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Hay guys,

 

As we all know the stock TW F-4 Phantoms radar scope has a black background with green colour. However I have noticed a few different mods here at CA change the background colour to red eg the latest TMF F-4M pack and one of the skin packs for Col Old's F-4C(67).

 

If you google F-4 radar scope etc you find photos of what apears to be red radar screens for the F-4C, F-4E and F-4M. However I have also found a pic of an F-4M that appears black/green.

 

So my question is does anyone have a definitive answer?

 

Cheers,

 

Dan

Edited by dtmdragon
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This could vary on type..........have some photos of RAF displays with Green background when turned on with yellow bars etc.

 

 

Front cockpit repeater or back WSO radar display?

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for what is worth I think the A-4 should be red not green...

 

My impression was, that the A-4's screen is green or at least some brighter color. The red actually comes from a cover that can be flipped up. --> Picture

Nevertheless you're right. Ingame it should be red.

 

I'm no Phantom expert here, but may it be something similar too?

Edited by Nyghtfall
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The actual display has the traditional colors of an oscilloscope CRT: light gray-green screen with bright yellow-green display indications. This is covered by and engraved graticule that looks white contrasted against the gray-green screen. But the display is not very bright, so it is recessed a bit into the panel. On the front of the panel is a night filter lens that can be removed. The night filter is a red color to make it match traditional night lighting.

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The actual display has the traditional colors of an oscilloscope CRT: light gray-green screen with bright yellow-green display indications. This is covered by and engraved graticule that looks white contrasted against the gray-green screen. But the display is not very bright, so it is recessed a bit into the panel. On the front of the panel is a night filter lens that can be removed. The night filter is a red color to make it match traditional night lighting.

 

Thanks for the clarification! I just learned something new.

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This is the display from the backseat, but the glass part is visually identical: 

f-4-radar.jpg

 

This is the front seat with the red filter:

f-4-radarscope.jpg


Notice the similarity in tech of the RWR indicator:

ebapr25.jpg


Finally, a screenshot of one of my SFP1/WoX series F-4 cockpit texture upgrades that used a cleaned up version of the backseat display image for the front seat:

3395-f-4b_hi-res_cockpit.jpg


The SF2 stock cockpits were so accurate that I never bothered to try to make an updated F-4 cockpit texture set... however, I liked to copy over the radar and RWR screen textures, despite their comparatively low quality.

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