Spinners

@ Carlo - we want your 'Soul' woman back! She always gave me a tingle in manland...

How true - that joke works in the UK too.

Dumb Bomber

Diamond Back

Peace Pharoah

Radome changed to cream.

Merci Coupi - I've revised it to get rid of the small bit of white left on the rudder.

McDonnell Douglas F-4L Phantom - VF-1 'Wolfpack', United States Navy, 1970

Spey Phantom - VF-74

You just can't have enough F-4's - Phantom's Phorever....

Gulp! That does look small...

It's a great tool - thanks mue!

McDonnell Douglas F-4L Phantom - VMFA-334 'Falcons', United States Marine Corps, 1974 With all the considerable design effort being put into the marriage of the Phantom airframe and the Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engine McDonnell Douglas thought it might be a good idea to propose a version to the US Navy and the US Marine Corps to allow the Phantom to operate from the smaller carriers that were limited to F-8E Crusaders. In June 1966 the designation F-4L was given to the proposed Spey-powered Phantom and in October 1966 an initial order for 130 F-4L's was made, followed by an unexpected export order of 30 F-4L's for the Royal Australian Navy. Deliveries to the US Navy commenced in February 1969 with VF-24 becoming the first operational squadron. By this time the wisdom of operating such a relatively large aircraft on the older, smaller carriers was seriously questioned and most F-4L's served aboard the larger carriers or with land-based units. When the decision was made not to re-equip the USMC 'fighter-attack' Phantom squadrons with the hugely expensive Grumman F-14A Tomcat, McDonnell Douglas pushed hard for low-rate production of the F-4L to continue specifically for USMC use and they were eventually successful meaning that production continued until 1976 with an eventual total of 306 F-4L's being built. Apart from Australia, F-4L's also served with the Royal Air Force where 15 ex-USN F-4L's were sold to the UK Government to allow the formation of an additional home-based Phantom squadron to release a squadron for the defence of the Falkand Isles.

Pucara over Patagonia (Might be Paran)

I'm at work right now but mue's LOD viewer will show you. I think they're labelled as RWR's not lights.

It's the MF 'S' that's undergone the SPRP Spinners' Parts Removal Programme

McDonnell Douglas Phantom F.3 - No.11 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1985 Following the 1982 Falklands War the UK Government decided to upgrade the Falkland Islands defences by deploying a squadron of Phantom FGR.2's but realising that this would weaken the UK's interceptor force they looked for an interim stop-gap until the Tornado F.3 was available in sufficient numbers. The closeness of the Thatcher-Reagan relationship soon saw a US offer of 48 ex-USN F-4S Phantoms made to the UK Government, sufficient to not only reform No.74 squadron but also replace the two Lightning squadrons at RAF Binbrook and thus upgrade the UK's air defences.

Thunder in the skies

3 - 2 - 1 - Go!

It's a tricky choice but SF2:Israel and SF2:Vietnam would get my vote. However, my default position is get 'em all! One per month, you know it makes sense!

Fingers crossed mate. I've got a bit lazy with backing up and need to take action.... today!

You guys are close to requiring the new high-speed stair lift. It gets you upstairs before you forget why you wanted to go upstairs...

Real LifeTM must always come first - good luck Ed.