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  1. I think the easiest route is to just use some thin clear acetate and make your own. There are plenty of images out there. You will have to fashion a little projector optic on top of the glare shield but again, easy to fashion from scrap. The F-4B should be particularly easy. Best!
  2. Very nice jet there. I concur with Rich. Refer to photos from that era. I’m a USAF’r and can attest to the fact that as time wore on, stenciling became minimalist. I saw plenty of USN/USMC F -4s in the late 70s and early 80s. You’d be super safe with servicing markings (O2, hyd. Etc) and safety warning markings. My opinion is the honeycomb markings remained on both USAF and USN til the end. Best wishes on finishing that thing!
  3. Hypersonic stuff is outstanding but the vey best seats are from Sparkit. The former are from cast resin, the later 3D. You’ll want Mk5 up to about 1967-8. Opt for early H-7s after that. Late H-7 showed up around late 70s early 80s.
  4. Just a great discussion and wow, some great seat collections. It is worthy of noting the differing philosophies between service branches and nations. The Brits and USN were initially big in to face curtains for actuation while USAF went for leg guard triggers, man seat separators (butt snappers) then between the leg D rings. On the MB seats, the harness European style harness was rated to 20 Gs while the US integrated design was rated to 40 Gs. Surprised there’s not a Northrop seat in the mix here.
  5. Gene K is bang on. Unsee it. He flew them, I was a maintenance officer on them and I still trying to figure out what’s so awful about the ZM C/D/J! I think the 40 something Monogram with a little tarting up still builds in to a nice replica.
  6. Dave Roof will know for sure.
  7. Habu nailed it. I pulled the attached from NATOPS. Though not real detailed, it gives a good explanation of gear actuation. The one actuator in your images does the work. Springs and air loads assist with alternate extension.
  8. I’m with Dave. I talked to the Tam. Reps at last year’s nats. They said the reason no new variants of the F-4 have come out is because they have 3 engineers that do all their scale airplane development. The F-35 was the “priority”. Considering the success of the A and B, I’m betting they're going to round out the series with a C. It’s different, it’s big, it’s got a tailhook and it’s got markings. If they’re going to do one, I’m thinking a November 2024 announcement is plausible.
  9. Without question the main assembly comprising the bucket and structure were dark gull gray. The seat cushion as depicted above was light olive. The parachute was sage green or sort of light bluish green as were the chute risers and lap belt. These did fade out. The face curtain, harness release and lower ejection handles were yellow as was the “head knocker”. this was a narrow handle in the middle of the headrest that when puled down, safed the seat.
  10. I’ve built 2 Hasegawa AV-8Bs and one Kinetic FRS2. They are both quite good so it boils down to version. Overall I kinda lean toward Has.
  11. Quinta-cockpit Reskit-Augmenter and nozzle, wheels Flying Leatherneck-Reinforcements Master -probes
  12. Weird thing is I was at Nellis at this time. Those jets pretty much flew clean as I remember. There was a ramp full of them down by base ops and T-Birds. they were very active but I think most of their work was around giving stealth guys stick time and supporting their work. The most memorable thing I remember was a late afternoon when one blew a tire and ground looped right in front of me. You could tell the pilot was hanging on for dear life! He ended up in the infield in a cloud of dust and that was that! I remember another incident was a fatality one night on the range. Not much said abou
  13. Well for sure the thing is based on a BLU 27 napalm canister that has been modified to become an MXU 648 travel pod. These were standardized and were governed by their own Tech Orders. They could be locally manufactured or at least they used to be.
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