Aircav1980 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) Hello all, This post has been a long time coming. I started this building back in 2016 and have been working on it sporadically ever since. I started with the Tamiya F-4J kit and got a little carried away with the aftermarket. There are flaws in the build that I am not happy with but visually I think it turned out pretty well. Here is a list of included aftermarket. Aires resin cockpit Eduard exhaust nozzles, TERs, and AIM-7 Sparrows Zactoman AIM-9 sidewinders Rhino seamless intakes. Video Aviation Rockeye cluster bombs Hope you enjoy the pics. Edited May 13, 2019 by Aircav1980 MikeMaben, Durangokid, K5IKL and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAWS Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 OUTSTANDING build! Aircav1980 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Sure looks great to me. Nice job on the overall grey, very smooth. Unique loadout too, haven’t seen that one before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Sweet !! Aircav1980 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircav1980 Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 5 hours ago, themongoose said: Sure looks great to me. Nice job on the overall grey, very smooth. Unique loadout too, haven’t seen that one before! Thank you very much. For the load out I went as historically accurate as I could. I did my best to replicate the load out from Cunningham and Driscoll's May 10th 1972 mission where they shot down 3 Migs. After several sources I was able to devise that they were carrying 4 Sidewinders on the inboard pylons with four Rockeye cluster bombs on TERs below them. There was some discrepancy on whether they carried 2 or 4 Sparrows but the best sources I could find said 2 in the rear pockets. I have seen it written that they had empty outboard bomb pylons on but the only ones I could find were attached to drop tanks and the only drop tank they carried was the center line. The outboard pylons look detachable in reference photos so I took some artistic license and left them off all together. Thanks for all the great comments guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Nice build Aircav. I build Showtime 112, the mount of Cunningham’s first two kills, a while ago and also could not find outboard pylons. I later found they are only included in the Marines boxing on Sprue K. Nick Aircav1980 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircav1980 Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, Cheetah11 said: I later found they are only included in the Marines boxing on Sprue K. Wonder why just the Marines boxing. Oh well, not going to buy and add them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Out of curiosity, any resin aftermarket pylons available? A number of Phantoms photographed with the outboard pylons fitted, but nothing attached. Mark Proulx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircav1980 Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 15 minutes ago, Mark P said: Out of curiosity, any resin aftermarket pylons available? A number of Phantoms photographed with the outboard pylons fitted, but nothing attached. Mark Proulx I could not find any when I looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark P Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Looks like KMC (likely OOP) and GT Resins. I know this won't change your build but the information might be helpful in the future for you and others. Mark Proulx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 If you are a bit into scratch building the tank pylon can be used with a 3 mm extension at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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