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  1. 7 hours ago, Mustang381 said:

    Thank you sir.

    From this statement, I can conclude that, best option for my model,which I want to present in markings that I have shown is previous post is to arm it with regular Mk.82 without TP, and without Mk.15 fins.

     But, what is most important,that will be accurate load for that year and paint scheme.

     Please correct me if I am wrong.

    You can do Mk 82's without TP with Mk 15's or with conical (regular) fins, both would be accurate for the markings you are doing.

  2. For those who want to do an Topgun A-4 (or any other A-4) with a instrument (TIS/ACMI) pod loaded, you will need the ADU-299 to mount the LAU-7 (missile launcher) and for the AV-8B with AIM-120, you need the ADU-830. 😉 

     

    Also, the ADU-299 was used on the A-6, A-7, OV-10, S-3, P-3, A-4, to carry AIM-9/ACMI Pods on the wing stations.

  3. For Non-Thermally Protected (NTP) Mk 82 with Mk 15 Snakeye fins, they were authorized for the F-4B during the Vietnam war so I know they were carried (maybe not in theater but at least in training before the squadron deployed). NTP Bombs were used right up to the end of the Vietnam War (73) since they were still being introduced to the fleet. You would see a mix of TP and NTP bombs starting in 72 and NTP's were removed from carrier operations at the end of the war.

     

    Remember, Snakeye's don't have to release with the fins opening, there are "Pilot Option" fins, which means the pilot has the option of delivering the weapon wither low drag or high drag.

     

    As for the Mk 20 Rockeye, for the time frame you are doing (1965), they would not be carried since the Rockeye didn't hit the fleet until the late 60's (around 68/69) so it would be accurate for the aircraft you are doing.

  4. 6 hours ago, Kazu said:

    When aircraft have high-viz paint schemes, like gloss black on its spine, do they put caution markings and other icons on those areas? When I look at reference photos, it seems like they don't, but model-kit instructions indicate they do. Does someone know if there's a general rule for this or if it's just oversight when they painted the real aircraft?

     

    I've held off on applying the hook icons on the black area, but at that point I had already added the "NO STEP" and exhaust warning triangle near the tail end of the spine, and it does look a bit silly. I can still recover, and will go for whatever is most realistic.

    To answer your question;

    Yes, all maintenance and service markings would be painted regardless to whether the aircraft is a "hi-vis" or "lo-vis" scheme.

    GW

  5. 8 hours ago, Jonathan Smith said:

    I do. I offer flat $8 shipping which has been carefully calculated to cover shipping on one item and the packaging material required to get it anywhere within the US. After that, shipping is free for any amount of more items. I believe I fixed the shipping charge issues I had earlier set up so now, when you add items by "Cart", the tally should keep that part of the math to $8 shipping. Let me know if you experience otherwise. This applies only to resin items I offer. If purchasing a kit which I occasionally sell then I will default shipping to the cost of the kit shipping price and remove any resin items $8 shipping cost. Just try and write a note that you are doing so.

     

    Thanks.

    Awesome, headed over to order several items now.👍👍

  6. Just a quick note, with four weapons rails installed you can not load a Sparrow (AIM-7) on the aft Sparrow station (station 4), the rails cover the area where the Sparrow's wings/fins would be.

     

    With two GBU-24's loaded you can't load anything else on the belly (besides the empty rails on stations 4R/6R).


  7. As stated in the thread linked, the decals are slightly thick but laid down with no issues and reacted well to Micro-Sol. I would recommend you have a good coat of future so the decals will have a nice smooth surface. I've used three of the 1/72 scale VFC-111 sheets so far and haven't had an issue with them, they are a little hard to get down on a curved surface but with enough Micro-Sol they will conform to the surface.

  8. Ok, time to ordnance geek out for a bit;

     

    Conical Fin Assembly (CFA) is the proper term for non-retarding/pilot option GP Bomb fins that are used on Mk 80's series bomb bodies. The term was used to help differentiate the fins from the old box fins used on the M60 Series GP Bombs back in the late 50's when the Mk 80 Series Bomb Bodies were being introduced in service. Back when the M60 Series and Mk 80 Series bomb bodies were in service at the same time (before Snakeyes came around) there was two types of fins, Box Fins and Conical Fins. It was possible to put a conical fin on a M60 series bomb body but I've never been able to find anything stating/showing that a box fin could be put on a Mk 80 Series Bomb Body.

     

    Low Drag and High Drag is a delivery mode and does not really identify the type of fin, such as a Snakeye/Ballute fins can be released in either a low drag or high drag mode where as a conical fin can only be released in a low drag configuration.

     

    Back in the day (before the BSU-33) there was the Mk 82 CFA and MAU-93/B CFA, then in the late 80's/early 90's the BSU-33 came around. The Mk 82 Mod 1 was phased out replaced by the MAU-93/B and BSU-33 Series, both of which are still authorized.

     

    The term slick was slang for a CFA's and for Snakeye's we would refer to them as either "Snakeye retard", "Snakeye Low Drag (or non-retard)" or "Snakeye Pilot Option" to identify how they were going to be released, thus how the fin release wire was to be routed/configured.

     

    For more ordnance geek info concerning bomb fins I'll refer you to this thread;

     

    hth

    GW

  9. Taken an educated guess (I read a lot of about CVW-16 and once stayed in a Holiday Express), I believe the load out would have been

     

    Outboard stations - 1 x Mk 82 Conical

    Inboard Stations - 2 Mk 82 Conical on TER (the inboard shoulder stations would be empty).

    Centerline - 400 gl drop tank (AERO 1E)

     

    Again, this is an educated guess.

     

    Page 55 talks about what ordnance was used in 67;

    https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA451820.pdf

  10. While you can load a Phoenix on the wing without the Weapons Rails on the forward stations being installed the one big problem is...........it won't work. For the F-14A and B, you need the Weapons Rails on the forward stations in order to get both power and coolant out to the wing stations, period.

     

    Now, one thing Rocky did get wrong is that on the F-14A and B, you still needed the Weapons Rails on the forward stations even with the AIM-54C, the AIM-54C was not the dry missile, it was the AIM-54C+ that was the dry missile and it was only authorized on the F-14D.

     

    Also, the screen shot you grab does show the Weapons Rails loaded on the forward stations, look at time stamp 12:07, the rails are there and there is a AIM-54A sitting under the aircraft waiting to be loaded.

     

    GW

  11. The F-104 used the M61 gun system which was a (basically) a closed loop system, the spent casings did not eject from the aircraft, instead they were returned to the ammunition drum.

     

    Here is a link that explains the M61 gun system, no matter what aircraft it was in it operated the same, the only different was the size of the ammunition drum (how many rounds it could hold) and how the "ammunition handling system" was laid out.

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M61_Vulcan

     

    If you search for "F-104 M61 gun system" you might be able to find a pic on how the system was laid out.

     

    hth

    GW

  12. The A-6E TRAM was authorized to carry and employ ADM-141A/B TALD as follows;

     

    A) Station 1/2/4/5 MER/BRU-41 IMER shoulder stations (for composite wing aircraft, aft outboard shoulder stations shall remain empty)(FOR BRU 41 IMER,  

                                                                                                  FORWARD SHOULDER STATIONS SHALL BE EMPTY)

     

    or

     

    B) Stations 1/2/4/5 IMER centerline stations

     

    or

     

    C) Stations 1/5 IMER outboard stations and Stations 2/4 IMER centerline stations

     

    For load "A", the following weapons are authorized to be loaded on stations 2/4 with TALD loaded on station 1/5; 

    MK 81 HD/LD. MK-82HD/LD, MK 83 HD/LD. MK 20, CBU-99/100, GBU-12, GBU-16.

     

    For Load "B", the following weapons are authorized to be loaded on station 1/5 with TALD loaded on stations 2/4;

    AGM-45, AGM-65, AGM-84/84F, AGM-88, WALLEYE I ERDL, AERO-1D. MK 81/82/83/84 HD/LD. MK 20. GBU-12. GBU-16.

     

    For Load "B", the following weapons are authorized to be loaded on station 2/4 with TALD loaded on stations 1/5;

    AGM-45, AGM-65, AGM-84/84F, AGM-88, WALLEYE I ERDL, AERO-1D. MK 81/82/83/84 HD/LD. MK 20. GBU-12. GBU-16. GBU-10

     

    For Load "C", the following weapons are authorized to be loaded on station 2/4 with TALD loaded on stations 1/5;

    AGM-45, AGM-65, AGM-84/84F, AGM-88, WALLEYE I ERDL, AERO-1D. MK 81/82/83/84 HD/LD. MK 20. GBU-12. GBU-16. GBU-10

     

    I've never seen the A-6's carry TALD for actual tactical missions, only for training/missile shoots. When they did carry them they never carried anything else, just the MER/IMER with TALD loaded.

     

    hth

    GW

  13. 4 hours ago, Drifterdon said:

    There is a pic about half way down this site that shows an operational load in the bomb bay.

    B-26K - Invader Historical Foundation (claybornglobal.com)

     

    There is a really nice build over on a Japanese website.   If the OP is doing a 1/72 build, he can use many of the examples scaled down to fit.   I plan to bookmark this site as I still have the Cutting Edge conversion that I may use for a second B-26K.

    A B-26K model in 1/48 scale (fc2.com)

    There’s also a few pics of the “MAU-63/A” used for flares, looks like a Douglas MBR bomb rack to me.

     

    Douglas MBR bomb rack

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  14. 12 hours ago, Drifterdon said:

    Pretty sure they did carry a bomb load during the war.   I have a book somewhere that discusses Nimrod missions and there were some pics inside that showed bomb bay with bombs loaded.   Also, the B-26K flight manual showed loads of info pertaining to internal bomb bay.   The internal fuel tank was used for long range ferry flights.

    b26kflightmanual.pdf (tripod.com)

    Thanks for posting that manual, that answers the OP's questions I believe.

     

    Page 5-6 and 5-6A shows what weapon/stores were authorized for carriage and release from the bomb bay (page 5-9 thru 5-11 are for wing stations), please note the restrictions listed on page 5-5.

     

    For what rack was used for flares on the wings, the manual lists it as the MAU-63/A. Now, what exactly is the MAU-63/A..........good question, I couldn't find any information online for the MAU-63/A.

  15. Doing an educated guess here but it looks like the rack on the wing is a MBR (Multiple Bomb Rack) and not a MER.

     

    You can find a few pics of an MBR here;

     

    As for what was carried on the bomb bay, I *think* they didn't carry anything on the bomb bay except for an extra fuel cell.

     

     

  16. 6 hours ago, Nightfighter said:

    Thanks again guys.   This might be my final question but are the engine bay oval shaped ribs the same zinc colour or are they different?   The ribs in this photo ......

     

    http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/bill_spidle2/a-7a_153135/images/a-7a_153135_054_of_109.jpg

     

    look as if they might be steel or silver etc.

    Same color as the tail cone interior, in fact, the whole engine bay was same color as the tail cone.

  17. To confirm, it is a LAU-3 Rocket Pod (19 shot) with RADHAZ barrier, RADHAZ barriers are required on board USN ships. As for fairings, the are installed after loading the pod on the aircraft and are usually used when RADHAZ barriers are installed.

     

    On ship, barreies are mandatory,  fairi gs are optional. 

  18. The missiles were painted FS 17875 as stated but they weathered/faded differently then the aircraft so if your missiles and aircraft are the same shade, you're doing it wrong. 😄

     

    The one thing about missiles, they are well maintained and cleaned regularly (especially when they are downloaded). If they get dirty after loading they are cleaned so there shouldn't be any hand prints on them.

     

    Examples of white missiles on Grey/White aircraft.

     

    https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/10_Years_Gone__the_F_14_Tomcat_s_Last_Flight/5-1911912/

     

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