aircommando130 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I'm building a F-4D (Hasegawa) for a retired "wizzo" that was in the 555th in 1970. The airplane will be loaded with 2 wing tanks, 12 MK 82 500 pounders, 2 Sparrows in the aft wells and an ALQ-87 in the left front. Is the combat camera that comes in the Monogram/Revell F-4C/D kit good for that time frame (mounts in the missile well) or the one that comes in the Hasegawa kit? The tail number is 66-737...a LORAN equipped airplane assigned to the 555th. Thanks for the help! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ReccePhreak Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 You must be talking about 66-8737, which I believe was a Block 32 F-4D? The combat camera pod from the Monogram F-4C/D would be okay on your jet. I am not aware of any camera pods in the Hasegawa F-4C/D kit. As far as the AN/ALQ-87 ECM pod is concerned, in that time frame, the jet could've carried a number of different ECM pods (ALQ-72, ALQ-72, ALQ-87, ALQ-101), depending on the threat. Do you have photos of the jet at that time? Larry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 That is in fact the jet I'm building. I do have a picture of it sitting in a reventment with the canopies up and loaded with 12 Mark 82's. It's dark underneath so I can't make any other details. I have seen other aircraft from the 555th with the same loadout with the Sparrows in the rear wells and the ALQ-87 or a pair of them up front. The other combat camera I was talking about comes in the F-4E kit but if the Monogram one will work I'll use it. Thanks for the info... :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ReccePhreak Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 (edited) That is in fact the jet I'm building. I do have a picture of it sitting in a reventment with the canopies up and loaded with 12 Mark 82's. It's dark underneath so I can't make any other details. I have seen other aircraft from the 555th with the same loadout with the Sparrows in the rear wells and the ALQ-87 or a pair of them up front. The other combat camera I was talking about comes in the F-4E kit but if the Monogram one will work I'll use it. Thanks for the info... Concerning the F-4E combat camera, are you talking about the 2 camera "bumps", that are positioned under the wings near the wing root? One camera looks forward and the other looks aft. AFAIK, those were not used on the F-4D. Others may have evidence to prove me wrong. Concerning the AN/ALQ-87 pods, the reason some of the jets may have carried 2 pods, was because of the specific threat level of their target(s). The 87 pod could be configured with 2, 3 or 4 "cans", with each can configured for a specific set of frequencies. The 2 can ALQ-87 was 107" long, and is probably the one you have in model form. The 3 can ALQ-87 was 153" long, while the 4 can ALQ-87 was 191 " long. Larry Edited September 12, 2010 by ReccePhreak Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 Yep, that is the other camera setup but I'll go with the camera from the Monogram kit. The guy I'm building it for said they had a armed recce mission where they would escort a clean RF-4C...just the three external tanks and they would be draggin SUU-30 cluster munitions and external tanks. They burned a lot more gas than the RF who could leave them behind on the photo run across the target. He left the 555th in 1971 and went to the 58th TFS at Eglin flying hard wing F-4E's and then went back to Udorn in 72 for "summer help" and flew in support of Linebacker II. Great guy...he later went to F-4 Fighter Weapons School with Capt Dick Myers...who later became the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Thanks for the info Larry...I may have more recce questions later when I start my Israeli RF-4E...rON Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Netz Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Here's a pic of the camera but it's mounted in the left sparrow well, not sure if it's the same as I remember them being in the right well. Curt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 Yep that's it. Amazing how technology has come along for camera's on airplanes. I read a story about a pair of F-105 Thunderchief pilots that got in trouble for shooting up a Russian freighter in Haiphong harbor unloading SAM's for the NVA and they had their gun camera film exposed to hide the evidence...Oops...those enlisted guys must of done it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sentry30 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Here's a pic of the camera but it's mounted in the left sparrow well, not sure if it's the same as I remember them being in the right well.Curt The pic shows the cam used on the EF-4C, I've never seen it mounted on F-4D's... Daniël Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark S. Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 I've seen a photo of a camera mod that doesn't take the entire sparrow well. It's on a ohto of a F-4E. Were there more than one type used? Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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