Eli Raphael Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 They will be available in 2 parts and in both 1/48 & 1/32. Going to the printers next week. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
metroman Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Alright! Come on Academy, get the gun-noses out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Check Six Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Hubba hubba ! Looking forward to the release! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grizzly Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 This is great news ! Thanks a lot Eli But "War lover" remains a mystery for me : many phantom freaks says there were no slated F-4 in south east Asia. I had asked the question on this board many years ago and some said "war lover" had slats and some other said she had not... Despite long search on the net, I have never found a picture of the complete aircraft, just a small picture of the nose art in a squadron signal book... Is it possible that "war lover" was converted after Viet Nam war? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eli Raphael Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 This is great news ! Thanks a lot Eli But "War lover" remains a mystery for me : many phantom freaks says there were no slated F-4 in south east Asia. I had asked the question on this board many years ago and some said "war lover" had slats and some other said she had not... Despite long search on the net, I have never found a picture of the complete aircraft, just a small picture of the nose art in a squadron signal book... Is it possible that "war lover" was converted after Viet Nam war? It was converted during the war. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zkalos Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 And in the gentleman's scale ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boom175 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Yeah!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrvark Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 EXCELLENT job, Eli! I know you put hell of a lot of work into researching this project and it shows. After lots of sheets for postwar F-4Es, it'll be great to be able to model some that actually carried iron in anger. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grizzly Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 It was converted during the war. Thanks Thanks Eli, I will wait for a slated E from Tamiya at 1/32... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eli Raphael Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 EXCELLENT job, Eli! I know you put hell of a lot of work into researching this project and it shows. After lots of sheets for postwar F-4Es, it'll be great to be able to model some that actually carried iron in anger. Thanks Jim, You are the one that showed me the way and Larry for helping out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eli Raphael Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Thanks Eli, I will wait for a slated E from Tamiya at 1/32... Don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. Your best bet is to find a conversion set or use the Revell kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gene K Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 And in the gentleman's scale ? :bandhead2:/> Seems to be a very common question - to which the apparent answer is, "It doesn't sell". Never understood that. Gene K Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eli Raphael Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Guys, Of all the decals that we have done in 3 different scales, the 1/72 are the ones that always sell much less. For a decal mfc is not a wise investment. Sorry, really. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Interesting - I've always understood the tan radomes on early 'E's to be Radome Tan instead of 30219! Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Interesting - I've always understood the tan radomes on early 'E's to be Radome Tan instead of 30219! Cheers, Andre I never knew that F-4E's had tan radomes at all. Interesting. I would think that if this was case, it would be Radome Tan instead of 30219. Anyone got any color pics of these aircraft? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eli Raphael Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) The color reference comes directly from a crew chief that worked on them during the war. It looks fresher that the rest of the 30219 applied. That's because it was new paint. Edited September 4, 2014 by Eli Raphael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott R Wilson Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) The color reference comes directly from a crew chief that worked on them during the war. It looks fresher that the rest of the 30219 applied. That's because it was new paint. Very cool. I wanted to ask about the few jets with bare metal leading edges on their intakes, were they unpainted, polished or was the paint eroded? Reason I ask is we had F-4Es with older paint jobs in the units that I was assigned to in which the intake leading edge paint had eroded away. The metal was very flat, no gloss at all, a sandblasted appearance. The air conditioning intakes on these particular jets had the same eroded appearance. Scott W. Edited September 4, 2014 by Scott R Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eli Raphael Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Very cool. I wanted to ask about the few jets with bare metal leading edges on their intakes, were they unpainted, polished or was the paint eroded? Reason I ask is we had F-4Es with older paint jobs in the units that I was assigned to in which the intake leading edge paint had eroded away. The metal was very flat, no gloss at all, a sandblasted appearance. The air conditioning intakes on these particular jets had the same eroded appearance. Scott W. Eroded Scott Quote Link to post Share on other sites
metroman Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 48th drives all decal sales, w/ 72nd being a pittance comparatively. Mfgs. mandate min. order of 500 sheets which could take years to sell if then. If you can throw in the Jolly Rogers somewhere it'll go far to sell any sheet though seems (that's a joke) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Fascinating stuff, had no idea there was so much variation on USAF F-4E's during this time period. What's up with War Lover's solid dark green nose vrs the standard two-tone green camo present on all the other jets? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eli Raphael Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Fascinating stuff, had no idea there was so much variation on USAF F-4E's during this time period. What's up with War Lover's solid dark green nose vrs the standard two-tone green camo present on all the other jets? On the color photo provided, there's no 2 tone green discernible, maybe it is there. On the rear you can clearly see them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 On the color photo provided, there's no 2 tone green discernible, maybe it is there. On the rear you can clearly see them. Works for me... She also has what appears to be a replacement or non-spec rudder. What a great selection of F-4's, good luck with this sheet. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dehowie Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Great Stuff Eli consider them ordered! Its very interesting how many little things pop up nobody had really seen much of before. Tan radome E's plus chinless F-4C's for the first few years etc. Still lots of cool stuff to discover. Great work on the sheets! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 That is chinless F-4Cs for the *Last few* airframes,,,,,not the first few years. Coupled with chinless F-4Ds for the first few airframes. The "chinless" Phantoms were covered in print in 1977 by Squadron, 1973 by Aircam, and 1970 by Airfix Magazine,,,,with decals by AMT/Hasegawa in their earliest Phantom tooling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jozef Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 That is amazing, Eli I feel like uncle Scrooge swimmimng in the money. Waiting for the 32nd scale to come, you know. However, please consider your previous sheet (Deadly J Jaws). For those who have it (talking about myself, selfish as I am) please select other options for the 32nd sheet or if you plan to release more sheets do at least one which do not include these options. I do not have problems having more F-4E decals than I will ever use even if I live 150 years but if the 32nd scale sheet includes versions which I already have it will be prohibitive. Thank you for understanding. Best to all Jozef Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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