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MODEL

AIRCRAFT

EXTRA

No.3

BUILDING THE

F-4 Phantom

Compiled by Andy Evans

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Model Aircraft Extra #3

Building the F-4 Phantom

Compiled by Andy Evans

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An F-4B from VF-111

dropping ordnance

The F-4 Phantom

Contents

Introduction

– The F-4 Phantom

First to Fight

– 1:48 Revell F-4C

USAF F-4C/D Phantoms in the Vietnam War

MiG Killer

– 1:48 Academy F-4C

First of the Weasels

– 1:48 Eduard F-4C

Showtime 100

– 1:48 Hasegawa F-4J

Flight Test Phantom

– 1:32 Revell F-4F

Kai Fighter

– 1:48 Hasegawa F-4E

No Gun Shogun

– 1:48 Hasegawa RF-4E

Jolly Rogers F-4J

– 1:48 Academy F-4J

Revolutionary Phantom

– 1:48 Hasegawa F-4E

Raider from the Lost Ark

– 1:72 Airfix FG.1

Colour Artwork

Scale Plans

Firebirds Phantom

– 1:72 Fujimi FGR.2

Charging Rhino

– 1:48 Hasegawa F-4S

An F-4S from VF-301

in the climb

Greek Spook

– 1:48 Hasegawa F-4E

Sundowners Step-by-Step

– 1:72 Hasegawa F-4B

The F-4 Phantom

he McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is

a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather,

long-range supersonic interceptor and fighter-

bomber originally developed for the US Navy,

and entered service in 1960. Proving highly adaptable,

it was also adopted by the US Marine Corps and the US

Air Force, and by the mid-1960s had become a major

part of their air arms. The Phantom is a large fighter

with a top speed of over Mach 2.2, and can carry more

than 18,000lb of weapons on nine external hardpoints,

including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles,

and various bombs. The F-4, like other interceptors

of its time, was initially designed without an internal

cannon, however, later models incorporated an M61

Vulcan rotary cannon. The F-4 was used extensively

during the Vietnam War, where it served as the

principal air superiority fighter for the US Air Force,

Navy, and Marine Corps and became important in

the ground-attack and aerial reconnaissance roles later

in the war. The aircraft continued to form a major part of

US military air power throughout the 1970s and 1980s,

being gradually replaced by more modern aircraft such

as the F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon F-14 Tomcat and

the F/A-18 Hornet. The F-4 remained in use by the US

forces in the reconnaissance and Wild Weasel roles in the

1991 Gulf War, finally leaving service in 1996. It was also

the only aircraft used by both the USAF Thunderbirds (F-

4E) and the US Navy Blue Angels (F-4J). The F-4 was also

operated by the armed forces of eleven other nations,

and Israeli Phantoms saw extensive combat in several

conflicts, while Iran used its large fleet of Phantoms,

acquired before the fall of the Shah, in the Iran–Iraq

War. Phantom production ran from 1958 to 1981, with

a total of 5,195 built, making it the most produced

American supersonic military aircraft. As of 2019, sixty

years after its first flight, the F-4 remains in service

with Iran, Japan, South Korea, Greece, and Turkey.

The aircraft has most recently been in service

against the Islamic State group in the Middle East.

The prototype XF4H-1 was designed to carry four

semi-recessed AAM-N-6 Sparrow III radar-guided

missiles, and to be powered by two J79-GE-8 engines.

As with the earlier the McDonnell F-101 Voodoo,

the engines sat low in the fuselage to maximise

internal fuel capacity and ingested air through fixed

geometry intakes. The thin-section wing had a leading-

edge sweep of forty-five degrees and was equipped

with blown flaps for better low-speed handling. Wind

tunnel testing had revealed lateral instability requiring

the addition of five-degree dihedral to the wings,

INTRODUCTION –

F-4

PHANTOM

An Egyptian F-4E

A pair of German F-4Fs

so to avoid redesigning the titanium central section

of the aircraft, McDonnell engineers angled up only

the outer portions of the wings by twelve-degrees.

The wings also received the distinctive ‘dogtooth’ for

improved control at high angles of attack, and the

all-moving tail plane was given twenty-three degree

of anhedral to improve control at high angles of attack

while still keeping it clear of the engine exhaust. In

addition, air intakes were equipped with variable

geometry ramps to regulate airflow to the engines at

supersonic speeds. The aircraft’s all-weather intercept

capability was achieved thanks to the AN/APQ-50 radar,

and to accommodate carrier operations, the landing

gear was designed to heavy withstand landings.

On 25 July 1955, the Navy ordered two XF4H-1 test

aircraft and five YF4H-1 pre-production examples. The

Phantom made its maiden flight on 27 May 1958, and

early testing resulted in redesign of the air intakes,

including the distinctive addition of 12,500 holes to

‘bleed off’ the slow-moving boundary layer air from the

surface of each intake ramp. Series production aircraft

also featured splitter plates to divert the boundary

layer away from the engine intakes, however, delays with

the J79-GE-8 engines meant that the first production

aircraft were fitted with J79-GE-2 and −2A engines. In

1959, the Phantom began carrier suitability trials with

the first complete launch-recovery cycle performed on

15 February 1960 from Independence. The aircraft was

given the name ‘Phantom II’, the first ‘Phantom’ being

another McDonnell jet fighter, the FH-1 Phantom. The

Phantom II was briefly given the designation F-110A

and the name ‘Spectre’ by the USAF, but neither name

was officially used. Early in production, the radar was

upgraded to the Westinghouse AN/APQ-72, an AN/

APG-50 with a larger radar antenna, necessitating the

bulbous nose, and the canopy was reworked to improve

visibility and make the rear cockpit less claustrophobic.

US Air Force Phantoms

The USAF received Phantoms as the result of Defence

Secretary Robert McNamara’s push to create a unified

fighter for all branches of the military. After an F-4B

won a fly-off against the F-106 Delta Dart, the USAF

borrowed two Naval F-4Bs, to develop requirements

for their own version. Unlike the navy’s focus on

interception, the USAF emphasised the fighter-bomber

role. Subsequently the naval version was designated

the F-4B and USAF version F-4C. The USN and USMC

received the first definitive Phantom, the F-4B, which

was equipped with the Westinghouse APQ-72, a Texas

Instruments AAA-4 Infra-red search and track pod under

the nose, an AN/AJB-3 bombing system and powered by

J79-GE-8,-8A and -8B engines with the first flight being

on 25 March 1961. The F-4J had improved air-to-air and

ground-attack capability and deliveries began in 1966

and ended in 1972. This version was equipped with

J79-GE-10 engines, the Westinghouse AN/AWG-10 Fire

Control System, a new integrated missile control system

and the AN/AJB-7 bombing system for expanded

ground attack capability. The F-4N had smokeless

engines and the F-4Js aerodynamic improvements

with 228 converted by 1978. The F-4S model resulted

from the refurbishment of 265 F-4Js with J79-GE-17

smokeless engines, the AWG-10B radar, a Honeywell

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