Mizar Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Hoping that this is not fruit of my deviated fantasy cause in the past week I tried to scavenge its name through my documents and picture mess but I couldn't find it...so does this thing during Vietnam war really existed or not? thanks for looking 😄  Luigi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Derivated? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mizar Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 I meant made using a Sparrow-like body maybe a tad more fatter, it was fitted on frontal Sparrow well and had antennas or some kind of tracking device which communicated with the antenna installed above the fuselage of the other Phantom so they could keep some sort of safe formation flight without crashing against each other, I don't even remember if I read about this in a pdf document, a book or a site, for sure I was searching something related to F-4C/D stuff and ended up finding them  Luigi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chriss7607 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I know what you're talking about (at least I think!). It's included with the weapons in Monogram's 1/48 F-4C. I just checked the stash. It's even in the most recent boxing. The instructions just have it labeled "ECM pod", so I can't be of much help on a technical name for it. But, it matches your description: sparrow shaped but a little fatter, has antennas, and mounts in the forward sparrow recess. I hope this at least gets you started in the right direction!  Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) Luigi, Do you mean the McDonnell Douglas collision avoidance (EROS?) pod as located in the rear port Sparrow missile well on photo below? Â Â Edited September 12, 2018 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotthldr Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Any of these? Â Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) Scott, Monogram provides the AN/ALQ-87 & AN/ALQ-101 (V3) pods in their 1/48 & 1/72 F-4C Phantom II kits. I don't think it is in their F-4J release, featuring a TER with MK.82 bombs instead. The Accurate Miniatures 1/72 F-4J kits have both sets or ordnance and pylons included, though. R/ Dutch Edited September 13, 2018 by Dutch added signature line Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Dutch said: Luigi, Do you mean the McDonnell Douglas collision avoidance (EROS?) pod as located in the rear port Sparrow missile well on photo below?   a closer look: found here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 That's it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 EROS, the love pod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airmechaja Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Mstor said: EROS, the love pod. Â It is apropos though........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Interesting that it existed while F-4A was still flying. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rex Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 EROS was a part of the F-4 program almost from the very beginning of the F4H-1 tests. Â So, it is entirely appropriate for it to be seen on F4H-1, F4H-1F, and F-4A photos,,,,,and then later on in the second type of F4H-1 photos. (in old books one will see EROS more often that Sparrows in the pics) Â It must have stuck around for almost the entire lifetime of the F-4, someone here recently posted a photo of an Australian F-4E with one mounted in the Port Forward Sparrow bay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mizar Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018  Once again, many thanks to all 😄  Still failing to find it on my drive so I guess it got lost on the bookmarks territory  Luigi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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