From: "Steve Bamford" To: "Richard Harvey" References: <000f01c10cc7$7a613260$0201a8c0@harvey> Subject: Re: Ra'am Walk-Around Pictures, 1 of 3 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 01:32:28 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A4_01C10D97.33C29EE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A4_01C10D97.33C29EE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Harvey=20 To: Steve Bamford=20 Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 5:45 PM Subject: Ra'am Walk-Around Pictures, 1 of 3 Steve: Here are the photos taken of the 3 Israeli Air Force F-15i by Mark = Curley on June 30th during their visit at RAF Waddington. My friend = Mark, who lives in England and is an incredible modeler in his own = right, knew I was in the midst of modifying a 1/48 Revell F-15E into an = IAF F-15i, shot these pictures to help illustrate several of the various = areas of the aircraft that require modification from the USAF F-15E in = order to create an accurate IAF F-15I Ra'am (Lightning). I've added a = little text for each of the 16 photos to help point out some of the = places a modeler will have to make adjustments or other points of = general interest, which were done with the Revell kit conversion in = mind. The pictures will be broken up between 3 e-mails, the first having = 5 pictures each, the last with 6. Mark did a super job of scanning and = squeezing these jpgs, and when he sent them to me this same way, all = went fine. If you have problems let me know. He okayed the text I = suggest below, and agreed I should send the pics since I have a = broadband connection with unlimited time, and he gets charged out the = nose in Sterling for a slow dial-up. If you see any need for further = editing and/or other changes, go right ahead. Mark's one request was to = ask for a WAG on when you thought these might be posted. Because of his = slow dial-up, he doesn't get to log-on to ARC that often. I estimated a = month or so. If you can give me a heads up, it would be most = appreciated. =20 No. 1: Forward half of the Stbd fuselage. Note the fuselage panel = just below the rear ejection seat and above the 20mm gun muzzle is plain = and does not have the round exhaust grille found on US F-15Es. Also = note the underside grey cammo follows the upper edge of the Conformal = Fuel Tank (CFT), and that the S/N of the CFT can be plainly seen in = black stenciling. No. 2: Slightly tighter view similar to photo No. 1. Note the 'slime = lights' are blacked out on the Ra'am. Close examination will reveal a = great deal of stenciling on panels and doors. =20 No. 3: Stbd Rear Quarter. Note the orientation of the ECM units as = they taper to nearly rectangular from cylindrical at the end of the = booms. The shape of the Port side unit will need to be changed from the = F-15E version. Also, note the demarcation of the underside grey paint on = the booms, and the asymmetrical angles of the horizontal stabs in = comparison to one another. =20 No. 4: Tail-on, dead Aft. Note the burn pattern inside the engine = exhausts, the black/white striped emergency arrestor hook, and on the = very edges of the photo, the 'legendary' extra chaff/flare = dispensers...two to a side, on the bottom of the tail booms. =20 No. 5: Port Rear Quarter. Another look at the tail end, with a great = view of the horizontal orientation of the Port ECM unit, and the = asymmetrical position of the Horiz Stabs. For the Ra'am, note the = burners DO have the 'turkey feathers'. The Port tail boom chaff/flare = dispensers can be seen once again. =20 No. 6: Stbd Upper Rear. The Stbd Vertical Stab is adorned with not = only the Patishim (Hammers) squadron emblem, but also a stylized eagle's = head, along with the a/c number, 267, in black. This is different on the = Port side. =20 No. 7: Stbd Upper Rear. Another view of the Stbd Vert Stab, and the = inner Port Vert Stab. Note the ECM blisters and position lights near = the top of the tails. Also, note that there is no oversized ECM unit on = the top of the Port Tail, but simply a counterbalance which is the same = diameter as on the Stbd Tail. This mod needs to be made to the F-15E = kit. =20 No. 8: Port Vertical Stab. Note the eagle head on the Port Stab is = not black, but painted in FS-30219 brown. =20 No. 9: Stbd Tail Boom. Close-up of the boom/ECM unit. Note the = Vertical orientation of the rectangular shape on ECM unit, and the heavy = rivet pattern on the boom. =20 No. 10: Port Vert Stab Close-Up. A close look at the Port Tail-tip = counterbalance. This is the side that must be changed from the ECM unit = that has a much larger diameter. Also note a good close-up of the = Patishim squadron emblem. =20 No. 11: Under the Port Wing. Looking past the wing pylon and fuel = tank, note the position of the air scoop attached to the side of the = CFT. These scoops are present to provide additional cooling on any = F-15Es (and all F-15Is) that have the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 vice = the F-100-PW-220 jet engines. =20 No. 12: Under Port Wing, Rear Quarter. Better view of the mounting = position of the cooling scoop on the CFT. Same thing on the Stbd side. = Note the angles of the various weapons stubs on the CFTs as well. =20 No. 13: Port CFT, Rear Quarter. Close-up of the cooling scoop = position. The kit directions do not mention where these parts go, = although a close examination of the CFT will give some hints if the = modeler looks closely in the proper area... =20 No. 14: Port Forward Fuselage/Wing. As with the Stbd side, note the = S/N for the CFT. Also note the AN/AAQ-13 & -14 LANTIRN pods are in the = standard USAF F-15E 'Gunship Grey'. Lastly, note the shoulder-mounted = missile rails on the wing pylon with inert AIM-9 Sidewinders. The Ra'am = can also be equipped with AIM-120 AMRAAM and/or Israeli Python 4 = missiles. =20 No. 15: Port Forward Fuselage. Note aircraft number in small numerals = just in front of the engine intake, on the door of the nose gear, as = well as in larger blue numbers near the nose. =20 No. 16: Two more Ra'am. Squadron mates of number 267 across the = Waddington airfield. One of the aircraft, number 269, is represented on = the Sky's Decals sheet #2, F-15I "Ra'am". 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----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Richard Harvey
To: Steve Bamford
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 = 5:45=20 PM
Subject: Ra'am Walk-Around = Pictures, 1 of=20 3

Steve:
Here are the photos taken of the = 3=20 Israeli Air Force F-15i by Mark = Curley on June=20 30th during their visit at RAF Waddington. My friend Mark, who lives = in=20 England and is an incredible modeler in his own right, knew I was in = the midst=20 of modifying a 1/48 Revell F-15E into an IAF F-15i, shot these = pictures to=20 help illustrate several of the various areas of the aircraft that = require=20 modification from the USAF F-15E in order to create an accurate IAF = F-15I=20 Ra'am (Lightning). I've added a little text for each of the 16 photos = to help=20 point out some of the places a modeler will have to make adjustments = or other=20 points of general interest, which were done with the Revell kit = conversion in=20 mind. The pictures will be broken up between 3 e-mails, the first = having 5=20 pictures each, the last with 6. Mark did a super job of scanning and = squeezing=20 these jpgs, and when he sent them to me this same way, all went fine. = If you=20 have problems let me know. He okayed the text I suggest below, and = agreed I=20 should send the pics since I have a broadband connection with = unlimited time,=20 and he gets charged out the nose in Sterling for a slow dial-up. If = you see=20 any need for further editing and/or other changes, go right ahead. = Mark's one=20 request was to ask for a WAG on when you thought these might be = posted.=20 Because of his slow dial-up, he doesn't get to log-on to ARC that = often. I=20 estimated a month or so. If you can give me a heads up, it would be = most=20 appreciated.
 
No. 1:  Forward half of the Stbd = fuselage.  Note the fuselage panel just below the rear ejection = seat and=20 above the 20mm gun muzzle is plain and does not have the round exhaust = grille=20 found on US F-15Es.  Also note the underside grey cammo follows = the upper=20 edge of the Conformal Fuel Tank (CFT), and that the S/N of the = CFT can be=20 plainly seen in black stenciling.
 
No. 2:   Slightly tighter view similar to photo No. 1. Note the 'slime = lights'=20 are blacked out on the Ra'am. Close examination will reveal a great = deal of=20 stenciling on panels and doors.
 
No. 3:  Stbd Rear Quarter. Note = the=20 orientation of the ECM units as they taper to nearly rectangular from=20 cylindrical at the end of the booms. The shape of the Port side unit = will need=20 to be changed from the F-15E version. Also, note the demarcation of = the=20 underside grey paint on the booms, and the asymmetrical angles of the=20 horizontal stabs in comparison to one another.
 
No. 4:  Tail-on, dead Aft.  = Note the=20 burn pattern inside the engine exhausts, the black/white striped = emergency=20 arrestor hook, and on the very edges of the photo, the 'legendary' = extra=20 chaff/flare dispensers...two to a side, on the bottom of the tail=20 booms.
 
No. 5:  Port Rear Quarter. = Another look at=20 the tail end, with a great view of the horizontal orientation of the = Port ECM=20 unit, and the asymmetrical position of the Horiz Stabs. For the Ra'am, = note=20 the burners DO have the 'turkey feathers'.  The Port tail boom=20 chaff/flare dispensers can be seen once again.
 
No. 6:  Stbd Upper Rear.  = The Stbd=20 Vertical Stab is adorned with not only the Patishim (Hammers) = squadron=20 emblem, but also a stylized eagle's head, along with the a/c number, = 267, in=20 black. This is different on the Port side.
 
No. 7:  Stbd Upper Rear.  = Another view=20 of the Stbd Vert Stab, and the inner Port Vert Stab.  Note the = ECM=20 blisters and position lights near the top of the tails. Also, note = that there=20 is no oversized ECM unit on the top of the Port Tail, but simply a=20 counterbalance which is the same diameter as on the Stbd Tail.  = This mod=20 needs to be made to the F-15E kit.
 
No. 8:  Port Vertical = Stab.  Note the=20 eagle head on the Port Stab is not black, but painted in FS-30219 = brown.
 
No. 9:  Stbd Tail Boom.  = Close-up of=20 the boom/ECM unit. Note the Vertical orientation of the rectangular = shape on=20 ECM unit, and the heavy rivet pattern on the boom.
 
No. 10:  Port Vert Stab = Close-Up.  A=20 close look at the Port Tail-tip counterbalance. This is the side that = must be=20 changed from the ECM unit that has a much larger diameter. Also note a = good=20 close-up of the Patishim squadron emblem.
 
No. 11:  Under the Port = Wing. =20 Looking past the wing pylon and fuel tank, note the position of the = air scoop=20 attached to the side of the CFT. These scoops are present to provide=20 additional cooling on any F-15Es (and all F-15Is) that have the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 = vice the F-100-PW-220 jet engines.
 
No. 12:  Under Port Wing, Rear=20 Quarter.  Better view of the mounting position of the cooling = scoop on=20 the CFT. Same thing on the Stbd side. Note the angles of the various = weapons=20 stubs on the CFTs as well.
 
No. 13:  Port CFT, Rear = Quarter.=20 Close-up of the cooling scoop position. The kit directions do not = mention=20 where these parts go, although a close examination of the CFT will = give some=20 hints if the modeler looks closely in the proper = area...
 
No. 14:  Port Forward = Fuselage/Wing. =20 As with the Stbd side, note the S/N for the CFT. Also note the = AN/AAQ-13=20 & -14 LANTIRN pods are in the standard USAF F-15E = 'Gunship=20 Grey'.  Lastly, note the shoulder-mounted missile rails on the = wing pylon=20 with inert AIM-9 Sidewinders. The Ra'am can also be equipped with = AIM-120=20 AMRAAM and/or Israeli Python 4 missiles.
 
No. 15:  Port Forward Fuselage. = Note=20 aircraft number in small numerals just in front of the engine intake, = on the=20 door of the nose gear, as well as in larger blue numbers near the = nose.
 
No. 16:  Two more Ra'am. = Squadron mates of=20 number 267 across the Waddington airfield. One of the aircraft, number = 269, is=20 represented on the Sky's Decals sheet #2, F-15I "Ra'am".
That's = it, Steve..Let=20 me know what you think-
Rich=20 Harvey
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