This
kit from Tamiya number 60310 is the early version of the aircraft, but I
converted it to the late version. In
order to convert from early version to late version I used Cutting
Edge
conversion:
The
Tamiya parts assembled very easily and very well.
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I
used LED's and fiber optic in the cockpit and Exhaust Nozzles.
I built a stand that delivers 3 volts
of power via a plug in/out
connector to get it to light up. It is very easy to put the model on the
stand and to remove it in order to display the model on its wheels. There
is also an mp4 that can be play when the model is attached to the stand.
This
plane was one of 34 F-4E PHANTOM II delivered to IAF in the 1973 war after great
loss during the first days of the conflict. The
plane served in the "hammers" squadron in the "sea" –
south
East Asia
scheme till the mid 80's.
The
plane is famous because of its tail number: 306. It
is the missing IAF pilot navigator Ron
Arad plane, but its represents the plane before it was painted
in the standard IAF scheme. Unfortunately
the plane crashed on 16/10/1986
because a bomb dropped by
the plane exploded to early near it. The
pilot was rescued but the pilot navigator Ron
Arad is missing till today.
Shmuel
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