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The 2 seats fitted on F-8E (FN) Crusader.

Some pictures of the MK F5 PSP and MK F7.

The F-8P seat, MK F-7AF.

French Navy MKF5AF seat...really colorfull.

I allow me to show this picture : 3 Phantom seats for USNavy (left..with USAF savety flags) RAF (center) and German (right). On the ground you can see a USAF PSP. As far as the JASDF (Japan) F-4 seat is concerned, I think it's usefull to say that (at least) its PSP is paculiar to this country (seems to be a mix of USN/USAF PSP); it also have more back pads.

Please see sparkit-models.com for Crusader seats (MK5 and MK7).

F-15E with Escapac seats ??? I would say F-15B with Europe One camo...if not, ACES II seats.

Flyingleathernecksdecals.com

Mk F5 (Crusader) and MK H5 (Phantom ) are not similar (so do not use True Details MK5 for your Phantom). The upper part of the seat bucket of the H5 looks like the upper part of the MK F7 (late Cusader seat) : the upper part of the seat bucket is wrapping the main chute container (soft container for the MK H5 and Mk F5, hard container for the MK H7 and MK F7). I was also hoping Tamiya would provide a MK5....

Tamiya's seat is a MK H7, with 2 PSP (USAF and USN). For the USN version, the O2 bottle needs to be cut. A bungee is provided in decals, but why only one ?? (there are 2 bungees on each side of the main chute container). Early Phantom can be equiped with MK H5 (Hypersonic Model, Wolfpack).

Luftwaffe MK GH-7 have a different -and perhaps stronger - PSP (which is almost the same as RAF Phantom).

Hello, I'm sorry to say I disagree : harness are not exactly the same (at least for the lower straps). Tamiya's kit is a F-4B (so USN) : The O2 bottle has to be cut (as shown in the instruction sheet) for the Navy seat but you a the choice between 2 PSP. Obviously, we'll see an USAF Phantom in the future.

Indeed, this set is for US Navy . The straps and buckles are also Navy (and not AIr force) type. Pictures of the real thing :

In this picture you can see some of the differences between the MK H7 seats :upper and lower handles, PSP, harnesses... The seat on the left is USN, middle is RAF and right is GAF. I'm still searching for a USAF seat in order to have a complete familly (although JASDF Phantom seats are a little bit diffrent too).