Anatol Pigwa

Build it i. The Bomber/Strike/Ground Attack GB. It is build to bombard, strike and attack the ground after all!

Hi, I read somewhere, sometime, that the flaps behaved differently for different versions of the F-4 on the ground. Of course I cannot find the source now! Can someone please shed some light into this? I am particularly interested in the behaviour if the F-4F flaps.

Since it seems to be a fashion this year, I#d like to present my stalled projects as well, in the eternal hope of mutual support so well encapsulated in the KUTA acronym: Since the taks is quite daunting (and I still hope to finish a certain Phantom for a parallel GB) , I split up the task in three tranches: 1. The almost dones: (Tornado, Gripen and the grey F-16) 3. The ones I'm ichting to finish (Jaguar, Blackbird, Mirage 2000) 3. The ones I need a big push (Hawk, Alpha Jet, black F-16) So please give me some support

Time to show some work: I tried to follow Fernando Rollantellis excellent build from hyperscale.com (http://www.hyperscale.com/2015/features/f4fphantomii72fr_1.htm) I believe I might have ben a little too eager cutting the flaps of the F-4F. I remember that there have been diffrences between the different versions of the Phantom as wheter the outer, or the inner flapps dropped more (or at all) . Can someone please give me some pointers here? Another issue is the outer wing. apparently the one I used is ia left-over from the RF-4 kit. But my reference material shows this to be the correct wing for the early german F-4Fs, so I am cionfused. The Royal Jet tank if pilöfered from a Hasegawa F-4G kit, while the TERs on the pylons and the napalm tanks come from the Hasegawa weapons kit.

Wow currently 5 STGBs level vying for the last four places.

Welcome CliffB, Jb65rams, theplasticsurgeon, Andwil, and Stefan Buysse This is shaping up nicely already. We have a great variety of topics already hinted at, and ther is more to come (I will probably go for a Skyhawk or a chopper ).

And you can chip in a CF-188 in the F/A-18 STGB as well!

Then propose a GB of countries were there are monarchies. You could name it some thing catchy, like I don't know, "Game of Thrones"

Quickly, combine the two (or three of you account for Dassault/Bloch) to a francophone GB, maybe then at least you can build the Be and Lux parts!

Hmm, start with the ones which are most advanced so you can finish more, or the ones which are least advanced in order to take advantage of the time? Questions, questions.

Send me a nice V-Bomber 1/72 and you'll have my vote

Yes, they do! They would be quite useless without the Marines after all wouldn't they?

I believe you don't have to start the kit for a specific GB to be elegible for the KUTA though. So you could start a kit as a unrelated project, then move it to KUTA.

Welcome Coirsairfoxuncle, Marklo and bigfoot.

Hello, I'd like to propose a GB focusing on the Marines and naval landing operations they use. While the USMC, the Royal Marines and the SBS (I'd include them too!) are arguably the most famous ones, Wikipedia lists over a 100 of countries that have or had a naval infrantry force. Also this GB would allow a broad approach from planes, trough Rotorcraft, Landing craft, armour, to cars, boats and figures. I's also include Landing Ships, even though these are usually operated by Navies. Any takers? So Here is a list of: The Few. The Proud. The Brave. 1. Anatol Pigwa (Host) 2. Corsairfoxuncle 3. Marklo 4. Bigfoot 5. Andwil 6. Stefan Buysse 7. Jb65rams 8. theplasticsurgeon 9. CliffB 10.Bertie Psmith 11.toryu 12.desert falcon 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. ...

my 0,02 $ Maybe because Bomber/Strike/Ground GB is a kind of catch all, so people are less inclined to vote for the medium bombers because they will be able to build them there anyway? With The F-5 the kit releases from last year might have been a factor as well (although I don't know much abou kit releases of the medium bombers in contest.)

I'm pretty sure this was intentional

Am I the only one who sees a "Leapord" tank? Tricky Rich.

Yes please, having way too many unfinished projects ATM and need any support I can get to clean the slate for 2022.

I'd say go for it. What if you are really eager how other people tackle a certain subject for inspiration or even a out-of-competition build?

Since I overstretched this year and finished only two 1 an 1/2 kits for GBs, I voted for now only for GBs ans STGBs I certainly won't participate in. That way there's a chance, that I only rend up trying to join half of all the GBs next year!

I believe RoG changed as of this year their policy and now charge for replacement parts. However I am confident that in the aforementioned case, one could successfully claim manufacturing errors as the cause of the problem and request a replacement free of charge. As it has been mentioned before though, with store bought items the retailer should be the first POC though.

Time to show my hand. In my defence I was not sure what my had would be until today. I'm joining with a napalm lugging Phantom. Now these two things are commonly associated with the Vietnam War, and you might be forgiven if you expect a F-4E in SEA Camo. However today I learned, with the help of some great people on BM, that the German Bundesluftwaffe also at some point equipped their Phantoms with napalm, and there is even an official documentary to prove it! The movie shows the training excersize "Stählerner Schatten" from 1975 which translates literally to steely shadow, hence the title of my build. Since I intended to model a German F-4F for this GB anyhow; my topic will be now a machine from JaBoG 35 or 36 (haven't decided which one yet) in Norm 72 camo and a loadout as depicted in the movie mentioned above.paints The build will be, as always , in 1/72 and the base will be the venerable Revell kit (pictures to follow). Aftermarket: - Eduard masks - HaHen decals - Model Master tubes - AK paints (first time use) You may have noticed that this is titled part one. This is because I intend to model (atG least) all the major color schemes the German Phantoms had over the years. This will certainly not happen all during this Phantom GB though.

I am always amazed bz the combined knowledge here at BM. WOW! what great Info! Way more than I hoped for. I heard the AirDOC books are quite good. Which one would you recommend though? AFAIK there is one big book on the german phantoms and separate booklets dealing with individuale squadrons etc, Great Picture and I am tempted to build this Picture - if I can find enough BL755s in my stash! Yes read about it as well. This is another subject which would look good, partucularly in Norm 83! WOW again! Now this is quite something. Thanks a million! Unfortunately Matra 250 kg bombs are common like hens teeth in 1/72 I believe only the Hobby Boss Jaguars have them? I guess form my next Phantom Projects I'll go for a F-4F with Napalm and a RF-4E with BL755s then! Cheers

While the German F-4F Phantom II was mainly used as an ADF, they went also to the JaBoG 35 and 36 where they had a secondary ground attack role. I am looking for any images confirming the A2G loadouts, particularly with the BL755. While I found a few pictures showing Mavericks on German Phantoms I had no luck with unguided munition so far (except for the testing of the MW-1 dispenser) It would be interesting to know if the unguided bombs were hung on standard MERs or if they had different rack (the same as the British Phantoms?).