Project update re parts selection as of June 2013...
->Basic airframe: Revell cheapo F-15E
->F-15I/-K-specific pylons and CFT's: from Academy F-15I
->AN/ALE-40 countermeasure dispensers: Eagle Designs 48-CK-21 or clone from 1/48 F-4E/F/G
->AN/ALE-50 decoy launchers: from Tamiya F-16C (parts J30/33/34)
->AN/ALE-58 countermeasure dispensers:
->SUU-61 Stn 1/9 pylons: OldMonogram -A, Academy early tool, Tamiya or Hasegawa
->Stn 1AB/9AB LAU-128+ADU-552: Shull24 if back in production? (Was thinking of using Shawn's LAU-128s across-the-board...)
Notes:
1. ALE-50 looks like it completely replaces the outboard pylon on F-16, so it would probably replace the ADU-552 in an F-15 install.
2. ALE-58 I could probably chop off the back of a Steel Beach LAU-138 and graft it onto a LAU-128, but that's getting into kinda nasty surgery...
3. Tamiya SUU-61 is integrally cast with 1/2 of ALQ-119 ECM pod. Hasegawa (part C28+2xC5, from the "Ca" version of the sprue) is a clean, bare pylon, so it is preferable.
Possible donors:
->ALE-50:
---Tamiya 61098, 61101, 61102, 61106
->SUU-61:
---Tamiya 61029, 61030
---any Hasegawa
Any suggestions about which of these might be my most affordable options?