Aftermarket parts

Rob Gronovius wrote:

Do some research, Testors isn't really a model manufacturer; they tend to rebox other companies' model kits. For instance, the vast majority of their armor kits from the 1980s and 90s were Italeri or ex-Peerless Max kits. A lot of their aircraft kits are Italeri as well, with a sprinkling of other kits like the old Hawk model company and even some Fujimi kits.

 He is right. My Airfix C-130 Hercules has 'Italeri' molded on the body, can't be more obvious than that.

Archangel554 wrote:

so pretty much most stuff aftermarket is made for hasegawa?

As relates to F-4s, yes.  That being said, as Rob noted, if you check on specific forums you may get a more direct answer for what's available. OBTW, your kit is originally an Italeri kit, reboxed and sold by Testors here in the US.

  Here's a couple of forums you may want to check out, just be aware that each board has its own personality, so you may want to lurk for a little while to get the feel of the place:

HyperScale Forum 

 ARC Jet Modeling

  Britmodeller - Military Aircraft Modelling

Do some research, Testors isn't really a model manufacturer; they tend to rebox other companies' model kits. For instance, the vast majority of their armor kits from the 1980s and 90s were Italeri or ex-Peerless Max kits.

A lot of their aircraft kits are Italeri as well, with a sprinkling of other kits like the old Hawk model company and even some Fujimi kits.

If you ask the question at an aircraft specific modeling forum (like HyperScale or ARC), most of those folks will know right off the bat whose kit is inside the Testors box.

Usually, somehwere in the item's description, it'll tell you which kit it's for. Eduard, for example, is really good about that:

 http://www.eduard.cz/

http://www.squadron.com

 Tha being said, almost everything out there you're going to find in the way of aftermarket (for 1/48 kits anyway) is going to be specifically for Hasegawa's F-4 kits. There may be generic F-4 bits you can use on your T/I kit, but, in general the parts are designed to fit a specific kit.

  Well, I just checked Eduard's site and everything they've got for the F-4E/G is for the Hasegawa kit. Keep your eyes peeled and ask around some more, eBay may even be woirth keeping an eye out for it.