Zoukei Mura SWS4807 1/48 F-4D Phantom II

F-4Ds initially arrived in June 1967 equipped with AIM-4 Falcons. However, the Falcon, like its predecessors, was designed to shoot down heavy bombers flying straight and level. Its reliability proved no better than others and its complex firing sequence and limited seeker-head cooling time made it virtually useless in combat against agile fighters. The F-4Ds reverted to using Sidewinders under the "Rivet Haste" program in early 1968, and by 1972 the AIM-7E-2 "Dogfight Sparrow" had become the preferred missile for USAF pilots. Like other Vietnam War Phantoms, the F-4Ds were urgently fitted with radar warning receivers to detect the Soviet-built S-75 Dvina SAMs

Specification

• Scale: 1/48

• Plastic Model Kits, Including 2-color molded parts (clear and grey)

• Total Parts: 385

INNER STRUCTURE

• FCS changes from AN/APQ-100 to -109.
• INS, from AN/ASN-48 to -63.
• Bomb computer AN/ASQ-91 and AN/ASG-22 sight installed.

EXTERIOR SHAPE

• Some aircrafts have AN/ARN-92 LORAN-D antenna (aka "Towel Hanger") on the back, used in Vietnam.
• Some others have RHAW antenna installed in every section.

EQUIPMENT

• Pave knife pods (AN/AVQ-10), operative laser target designator pods and laser guided bombs added.
• All the ECM pods for AN/ALQ-87/-101/-119 mounted on.
• Operable AIM-4D added.

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