Any internal structure to fast jet external fuel tanks?

2) Yes - external tanks have internal structure. It's a monocoque pressurized vessel built just like any of the rest of the airplane, with supporting longerons, ribs, formers, etc.

Some older ones may have had bladders - newer ones (that I'm familiar with) don't; but still have metal supporting structure underneath the composite.

God works in any scale He wishes. He simply likes 72nd best.

i do not. it's lilliputian and i like big. 1/48 for huge bomber and 1/32 for the rest. build bigger! now go and sin no more.

Might they also have had internal baffles to prevent gas sloshing back and forth?

...I think He likes 1:1 best...anything else is just an imitation.

Yes!

I'd call that semi-monocoque. That is a term I've seen very frequently when talking about aircraft structure. Full monocoque truly gets its strength from skin only. Atlas missile was full monocoque, Thor, Titan semi. I don't know of any aircraft that was truly monocoque. Even single engine plywood Lockheeds, and the Mesquito had formers. Wimpy maybe came close, but even then I think there was some structure inside. One big problem with full monocoque is attaching anything to structure (like wings, cockpit, engine. If it has formers or bulkheads, stringers, any longerons, it is semi-monocoque

Even the use of corregated metal only stiffened skin in one direction, so those planes had internal structure (Ford Trimotor, Junkers, etc.

I was always told to beware false prophets. Especially if they hump for scales sponsored by the NFB ;)

how about false profit from cheap kits?

If I could make good money from Starfix kits, I'd overload ebays servers selling em. They go for a buck around here.

i wonder if there are any good kit makers in isreal? i'm sure they have boutique resin guys, but what about injection stuff? i'd love a native merkava to build.

...I think yer right.

I don't know about the 450 gallon wing tanks the Thud carried, but the 370s the F-4 carried didn't have any such structure inside as you say. They had formed metal cones for the nose and tail, a rolled sheetmetal cylinder for the center section with a screwed together seam on the lower left side, had a bulkhead at the front and rear of the cylinder for baffles, and the plumbing inside. There were no longerons, ribs or any other such struuctures. Scott Wilson

...I would call those bulkheads "internal structure". And I would have thought there would have been at least four logitudenal "runners" to hold those bulkheads at length. And a strongback of some sort for the BRU/swaybraces and service fittings.

Interesting...I may have to look into Phantom drop tanks...