Muzz Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Looking for some advice of any Hasegawa/Phantom experts, I have the 1/48 Hasegawa RF-4E Hellenic Air Force Special kit and a great reference book on the aircrafts service. The book explains the difference between the ‘American’ and ‘German’ supplied RF-4E aircraft in the Greek AF fleet. Hard and soft wings, different nose camera fairing etc. I’d like to build a Greek ‘American’ airframe in the SEA scheme (to go along with my ‘German’ special scheme) but from checking the pinned reference on in’s & outs of Hasegawa kits it doesn’t look like you could build one straight out a box(ie, no RF-4E kits come with the slatted wing etc), can anyone confirm? Thanks for any help. Muzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 @Rhino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Fan Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Hello Muzz, to my knowledge, I can confirm all Hasegawa RF-4 kits have "hard wings". Considering Hasegawa used the same wing parts as the other F-4 kits, you might swap the slatted wings of a "late" E kit with the one you have. At the end you can have a slatted RF-4E and an unslatted early F-4E. Hope this helps. Marco 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony.t Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 (edited) Deleted — misunderstood his meaning of Vietnam. He means an RF-4E in the TO 1-1-4 South East Asia camouflage Edited February 15, 2019 by tony.t misunderstood Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Fan Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I think he wants to build a Greek RF-4E in SEA camo...🤔 Regards Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony.t Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 (edited) Yes, you're right. If he wants a Greek jet in SEA camo he'll need a slatted wing and rounded camera hatch nose arrangement. Sorry for misunderstanding. Will delete my earlier post Tony Edited February 15, 2019 by tony.t correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 Yes, it’s a Hellenic Air Force RF-4E I’m looking to build in a worn SEA scheme as the US delivered airframes were finished. My reference book shows that some the airframes purchased from Germany were later re sprayed in the SEA scheme but I like the look of the more rounded streamlined camera nose. Thanks for suggestions so far. Muzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReccePhreak Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 You can do what I am going to do, Get an F-4F kit which has the slatted wings, use them on your RF-4E and use the standard wings on the F-4F, to make a normal F-4E. I am also going to do the same thing in 1/32 scale. Larry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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