![]() ![]() The detailed instruction booklet guides the build over 43 steps, a full-color, double-sided painting and markings guide and a very detailed stencil placement guide. Fifteen clear part comes on one clear sprue. Zoukei-mura’s 1:48 scale F-4E (Early) Phantom II model kit comes on 14 injection molded polystyrene sprues totaling 452 parts (about 100 parts of which are not used in this variant of the kit). The last F-4Es in USAF service were four QF-4Es retired in 2016. By the mid-1970s, the F-4E started to be progressively replaced by the F-15 Eagle at which point the F-4E shifted from front-line USAF, USAFE, and PACAF service into roles with the Air National and the Air Force Reserve through the early to mid-1980s. The first F-4E was delivered to the Air Force in October 1967 and arrived in southeast Asia 13 months later. A total of 1,389 were built, including orders (with others built under license) for 428 F-4Es that were operated by Japan, Israel, Iran, Greece, and Turkey. The first F-4Es arrived in southeast Asia in 1969 and represented a major improvement in capability over the earlier F-4Cs and Ds. Beyond the gun and lengthened nose to accommodate it, the F-4E included an additional internal fuel tank, updated avionics (including a vibration-resistant AN/APQ-120 radar), leading-edge slats for increased maneuverability, and the new J79-GE-17 turbojet engine. At that point, cannon-armed MiGs pressed short-range attacks while all an F-4 could do was to go defensive.Įxternally mounted gun pods represented an interim solution, but the definitive response appeared in the USAF’s F-4E that featured the internally mounted 20mm M61A1 gatling gun. Long-range intercepts frequently degenerated into close-in knife fights, either because missiles failed or that the rules of engagement required visual identification of a bogey. The early generation radar-guided and heat-seeking missiles were far from reliable. This doctrine was challenged by reality over Vietnam. It was envisioned that the days of the close-in dogfight were over, and that all air combat would take place with missiles shooting down hostile aircraft at standoff distances. When it was first designed in the 1950s, McDonnell Douglas engineers and the Pentagon were overly optimistic with the promise of the guided air-to-air missile age. The absence of a gun put the F-4 at a serious disadvantage. However, it did have some faults, and especially in the air combat arena. As the Vietnam War intensified, the versatility of the F-4 was demonstrated as it served in interceptor, fighter-bomber, battlefield interdiction, recce, and FAC roles with the Navy, USAF, and USMC. Then known as the F4H-1, it beat out the Chance Vought XF8U-3 Super Crusader to become the Navy’s principal carrier-based fighter of the 1960s. Navy by McDonnell Douglas in the late 1950s as a two seat, dual engine, all-weather interceptor. What I'd like to confirm is whether the DSCG fuel panel follows the layout as given in the manual, or whether it's closer to the earlier panel in that linked E cockpit above (ie, no flares/normal switch)? I'm 90% sure that that linked F-4E has a pre-DSCG fuel panel.The F-4 Phantom II is one of the best-known aircraft of the 20th century, originally developed for the U.S. Like a mash-up with the flares/normal switch from the G, but with the switches of the C (here, for example) and D. However, upon looking more closely at the scanned E, I can see that the panel is laid out differently. It is an exact match for the Cockpit360 G here. Last night on discord, I was asking for some good reference pictures for that panel, and one of the very helpful users promptly uploaded a better scan from the manual than I had. I'm working on the fuel panel at the moment, and I've run into a bit of confusion that I'm hoping one of the Heatblur guys could maybe answer or drop some hints about. Unfortunately it's only on FB, and there's no zoom. ![]() So, I've found an E that has been scanned by the Cockpit360 guys. ![]()
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