Calling Phantom experts - radar scope colour?

[+dtmdragon]

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 June 29, 2016 by dtmdragon

[+MigBuster]

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?

[alexis99]

The Phantom FGR2 Military Simulator at Newark air Museum has a red scope.

[+Stary]

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

[Nyghtfall]

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 June 29, 2016 by Nyghtfall

[+streakeagle]

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.

[Nyghtfall]

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.

[+CrazyhorseB34]

Streak knows his Phantoms!

 

I was just getting ready to say red is "night light" filter.....

[+dtmdragon]

Thanks guys mystery solved!

[+streakeagle]

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

 

This is the front seat with the red filter:

Notice the similarity in tech of the RWR indicator:

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:

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.