A couple of F-4's for Al

[Splitpin]

Al , Im not sure if these paints are Nam era or not ..... could be. Didnt have time to look into them , but they look like they could be.... tail codes could confirm it i suppose.





And .... me

[AlisterC]

These are so good to see, thank you. The top one definitely is Vietnam era, you can tell by the red stars on the intake.
For a real look at the plane and the guys who were with it, click here. Such a piece of history right there. I really want to knock up a plastic kitset of a Vietnam era Phantom some day.

The bottom is late 80s generation, Spangdahlem, Germany. Lo-vis markings were a give away for 80s pretty much anyway

The middle one I can't find anything for. They are all wearing quite modern Aim-9L Sidewinders, even the first one. So can't judge the age by the equipment she carries

(all that stuff above thanks to Google, I'm no Phantom expert!)

[Splitpin]

Glad you like them Al , the last one was only posted because of the "SP" tail code.
I may have mentioned before seeing an F-4 at Whenuapai with a couple of red stars on the intake .... but the photo is long gone sadly, that was back in the early 80's.

I agree , a good sized , maybe 48th scale Nam era F-4 would be great , but i would need an expert to do the airbrushing for me .
Thanks for looking , and thanks for the link , very interesting.... cheers.

[Ian Warren]

Alister nailed it .. LOOK at that guy's collection of model Phantoms! .... hey Marty I did have a great air gun , a Tamiya set and almost every colour, this is were I have to restock.

[blackout]

I have something on the middle one.

It is a F-4E-32-MC, USAF BuNo 66-0328.

It served with

• USAF 421st TFS (366th TFW)
• 1977: USAF 31st TFW
• USAF 35th TFW
• 1977-79: USAF 57th FIS
• 1981: USAF 4th TFW
• USAF 434th TFS (35th TFW)
• USAF 20th TFS (35th TFW)

It was transferred to the Turkish AF in April '92 as 1-328.

Data from here http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/F-4USAF.html

[Ian Warren]

Good little info site , con.no. and were they went, many B/C/D versions were modified to the J/N/S and RF-4B were a prototype giving the idea of putting a gun in the nose replacing cameras thus you got your definitive E model .. course insides change a little to suit ... One hell of a aircraft tho ... to think one aviation writer wrote calling the phantom UGLY .. now were is that M-61 again .

[AlisterC]

Dang, that is an impressive website. thanks for posting it up

[Splitpin]

Sorry for delay in getting back blackout .... what a great resource , thanks for taking the time.