White Dragon F-15J's Name: Jason Webb Date: 2004/10/08(Fri) 20:10 No.143
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Konnichi-wa
Am trying to track down the identity & more information/pictures of the 2nd F15-J "White Dragon Shiro Ruyu" 303rd TFS display team. (the ones with white dragon on the top surfaces).
Have identified one as F-15J 72-8963 - but not sure of identity of the other - could be 42-8832 or 42-8833.
Any help would be would be much appreciated - as building a pair of jet powered R/c 1/9 scale F-15's and want to paint them in these colours.
Do you or any of your contacts know where I can get hold of official Squadron patches for Japanese JASDF units? I've been collecting patches for 10+ years and still have a growing collection. Could do with help getting hold of patches.
Thanks Asif United Kingom
no subject Name: phoenix Date: 2004/09/03(Fri) 14:15 No.140 [Reply]
Hello Mark, Yes the F-2 is going to be cutback. Noone knows about the replacements for sure. But I don`t think it will be more F-15Js, they`ve already stopped making them. It may be something like the F-15E or something. Another possibility is a downgraded F/A-22 or F-35.
More F-15Js? Name: Mark Date: 2004/09/03(Fri) 10:27 No.139
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I heard that that the new F-2 is going to be cutback, because of its spiraling cost is approaching that of the F-15J. So is the Japanese Air Force going to buy more F-15J Eagles instead, you think?
Also, wouldn't the Grumman F-14 Tomcat been a better choice, if Japan gone with it instead of the Eagle?
I was asked 818's photo originator but still no response. Could you wait few more days?
Thanks, Kazuo.
Re[132][130][124][123]: AAM-4 Name: Richard Douglas Date: 2004/07/25(Sun) 13:55 No.137 [Reply]
> Hello again, > > Mr.SG sent me a AAM-4 photo. I put it to the bottom of http://www.f-15j.com/archive/mecha/mrm/mrm.htm . It is not a dummy. I hope it help you. > > Thanks, > Kazuo. Kazuo-san, Doomo arigato gozaimasu!! Richard
* the year 908 acted as faker for the 204 Sq with green-painted wings and tailplanes.
Could you please help me? Thankyou so much. Javi
Re[134][133]: Avionics Bay - color? Name: Kevin Date: 2004/07/22(Thu) 09:56 No.135
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Thanks Phoenix.
Kevin
> Hello Kevin, > If you mean the avionics bay behind the pilot, it's white, but the box with the avionics stuff in it is black. > It's not only 963, all the F-15Js are like that. > Hope it helps, > phoenix
Hello Kevin, If you mean the avionics bay behind the pilot, it's white, but the box with the avionics stuff in it is black. It's not only 963, all the F-15Js are like that. Hope it helps, phoenix
Avionics Bay - color? Name: Kevin Date: 2004/07/21(Wed) 08:07 No.133
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Can anyone tell me what color the avionics bay (Bay 5) is on an F-15J, or even better, specifically 963?
I'm now asking your question on Japanese message board. I will translate to here if someone answered.
Thanks, Kazuo.
Re[124][123]: AAM-4 Name: Richard Douglas Date: 2004/07/17(Sat) 09:08 No.130
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> Hello Richard, welcome! :-) > > I'm not sure for detail information, but I think AAM-4 is operation ready. JASDF is planning to update it. > > Thanks, > Kazuo. Kazuo-san, Do you know what the colors or operational markings are for the AAM-4? I am trying to build an F-15J with an AAM-4 loadout. Once again Thanks in Advance, Richard
Re[128][123]: AAM-4 Name: Richard Douglas Date: 2004/07/17(Sat) 08:51 No.129
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> Hi Richard, > Last nite I checked my references again and seems I was not quite right, those were AAM-3! Sorry. Better follow Kazuo's info. > All best > Mario Sorry for the late reply- thanks!! Richard
Re[123]: AAM-4 Name: Mario Holly Date: 2004/06/18(Fri) 23:21 No.128
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Hi Richard, Last nite I checked my references again and seems I was not quite right, those were AAM-3! Sorry. Better follow Kazuo's info. All best Mario
50th Anniversary DJ Name: Javi Date: 2004/06/18(Fri) 01:46 No.127 [Reply]
What a cool looking machine on F-15DJ.com! It's becoming more and more difficult to keep up with these painting schemes! Any more pictures available? Thanks and best regards Mario
Re[123]: AAM-4 Name: Mario Holly Date: 2004/06/18(Fri) 00:44 No.125
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Hi Richard: What I see in my JASDF references it seems to be hanging on the current fighters quite frequently. I believe it's pretty operational. All best Mario
Re[119][118]: F-15J "912" aggressor on F-15DJ.com Name: Mario Holly Date: 2004/06/09(Wed) 03:39 No.120
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Konnichi-wa Kazuo-san! It's been a while we talked here. Yes, I keep monitoring this stuff! Any news on those aggressor paints? Regarding other thing I e-mail you directly. Arigato Mario
Hi Mario, You are very fast to find! :-) It was 1 st flight of #912 with new camo. So need few more days, I think.
Thanks, Kazuo.
F-15J "912" aggressor on F-15DJ.com Name: Mario Holly Date: 2004/06/09(Wed) 01:21 No.118
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Hi everyone, Can you tell me more about this gorgeously camouflaged plane? Where can I get more pictures to figure out complete camo patterns? Domo arigato Mario
no subject Name: phoenix Date: 2004/05/31(Mon) 21:39 No.117 [Reply]
Hi Mario, OK, I'll send it another day. It's really big, so I'm still trying to shrink it.
I would say the relation between F-2 and F-16 is something like the Strike Eagle and normal Eagle. Looks the same, but not at all in the insides. But sorry, I don't know the difference between XF-2 and production F-2. I'll try asking somewhere.
Thanks, phoenix
Re[115][113][111]: no subject Name: Mario Holly Date: 2004/05/29(Sat) 00:14 No.116
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Hey phoenix: Go ahead, send the picture. Thanks for info on F-2. So I was pretty right having said it was (F-2) basically new design. Would you know if there was a major difference between XF-2 and production model? I built production F-2A from 1/72 XF-2A Hasegawa kit, just put that nice blue-blue camo and Platz decals on, hope I was right. All best Mario
Re[113][111]: no subject Name: phoenix Date: 2004/05/28(Fri) 22:03 No.115 [Reply]
Hi Mario, I've taken a photo of the Hornet model, but it's about 1.2Mega-bytes. If that's all right, I'll send you it. But it's not very good.
About the F-2. It is a sort of a Japanese-version of the F-16. The F-16 was one of the nominees for the F-1 successor, but Japan was not satisfied with any of the current aircrafts. So, they decided to develop a new one. But that really isn't fair, because that is compairing an airplane that hasn't even flown with current aircrafts. And the US goverment partially forced Japan to use one of theirs as the model for that new fighter. That happened to be the F-16. So the new fighter, F-2, turned out to be very similar with the F-16. But the wing and horizontal stabilizer spread has increased, for manueverability(is the spelling OK?). Also, the computers and stuff are newer. Not only that, the structure and stuff is totally different. So that means the F-2 looks very much like the F-16, but the insides are a totally different airplane.
Hope the helps, phoenix
Re[112][109][107][105][91][90][88]: no subject Name: Mario Holly Date: 2004/05/28(Fri) 01:47 No.114
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Hola Javi, Muchas gracias. Very interesting and inspiring. What do you know about Mitsubishi F-2, or anybody else here? Reason I'm asking I had little argument elsewhere as was told it's japanese "variant" of F-16! All best Mario
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