F-4EJ (Yoav's Bird) "398"

[flying rasta]

Hey Issac, cafe,

here is the aircraft the model is based on.You are right cafe.

[YOAVHOZMI]

Originally Posted by flying rasta

YOAVHOZMI,

Its an honour to build your model, of course i will stick to the instruction. I did a bit of both, retrace and new layer, took a long time! i hope i do your model justice. i added wheels too based on the additions you did.

till now it looks good.

but you have to make some changes to fit my model to EJ model, such us.......

On the top part of the tail fin.....
my model has only one tube antenna and the Japanese model has two tube antennas.

Another noticeable thing.....The leading edge of the edge of wing that raised upwards, I think the professional concept is:DIHEDRAL
the leading edge of the dihedral of the F-4EJ is simple and at the AIF F-4E the leading edge is separated from the dihedral.

i think on the black nose of the F-4EJ, there are 4-5 stripes around....something that not exists on the IAF F-4E.

i think there are more, but these are the things that i saw from the pictures you uploaded.

keep on the good work

YOAV

[flying rasta]

Wow thanks YOAV!

i think it might be too late for the nose, but i will see what i can do with the rest.

Thanks for following and teaching me!

i really appreciate it.

[flying rasta]

update more minor repaint errors found, strip to be on intake at front. but overall i am liking her. pics showing with and without stripes.

[Isaac]

Very colorful scheme. I have seen photos of those wild colored Japanese planes like the F-15.

While living in Japan I have only seen the RF-4E flying in the standard green/brown colors.



I did not see the one you are building though. Looks like a fun project.


Isaac

[Isaac]

I noticed some of the guys on the Facebook forum were surprised/confused about our paper representation at the Dayton IPMS show yesterday. Well, It was me who initiated getting Frank ( Deckape ) to bring his models. Also Paul H is the club president as well as a paper model builder and he brought his aircraft carrier.

Here is a link to the thread about the contest.
Dayton IPMS contest

and the upcoming paper convention in the same hotel on May 12th:
Dayton Paper Con 2018 May 11 to 13th

and the models I brought including Yoav's designs


Now you guys know.


Isaac

[MichaelS]

That's the way to show those plasteek guys!!

[flying rasta]

Simply awesome Issac! great way to show what our hobby is capable of! so here is the ejection seat for the bird.

[flying rasta]

trying to upload more photos

[YOAVHOZMI]

A beautiful improvement to the ejection seat.....well done
But I think that the band "removed before flight" is to big for the scale of the seat.


Are you going to make the model with open canopies?

YOAV