Re: Hasegawa 1/72 Phantom Wing Slats

On Jul 26, 11:37 pm, Gene K <speed...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >Gondor wrote:
>
> >> F-4E Early production machines had only drooped flaps an unsloted
tail
> >> plain along with the short canon muzzle. The longer muzzle and
slatted
> >> tail along with the leading edge slats were fitted to later
production
> >> machines and retro fitted to earlier machines.
>
> By "drooped flaps" I think you mean leading edge flaps (vice slats),
> right? You're correct about the VERY early F-4Es not having slotted
> stabs, but by 1966 (in Operational testing) the slotted stabs were
> introduced. The slats came in much later - almost ten years later. In
> other words, you'd be hard pressed to find an unslotted F-4E.
>
> Gene K

Yep I agree with you about that Geane as long as your talking about
finding one like that today, however the F-4E's loaned to Australia
and the first of the aircraft sold to Israel were of the early version
without the wing slats.  Unless anyone knows of someone that produces
the slotted stabaliser as a separate item the only way to produce a
model in 1/72 from a Hasegawa kit is to swap the outer wings of an
F-4EJ with an F-4E which will produce an early F-4E and an F-4F.
Expensive I know, but I think the quality of the moldings outweighs
the price.

Gondor