Ecf-4m Phantom Ii

comrade harps · January 18, 2007, 01:17:19 AM

Due to delays with the locally developed Orange Harvest Martel armed SEAD Phantom, as a stop gap Canada equipped 49 of its ECF-4Ms with the American Standard ARM and GBU.8.

"Grim Reaper", 429 Sqd, Canadian Armed Forces, Zinder, Niger, 17 March 1968
Crew: Lt. louis LeVier (pilot), Cdr David Hooker (WSO)

The CF-4, built in Canada and using Canadian Rolls Royce engines, was symbolic of the changes in the Canadian armed services at the time. With the merging of the armed services into the new Canadian Armed Forces in 1967, the Phantom represented an aircraft that in its CF-4L (carrier capable) and CF-4M (land based) forms could be shared by the Maritime and Air Commands. The "two blues" colour scheme of these aircraft, which was retained until the late-70s, was reflective of this joint approach, as was this crew pairing.

GTX · January 18, 2007, 01:49:59 AM

That looks great!

Regards,

Greg

Howard of Effingham · January 18, 2007, 01:53:50 AM

excellent stuff comrade harps!

trevor

Rafael · January 18, 2007, 03:00:31 AM

Camouflage Magic!!!!

Excelent, comrade!!
Rafa

NARSES2 · January 18, 2007, 05:05:07 AM

Now thats neat work

Archibald · January 18, 2007, 05:08:19 AM

The Phantom look superb with this camo! That's a fascinating model you have made , really!

The Rat · January 18, 2007, 05:58:37 AM

[homer] Mmmm. leeeeeafy roundels...[/homer]

anthonyp · January 18, 2007, 06:00:55 AM

Dammit, Rat, ya beat me to it

I love that paint scheme!! And it's always good to see Standards on a plane

Any chance we can see the belly?

Brian da Basher · January 18, 2007, 06:08:37 AM

Woah is that gorgeous comrade harps! That camo scheme and those cool maple leaf roundels really make this one an eye-catcher!

I really enjoy your camo schemes!

Brian da Basher

ysi_maniac · January 18, 2007, 06:36:21 AM

GOOD

I was wondering why Canada did not buy a REAL fighter-bomber in 70s? They had to buy Phantom, ... but you comrade harps has fixed the error.

cthulhu77 · January 18, 2007, 07:13:01 AM

*wolf whistle* NICE !

Glenn Gilbertson · January 18, 2007, 01:13:26 PM

Good one - I like it!

Keith Diamond · January 18, 2007, 01:39:59 PM

WOW! Very nice buildup, markings and camo scheme! I approve! What kit was this made from btw?

comrade harps · January 18, 2007, 09:08:11 PM

QuoteToo bad you didn't opt for the F-4E/F airframe instead so you could at least enjoy the option of a gun.

I've got F-4Es already, and I waited a long time to get the Fujimi 1/72nd F-4M (eventually finding 1 at last year's ModelExpo in Melbourne). Also, it's a SEAD bird, so the undernose is actually taken from a gun-less F-4G, for all that passive homing gear. It needed to be shorted, but fitted suprisingly well.

I like the idea of the GBU.8 ARM, with the Standard's seeker head. An ARM with a 2,000lb warhead would do some damage to a SAM site.

As for the underside, there's an ALQ-101 (short) ECM pod, 2 AIM-7s and a standard F-4 ventral drop tank. As I'm still yet to get my own digicam, any more photos of this one will have to wait.

Thanks again for the support.

Dork the kit slayer · January 19, 2007, 12:30:25 PM

Quote*wolf whistle* NICE !

Listen to the man!!!