#TAMIYA F4 PHANTOM COCKPIT INSTALL#
#TAMIYA F4 PHANTOM COCKPIT FULL#

Add V shaped part behind the arresting hook end (scratch-built or photo etched part).

Add missing small drain pipe under tail, between the stabilators.

Replace with correct diameter resin ones or some from Revell F-4E/F-RF-4C/E kits.

Afterburner nozzles are much too small in diameter.

Leave the semi-circular tabs attached to the stabs.

#TAMIYA F4 PHANTOM COCKPIT INSTALL#

It is best to remove stabs from pivot mount and install them during final assembly. Area is hard to paint after stabilators are installed. Add the window and arresting hook gear hydraulic oil servicing gauge and air filler valve with a yellow cap: Some plastic sprue lengths with a spare gauge decal behind an oblong transparent part will mimic this.

#TAMIYA F4 PHANTOM COCKPIT FULL#

This is door 62 on the full scale air frame. Drill an oblong hole in the indented square located up to the front titanium area on the starboard fuselage (forward of the right stabilator).Remove a couple of millimeters and fin will fit much better. Post that provides mounting point for fin is too tall and interferes with brace inside of fin.Small bare metal bleed air exhaust located on each fuselage side just above the engine exhaust is wrongly shaped.Blade of 'splitter plate' on intake at base of fin is too thick.Navy type chaff dispenser doors must be scribed on each side of the J fuselage.Also add the hoses between the belly and the tank. The locks are intended to secure the tank. Add on the belly the center line fuel tank sway locks and their hinged doors.Add a small circular formation light on the fuselage spine.Take care to position correctly the oblong part J14 on the fuselage spine behind the cockpit (covering the area where is located the refueling point on AF versions) as it is smaller than the opening.

A small drain exhaust is missing on each fuselage side (above the root of the leading edge of the wing).

The one on the underside is straight across. Also note how the inboard edge of the ramp is angled down, not straight across like every F-4 kit ever produced has. The outboard panels of the vari-ramps were moveable, and they had a panel that slid over the inboard section on the top and bottom of the ramp.

Improve vari-ramps (air splitter plates) vents (rear of parts B17/18): thin edges and add two thin internal walls.

Another option is to use FODs to hide intake issues! If you do not want to use a resin correction set, the best way to obtain a smooth transition is to cut the intake duct part from the fuselage and to assemble the duct with the other parts (B26-27/42-43), smooth the joints, glue the duct to the engine front and intake parts (B11-12/17-18/A1-2/C-17) and glue the assembly to the fuselage. Replace entire intake with aftermarket one or use sheet plastic/two components putty to get a smooth transition.

Intake ducts do not match intake lips.

The forward underside air conditioning vents are wrong for a J air frame (port vent has a different configuration than the starboard one).

Add missing Navy style AOA sensor (under port airco intake scoop).

This is easily fixed by cutting down the kit parts.

Air conditioning intake scoops are 6mm too long.

NOTICEABLE FUSELAGE ISSUES (from front to rear) Please refer accordingly to relevant documentation. Moreover, aftermarket sets do not necessarily correct all listed issues. Hence, refer to other LSP sections to find relevant information. No aftermarket correction or detail set is mentioned in this document as the availability of such items may be very variable. It is up to the modeler to decide whether correcting the listed issues is worth the time and money he will have to invest in the quest for accuracy process. Hence, it is intended to focus on commonly admitted discrepancies and will probably not cover some errors. In no way is it intended to support or be offensive towards a scale model company.Īs such, it is only the result of a progressive process and is in no way intended to be absolute or even comprehensive. The following list is intended to help modelers in improving scale accuracy of an airplane model replica. TWEAK LIST VERSION 1.0 (publication date: April 2005) McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II US MARINES ('MARINES' in the list)

TYPE: McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II US NAVY ('NAVY' in the list).

Tamiya 1/32 McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II (USN & USMC) By Thierry Laurent & Ben Brown

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