Andrew, I think one of the early Hasegawa weapons kits has a piece that might fit. Just checked my stock and I don't have a set (Weapons Set IV), but I have a bunch of ALQ-131 pods and one piece of the mount for them, at least I think that's it. It's a rectangular piece that has a couple of holes in the bottom and has a flat top with flaring sides. It's very small, though. It would fit in the Sparrow well and provide a mount for your pod. Sorry I can't be more helpful! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReccePhreak Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, tmeyer said: Andrew, I think one of the early Hasegawa weapons kits has a piece that might fit. Just checked my stock and I don't have a set (Weapons Set IV), but I have a bunch of ALQ-131 pods and one piece of the mount for them, at least I think that's it. It's a rectangular piece that has a couple of holes in the bottom and has a flat top with flaring sides. It's very small, though. It would fit in the Sparrow well and provide a mount for your pod. Sorry I can't be more helpful! Tom The adapter you are thinking of is part B13, and it's in Hasegawa's 1/72 Aircraft Weapons: II set. The instructions show it being used to mount the Pave Spike pod. I have one in my spare weapons drawer. Larry Edited July 3, 2017 by ReccePhreak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmeyer Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Thanks for the correction, Larry! I wasn't sure. Not sure the Pave Spike adapter would work with the ALQ-131, but it looked like it might work. It was a start of sorts, anyway. Guess I need to get the 1/72 Weapons II, III, and IV kits again. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Thanks folks! Tell you what I ended up doing, I was given an image of the actual adaptor, and I believe it's considerably longer than the Hasegawa piece referred to. So I took the photo and scratchbuilt it from a bit of shaped sprue, Phantom kit pylon braces and a lot of styrene. Here's the reference photo, and what I made: NEXT QUESTION is if the ALQ-131 itself should be 37270 Neutral gray, or one of the Ghost/Compass grays....Desert Storm weasel ya know.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 I have just looked through D&S's book on U.S. Aircraft and Armament of DS, and they just state either White, Green or Grey for the ALQ-131 pod. There is no specific paint colour for this pod, but for the ALQ-119 it does say FS36375 so perhaps this might be the Grey on the 131 pod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 I'm thinking that, at least in the photo near the top of this, that the lighter gray of the aircraft camouflage is a match for the pod, unless that's just lighting....at least in that one case, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 The grey should be FS36375. Cheers, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Finding today that for the time frame I'm doing (1991) 36270 is called for.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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