RAF Typhoon FGR4 - typical loadout?

[Skyhunter66]

Afternoon folks

 

I'm building the Revell 1:48 Typhoon and doing the RAF 29 Sqd machine from 2014. I was wondering what a typical loadout might be? Revell give you the following:

 

• Meteor
• AIM 132 ASRAAM
• Storm Shadow
• AIM 9l Sidewinder
• GBU 24B
• Taurus

 

Any help appreciated!

thanks

chris 

[Phone Phixer]

It depends on what role you want the aircraft to portray. 29(R) Sqn are the Typhoon OCU. The training squadron for pilots.

So for day to day flying they would have either 2 drop tanks on the wings, or a single tank on the centreline. Then an ASRAAM on one outboard launcher and a RAIDS pod on the other outboard launcher. As there are no RAIDS pods available 2 ASRAAMS would not look out of place.

If  a QWI (qualified weapons instructor) course was in progress then they could be loaded with any in service weapons of the time for use during the course.

 

Of the weapons included. Iris-T, Taurus, GBU 24B and AIM-9L are not for RAF Typhoons. Meteor and Storm Shadow were not available to Typhoon in 2014.

There are pictures of aircraft in 29 Sqn markings being used by other Coningsby squadrons, possibly for QRA duties. A QRA load of the time would be 4x ASRAAM and 4x AIM120 AMRAAM.

 

Hope this helps

Rob.

[Skyhunter66]

30 minutes ago, Phone Phixer said:

It depends on what role you want the aircraft to portray. 29(R) Sqn are the Typhoon OCU. The training squadron for pilots.

So for day to day flying they would have either 2 drop tanks on the wings, or a single tank on the centreline. Then an ASRAAM on one outboard launcher and a RAIDS pod on the other outboard launcher. As there are no RAIDS pods available 2 ASRAAMS would not look out of place.

If  a QWI (qualified weapons instructor) course was in progress then they could be loaded with any in service weapons of the time for use during the course.

 

Of the weapons included. Iris-T, Taurus, GBU 24B and AIM-9L are not for RAF Typhoons. Meteor and Storm Shadow were not available to Typhoon in 2014.

There are pictures of aircraft in 29 Sqn markings being used by other Coningsby squadrons, possibly for QRA duties. A QRA load of the time would be 4x ASRAAM and 4x AIM120 AMRAAM.

 

Hope this helps

Rob.

ok thats very helpful - thanks Rob

[sammy da fish]

Surely it is a payload as we are britmodeller and not a loadout? Which hails from over the pond.

 

[Richard E]

A centreline mounted Litening III pod is also an option.

 

Unless the aircraft was standing QRA, any missiles it was carrying would normally be practice rounds denoted by a blue band.

[Selwyn]

On 3/1/2019 at 7:06 PM, Richard E said:

A centreline mounted Litening III pod is also an option.

 

Unless the aircraft was standing QRA, any missiles it was carrying would normally be practice rounds denoted by a blue band.

Not quite right, they would usually have an Aquisition Round with a pink and a blue band for Air To Air training.

 

Selwyn

[Skyhunter66]

On 3/1/2019 at 6:58 PM, sammy da fish said:

Surely it is a payload as we are britmodeller and not a loadout? Which hails from over the pond.

 

I'm not sure why that is important to be honest!

[Skyhunter66]

Any suggestions on colours for missiles in particular? I was thinking of Tamiya 66 as a light ghost grey but not sure if it should be more of a blue grey colour?

thanks 

[PhantomBigStu]

48 minutes ago, Skyhunter66 said:

Any suggestions on colours for missiles in particular? I was thinking of Tamiya 66 as a light ghost grey but not sure if it should be more of a blue grey colour?

thanks 

AMRAMS fs36375, ASRAMS Raf Light aircraft grey no idea what they are in Tamiya

[ReccePhreak]

On 3/1/2019 at 12:05 PM, Phone Phixer said:

As there are no RAIDS pods available 2 ASRAAMS would not look out of place.

Hope this helps

Rob.

Steel Beach makes a 1/48 RAIDS pod.

 

https://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/sba48128.htm

 

Larry