Phantastic!.. I know Revell produced a 1/32 F-4E Phantom back in the day 👍✈️... I seen the RAAF F-4E at the RAAF museum.. thanks from across the ditch ✈️🇳🇿
Revell produce 2 different kits in 1/32. There was the old 1970's kit with very little detail, and very poor fit, and then a newer kit with all new tooling in 1995. The kit you see here from Academy is that exact reboxing of the Revell's 1995 kit, but with newer decals.
You do realize that is NOT an Academy kit - It's just an Academy reboxing of Revell's kit that has been around since 1995, and I suppose the price has been jacked up 5 times too. F-4E is still operational in South Korea, GREECE, Turkey and Iran.
@@HearnsHobbiesMelbourne Dude you CLEARLY do NOT know the history of those Molds. Yes since 1995. and no its NOT an Academe kit. Its a Revell kit in an Academy Box. PERIOD. That kit as a Revell release was 49 dollars in 1995 and came with decals for Missouri and New Jearsy Air Guard units, I know, I have about 15 in my collection. Revell re-released it again in 2015, with extra parts added to make the Wild Weasel. I know I have 6 of those. The kit, as offerd by Academy, is completely UNCHANGED and is the SAME MOLDS reboxed by Academy (except for new decals) and is 170 dollars MSRP. Maybe 100 on sale. But 49 dollars to 170 dollars for basically the same kit. How does Academy justify a 120 price increase for new decals? That is what Jacked up means. The Iorony is the same kit by Revell can still be had on ebay for under 70 dollars today. And with after market decals is FAR cheaper than the new reboxed Academy offering. One is just foolish to spend that kind of money just because its in an new Academy box.
Thank you very much/ This kit is air to air missile & drop tank/ so is not ait to land bomb? but aim 120 amramm missile (academy industry is korea company, very thank you& your introduce) If you want assembly bomb part> 1:48 F15E seymoore jhon son of bomb part (academy industry), this kit F4E is very big size😅 have you good modelling🎉❤
The "Dogfighting was expected to be extinct" reason for the F-4 not having a gun is a myth. It was designed as a Naval Interceptor and didn't have need of a gun to go after Soviet Bombers and Maritime Patrol aircraft. The funny thing is the F-4E with the gun didn't make much of a difference and the F-4J which never had a gun did far better after crews were trained how to use the jet properly. The missiles were misused too. Once crews were taught to only fire them within the parameters they were designed for, kill rates flew up. The missiles were not being stored properly in South East Asia which is far more hot and humid than the USA. The Sparrows in the kit look more like AIM-120s strangely enough.
F-4E is still operational in Greek AF one of the most advanced updated airframes (Peace Icarus 2000) with MFD's and HUD,APG-65 radar, etc 23-25 remaining operational, more on storage for parts Turkish AF also updated closer to KAI/Kurnass and more A/G oriented AFAIK 15-16 fully operational the others are uknown status South Korea AF (uknown number) Iranian AF around 50-52 (?) Operational
Cockpit haved many errors and fuselage too I needed a lot of putty to repare it but kit is good , trademark like academy ,revell,italeri,hobby boss..brings a lot of errors on it s manufacturing
I think it's very small number of F-4s that are still operational. Must be no more than 4 countries still operating the type! I can't find confirmation for South Korean retirement other than the F-4D and RF-4E models being retired. Sources say the South Korean Air Force had 71 F-4Es but I doubt all are still operational. All the recon models of the F-4 (RF-4E) have been retired for the Greek and Turkish air forces. Only the F-4E is still operational and no credible source I could find indicated either country had much more than 20 operational F-4Es apiece! They may have more than 20 E-model airframes surviving but only 20 are operational at any point. Iran allegedly had 55-58 operational F-4s out of something like 250-300 they bought from the United States in the late 1960s to late 1970s. They can't be in great condition since the average age of the airframes has to be close to 45 years minimum. Altogether, there has to be less than 100 operational F-4s worldwide in the type's 62nd year of flying. Still amazing when you think about it! *** BTW, the F-4Es deployed to Vietnam during the actual American involvement (which lasted until 1974, generally; evacuation of last political staff in 1975) all had the original "solid wing" that the production F-4B through J models had. The slatted wing was introduced from 1972 onwards. BTW, the internal cannon for the F-4E was in the planning stage WELL before the slatted wing was proposed. Before the first F-4 C-model was delivered to the USAF, they were planning a redesign of the F-4 airframe to incorporate the M61 cannon. It turned out they modified the reconnaisance versions' (RF-4B/C) nose to fit in the cannon. The new nose lengthened the F-4E an additional five feet (63 ft total) over the F-4C (58 ft 4in). One side effect of fitting a new nose to the F-4E was that the air to air radar mode was NOT as effective as the F-4J (the upgraded Navy F-4 introduced after 1968; about half of the surviving J-models received slatted wings similar to the F-4E and were redesignated F-4S but no Navy Phantom ever flew with an internal cannon). The F-4J had a bigger nose and could fit in a radar (AWG-10) that was more powerful than the F-4E radar. Prototype flights of the slatted wing began in 1972. F-4Es were produced with slatted wings from 1974 onwards to the last plane which built in Japan in 1981. Earlier production F-4Es were refit with slatted wings as they came through the depot for overhaul. It was something like less than 30 earlier F-4Es which DID NOT receive the slatted wing upgrade. The slatted wing was not retrofit to the reconnaisance (RF-4C, RF-4B) and earlier fighter versions (F-4B/N, F-4C, F-4D). The earlier models were not refit like the F-4E because of economic reasons (more money to the F-15 and F-16 programs as well as updating the best USAF model of the F-4, the E, with more up to date avionics). Most RF-4Es were built with the original solid wing; only RF-4Es operated by Greece and Turkey had slatted wings. BTW, the slatted wing does improve handling and turn performance to a point BUT it does NOT make the F-4 turn tighter per se; the max turn rate and minimum radius is limited by the airframe's G-capability. There is a penalty in maximum speed performance because the slats increase drag substantially at Mach 2+. The rated max for speed a slatted F-4 is generally Mach 2.23; unslatted planes (NONE of which carry internal cannon) can break Mach 2.3 and probably race past Mach 2.4 for brief periods. The acceleration, high altitude, climb, and max speed records for the F-4 were set by the second prototype F-4 (sometimes included with the limited run A-model series), A-models, and B-models -- all Navy versions! These all had the original solid wing.
They did modify the combustion chamber of the J79 engines of a significant number of F-4s after the Vietnam War. The upgrade reduced the smoking of the J79 in non-afterburner operations. It was a priority for the Air National Guard of the United States (which became THE major user of the F-4 in the United States by the early 1980s; they operated virtually ALL the USAF F-4 models) so I think most F-4s of the ANG got the engine smoke reduction upgrade. Navy Phantoms (F-4S at least) also got the smokeless engine upgrade. Other countries made their choices on the engine upgrade for their F-4s. The issue with the combustion chamber upgrade (to reduce smoke) was that it reduced engine life by raising the temperature limit of the chamber. Higher temps = reduced hardware life if the hardware hasn't had a significant materials (higher-temp resistant metals) upgrade. West Germany among Phantom users did NOT upgrade the engines of their F-4s precisely because of the lifetime reduction. The Luftwaffe flew Phantoms until 2013! Luftwaffe F-4Fs were very smoky to the end... According to this article, aviationphotodigest.com/f-4-phantoms-of-the-japanese-air-self-defense-force/ , the Japanese F-4EJs did NOT get the slatted wing upgrade...
@@HearnsHobbiesMelbourne ok Mr. Semantics its an Academy kit. You happy now... you freakin cry baby... but its still produced using the 1995 REVELL MOLDS which in essence makes it physically a Revell kit in a new Academy box.
Phantastic!.. I know Revell produced a 1/32 F-4E Phantom back in the day 👍✈️... I seen the RAAF F-4E at the RAAF museum.. thanks from across the ditch ✈️🇳🇿
Thanks for the info and cheers for watching!
Revell produce 2 different kits in 1/32. There was the old 1970's kit with very little detail, and very poor fit, and then a newer kit with all new tooling in 1995. The kit you see here from Academy is that exact reboxing of the Revell's 1995 kit, but with newer decals.
You do realize that is NOT an Academy kit - It's just an Academy reboxing of Revell's kit that has been around since 1995, and I suppose the price has been jacked up 5 times too. F-4E is still operational in South Korea, GREECE, Turkey and Iran.
Lots of brands rebox including Revell and Airfix. It is still an Academy kit. Jacked up? What? Since 1995? The current price is as set.
@@HearnsHobbiesMelbourne Dude you CLEARLY do NOT know the history of those Molds. Yes since 1995. and no its NOT an Academe kit. Its a Revell kit in an Academy Box. PERIOD. That kit as a Revell release was 49 dollars in 1995 and came with decals for Missouri and New Jearsy Air Guard units, I know, I have about 15 in my collection. Revell re-released it again in 2015, with extra parts added to make the Wild Weasel. I know I have 6 of those. The kit, as offerd by Academy, is completely UNCHANGED and is the SAME MOLDS reboxed by Academy (except for new decals) and is 170 dollars MSRP. Maybe 100 on sale. But 49 dollars to 170 dollars for basically the same kit. How does Academy justify a 120 price increase for new decals? That is what Jacked up means. The Iorony is the same kit by Revell can still be had on ebay for under 70 dollars today. And with after market decals is FAR cheaper than the new reboxed Academy offering. One is just foolish to spend that kind of money just because its in an new Academy box.
CLEARLY NOT! Pretty aggressive response to an opposing point of view. I suggest you exercise restraint and understanding.
Thank you very much/
This kit is air to air missile & drop tank/ so is not ait to land bomb?
but aim 120 amramm missile (academy industry is korea company, very thank you& your introduce)
If you want assembly bomb part> 1:48 F15E seymoore jhon son of bomb part (academy industry), this kit F4E is very big size😅 have you good modelling🎉❤
The "Dogfighting was expected to be extinct" reason for the F-4 not having a gun is a myth. It was designed as a Naval Interceptor and didn't have need of a gun to go after Soviet Bombers and Maritime Patrol aircraft.
The funny thing is the F-4E with the gun didn't make much of a difference and the F-4J which never had a gun did far better after crews were trained how to use the jet properly.
The missiles were misused too. Once crews were taught to only fire them within the parameters they were designed for, kill rates flew up. The missiles were not being stored properly in South East Asia which is far more hot and humid than the USA.
The Sparrows in the kit look more like AIM-120s strangely enough.
Thank you for your information!
F-4E is still operational in
Greek AF one of the most advanced updated airframes (Peace Icarus 2000) with MFD's and HUD,APG-65 radar, etc 23-25 remaining operational, more on storage for parts
Turkish AF also updated closer to KAI/Kurnass and more A/G oriented AFAIK 15-16 fully operational the others are uknown status
South Korea AF (uknown number)
Iranian AF around 50-52 (?) Operational
Really?! The Phantom is certainly a long serving airframe.
I like F4E
We do too!
Cockpit haved many errors and fuselage too I needed a lot of putty to repare it but kit is good , trademark like academy ,revell,italeri,hobby boss..brings a lot of errors on it s manufacturing
Thank you for your feedback. Some kits are more challenging than others.
I think it's very small number of F-4s that are still operational.
Must be no more than 4 countries still operating the type! I can't find confirmation for South Korean retirement other than the F-4D and RF-4E models being retired. Sources say the South Korean Air Force had 71 F-4Es but I doubt all are still operational.
All the recon models of the F-4 (RF-4E) have been retired for the Greek and Turkish air forces. Only the F-4E is still operational and no credible source I could find indicated either country had much more than 20 operational F-4Es apiece! They may have more than 20 E-model airframes surviving but only 20 are operational at any point.
Iran allegedly had 55-58 operational F-4s out of something like 250-300 they bought from the United States in the late 1960s to late 1970s. They can't be in great condition since the average age of the airframes has to be close to 45 years minimum.
Altogether, there has to be less than 100 operational F-4s worldwide in the type's 62nd year of flying.
Still amazing when you think about it!
***
BTW, the F-4Es deployed to Vietnam during the actual American involvement (which lasted until 1974, generally; evacuation of last political staff in 1975) all had the original "solid wing" that the production F-4B through J models had. The slatted wing was introduced from 1972 onwards. BTW, the internal cannon for the F-4E was in the planning stage WELL before the slatted wing was proposed. Before the first F-4 C-model was delivered to the USAF, they were planning a redesign of the F-4 airframe to incorporate the M61 cannon. It turned out they modified the reconnaisance versions' (RF-4B/C) nose to fit in the cannon. The new nose lengthened the F-4E an additional five feet (63 ft total) over the F-4C (58 ft 4in). One side effect of fitting a new nose to the F-4E was that the air to air radar mode was NOT as effective as the F-4J (the upgraded Navy F-4 introduced after 1968; about half of the surviving J-models received slatted wings similar to the F-4E and were redesignated F-4S but no Navy Phantom ever flew with an internal cannon). The F-4J had a bigger nose and could fit in a radar (AWG-10) that was more powerful than the F-4E radar.
Prototype flights of the slatted wing began in 1972. F-4Es were produced with slatted wings from 1974 onwards to the last plane which built in Japan in 1981. Earlier production F-4Es were refit with slatted wings as they came through the depot for overhaul. It was something like less than 30 earlier F-4Es which DID NOT receive the slatted wing upgrade. The slatted wing was not retrofit to the reconnaisance (RF-4C, RF-4B) and earlier fighter versions (F-4B/N, F-4C, F-4D). The earlier models were not refit like the F-4E because of economic reasons (more money to the F-15 and F-16 programs as well as updating the best USAF model of the F-4, the E, with more up to date avionics).
Most RF-4Es were built with the original solid wing; only RF-4Es operated by Greece and Turkey had slatted wings.
BTW, the slatted wing does improve handling and turn performance to a point BUT it does NOT make the F-4 turn tighter per se; the max turn rate and minimum radius is limited by the airframe's G-capability. There is a penalty in maximum speed performance because the slats increase drag substantially at Mach 2+. The rated max for speed a slatted F-4 is generally Mach 2.23; unslatted planes (NONE of which carry internal cannon) can break Mach 2.3 and probably race past Mach 2.4 for brief periods.
The acceleration, high altitude, climb, and max speed records for the F-4 were set by the second prototype F-4 (sometimes included with the limited run A-model series), A-models, and B-models -- all Navy versions! These all had the original solid wing.
They did modify the combustion chamber of the J79 engines of a significant number of F-4s after the Vietnam War. The upgrade reduced the smoking of the J79 in non-afterburner operations. It was a priority for the Air National Guard of the United States (which became THE major user of the F-4 in the United States by the early 1980s; they operated virtually ALL the USAF F-4 models) so I think most F-4s of the ANG got the engine smoke reduction upgrade. Navy Phantoms (F-4S at least) also got the smokeless engine upgrade.
Other countries made their choices on the engine upgrade for their F-4s. The issue with the combustion chamber upgrade (to reduce smoke) was that it reduced engine life by raising the temperature limit of the chamber. Higher temps = reduced hardware life if the hardware hasn't had a significant materials (higher-temp resistant metals) upgrade. West Germany among Phantom users did NOT upgrade the engines of their F-4s precisely because of the lifetime reduction. The Luftwaffe flew Phantoms until 2013! Luftwaffe F-4Fs were very smoky to the end...
According to this article, aviationphotodigest.com/f-4-phantoms-of-the-japanese-air-self-defense-force/ , the Japanese F-4EJs did NOT get the slatted wing upgrade...
Thank you for your information!
Cheers!
revell
Academy.
@@HearnsHobbiesMelbourne It's Revell with added extras so a no go
@@HearnsHobbiesMelbourne Its just a reboxing of the OLD 1995 Kit, with new 2023 decals.
Produced by Academy, so still Academy. So Wingnut Wings is Meng because Meng cut the mold? It's all academic.
@@HearnsHobbiesMelbourne ok Mr. Semantics its an Academy kit. You happy now... you freakin cry baby... but its still produced using the 1995 REVELL MOLDS which in essence makes it physically a Revell kit in a new Academy box.