roym Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Question for the experts. 1/72 scale, I've a Fujimi F-4B done up as a Marines mud mover (VMFA-542) and the kit has a separate centre line pylon with no tank. I have several ESCI & Hasegawa MERs but no idea of the MER position on the centre pylon. I.e how far forward/back. Anyone got any ideas? None of my references are any help. Plan is to put some Mk82s on the MER, a pair of rocket pods on a TER on each inboard pylon, outer wing tanks and a pair of Sparrows on the rear fuse wells. Sound plausible? TIA Roy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Download this handbook: http://aviationarchives.blogspot.com/2017/07/f-4bj-ordnancemans-handbook.html it will answer your questions. Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewS Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Good question Roy - I've often wondered about this as well. I went hunting online and found something that will hopefully help - even though it's not strictly for Navy/Marines Phantoms, here's a link to a copy of the F-4E Technical Order that shows (on pages 195-196) the placement of MERs on centreline and outboard wing pylons. As you'll see, there are forward and aft suspension positions for the MERs, but from the photos in this Flickr album (by redlinemodels), I'd say that the forward mounting was more common for Marines jets. Andrew. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roym Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 Thanks lads. Those links really help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewS Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 8 hours ago, Finn said: it will answer your questions. Certainly does! Thanks Jari. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mizar Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 remember that it wasn't always a MER but a MBR Luigi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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