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Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA19005 F-110A Spectre USAF TAC, Langley AFB, 1962

True 1/72 scale Professionally painted Great attention to detail All markings are Tampoed (pad applied) Option to display the model on a stand that is provided Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions Loads of optional armament has been provided Canopy can be displayed open or closed Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic Highly collectable

The USAF would acquire 583 F-4Cs that were basically F-4Bs retrofitted for ground operations. The F-4C arrived in Southeast Asia in early 1965 and by 1966 equipped 7 squadrons in Vietnam and 3 in Thailand. The early F-4Cs lacked guns and relied totally on missiles but it wasn’t long before the addition of SUU-16A gun pods with M-61AI-20-mm guns were put to use to compensate for the lack of internal guns. The first F-4Cs suffered from many defects and It wasn' t too long before the F-4D made an appearance.

McDonnell Douglas manufactured the F-4H for the USN and when the USAF saw the great performance they want the aircraft as well. Two USN F-4H-1 Phantom IIs; serial 149405 and 149406 were delivered to Langley Field for evaluation and re-serialled 62-12168 and 62-12169. In 1962 approval was given for the USAF variant to be designated the F-110 Spectre. Later to clear up confusion of the different designations both designs were named Phantom II. The USN variant became the F-4B while the USAF variant became the F-4C.

Specification of the F-4C Manufacturer: McDonnell-Douglas Role - Fighter Performance Engines - (2) General Electric J79-GE-15 turbojets, 10,900 lb.s.t dry, 17,000 lb.s.t. with afterburner Maximum Speed - 1,433 mph @ 48,000 ft, 826 mph at sea level Initial Climb Rate - 40,550 fpm Service Ceiling - 56,100 ft Combat Ceiling - 55,600 ft Combat Range - 538 miles Maximum Range - 1,926 miles with maximum external fuel Weights Empty - 28,496 lbs Gross - 51,441 lbs Combat Weight - 38,352 lbs Maximum Take-Off Weight - 58,000 lbs Dimensions Wingspan 38 ft 5 ins Wing Area - 530 sq ft Length - 58 ft 3 3/4 ins Height - 16 ft 3 ins Fuel Maximum Internal - 1,986 US gallons (1,343 gallons in fuselage, 630 gallons in wings) Maximum External - 600 US gallons in centerline tank underneath the fuselage and 740 US gallons in (2) under-wing tanks / total fuel to 3,313 US gallons Armament (4) AIM-7D or -7E Sparrow semi active radar homing missiles in under-fuselage recesses Inner pylons could each accommodate (2) AIM-9B/D Sidewinder infrared homing missiles Ground Attack Mode - able to carry up to 16,000 pounds of ordnance on centerline pylon underneath the fuselage Plus (4) under-wing hard-points