Now i'm torn I've just been digging through my stash looking for my Dragonfly and come across Testors 1/48 OA-2 Skymaster in a very old looking box. So now I can't decide which to do the Skymaster of the Dragonfly

I'll be up there spotting targets and dodging Migs before you know it!
Nige

Fellas, I'm so tempted to throw in a Tamiya 1/48 USN Douglas Skyaider in here as well. Decisions....decisions..... :-) :-)

With the amount of close support aircraft getting built that FAC Bird Dog is gonna be busy!

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With the amount of close support aircraft getting built that FAC Bird Dog is gonna be busy!

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Yeah, maybe it will just have to mark the friendly troops and we will have enough firepower to erase everything around them

@Lucky13: great choice! What load do you want to give it? Like in the picture?

This is slightly off-topic, and I don't want to hijack the thread, but has anyone got any info on what IS used for marking targets? I understand they are smoke "rockets" but are they fired from a standard rocket launcher or is it a specific device? I have tried to research this in the past but keep drawing a blank.

Cheers
Wiz

Absolutely correct. We carried Willy Petes in a couple of launchers on the F-4 Fast Facs. Seven rockets per LAU-7 (I think that's the right nomenclature. I should remenber, I was an Weapons Officer). Two LAUs per jet on the inboard pylons. Good daytime marks. Tne 2.75 inch Folding Fin Aerial Rockets were a PITA, though. Sometimes one fin didn't deploy. Didn't know where it was heading after that. Wild rocket!
Sorry for carrying on & getting off topic.

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This is slightly off-topic, and I don't want to hijack the thread, but has anyone got any info on what IS used for marking targets? I understand they are smoke "rockets" but are they fired from a standard rocket launcher or is it a specific device? I have tried to research this in the past but keep drawing a blank.

Cheers
Wiz

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I think smoke rockets and white phosperous rockets were used. Other types might also be used. You can see the reference picture I have previously posted in this tread. I believe it is white phosperous rockets on the wing, but I might be wrong

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Absolutely correct. We carried Willy Petes in a couple of launchers on the F-4 Fast Facs. Seven rockets per LAU-7 (I think that's the right nomenclature. I should remenber, I was an Weapons Officer). Two LAUs per jet on the inboard pylons. Good daytime marks. Tne 2.75 inch Folding Fin Aerial Rockets were a PITA, though. Sometimes one fin didn't deploy. Didn't know where it was heading after that. Wild rocket!
Sorry for carrying on & getting off topic.

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Don't be silly Obiwan3! Information and stories like that are ALWAYS welcome. Right fellas?

Got some construction done on the Mig today. I had to use a tiny amount of filler between the metal nose ring and the front of the fuselage the rest of it went together like a dream with no gaps or problems. Just need to mask the canopy then its ready for priming. Looking forward to doing the camo.

Wow! Thats coming together quick. Nice work.
Are you using the camo and decals from the box art by chance......cos it might change what version I do

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Here's something for you to do people, just for fun and I need help with it as well..... Come up with some ideas for the writing on the bomb for the Skyraider.....
:-)

Like, I don't know "Sit on it!"?

I was going to do the camo and decals from the box art as this is what drew me to the kit. I saw the camo and thought it would be an intresting scheme to have a go at.