Silverkite Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, brianj1uk said: Any recommendations for what weapons would be appropriate for the F4c boxing? I see that Hasegawa make a few sets but not all are appropriate or have very good reviews. It all depends on what squadron you are going after, Wolfpack? The Gunfighters? EF-4Cs? Fox One decals and Twobobs had a dedicated sheet for them, I don't know if there is someone still doing stuff on 72th but for the wrong scale of things you can find this chart Also remember that if you put Aim-9s on USAF F-4 you can't place bombs on the TER station under the missile Luigi Edited February 28, 2021 by Silverkite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 5 hours ago, Silverkite said: for the wrong scale of things you can find this chart Sparrows on the inboard wing pylons of USAF Phantoms..? Theoretically early F-4C's that retained the Navy style LAU-17/A inboard pylons could mount a Sparrow there, but I have never seen a picture of that configuration. Cheers, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Pete Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 The RAAF did some trials for the USAF with AIM-7's on th inboard pylons, even with AIM-9's next to them. It would make a nice original model. Some pics on this page: https://www.angelfire.com/extreme/raafphantoms/RAAFPHLYERS1.htm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Esposito Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 AIM 4 Falcons! 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianj1uk Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Thanks Luigi! That gives me a place to start. I guess it makes sense, but I didn’t realize that the loads that were carried depended on what role the squadron was allocated. I assumed that it was mission specific. When I’ve worked out which scheme I want then I can look into sourcing the appropriate weapons and your chart will then be very useful. Will have a look what Eduard has on offer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 12 hours ago, Creepy Pete said: The RAAF did some trials for the USAF with AIM-7's on th inboard pylons, even with AIM-9's next to them. It would make a nice original model. Lovely find! However, I wonder if the Sparrows were merely carried, since a USAF style MAU-12 pylon is unable to actually launch an AIM-7. Cheers, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverkite Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 16 hours ago, brianj1uk said: Thanks Luigi! That gives me a place to start. I guess it makes sense, but I didn’t realize that the loads that were carried depended on what role the squadron was allocated. I assumed that it was mission specific. When I’ve worked out which scheme I want then I can look into sourcing the appropriate weapons and your chart will then be very useful. Will have a look what Eduard has on offer.... That's why I had around 12 F-4C/D on my stash, because the loadouts of certain units were different from others. Ubon and Udorn Phantoms especially the ones used on night mission or with PGM had other gigs installed, Zotz laser designator on RIO/WSO canopy, asymmetric loads and so on Luigi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAGATIGER Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Hi there Well lucky you got those models, I remember to got mine in a Flea Market in bags complete but decaless, later i was able to get the decals. You going to need Hasegawa Weapons set I, II, III and IV as those are for from the 60s (Vietnam War) to 80s. Sadly the Air to Air missiles box only came with 4 AIM-7E Sparrow but complete sets of 4 AIM-9 Sidewinder Models B, D, E P and J. For the Iron Bomb set you only got 2 each MER and TER (you need to look at Fujimi A-4 Skyhawks as they lso include same amount oc MER and TER but no bombs) also missing the central fuselage pylon. Clean wing pylon the same with the fuel tank can only be found in Fujimi Phantoms The Phantom F-4 rack or launcher of the AIM-4 Falcon only can be found on older Hasegawa F-4E All the former for wonderful 1/72 scale Regards Armando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianj1uk Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Thanks for the info. Have got some appropriate missiles made my Eduard now, they look great. But it looks like I’ll be looking out for some of those Hasegawa options you mentioned too.👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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