Hajo L.

You have also take into account german policy back then. We were used to a strict defensive posture within NATO-context, and while few wars were as justified as the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, the idea of "never war again" was deeply manifested in german minds, society and politics. That probably also explains why we sent the "Luftmoped" (air scooter) to Turkey instead of any of the more potential aircraft like the F-4F for example, which would have been available. HAJO

Though I'm german, I'm not an expert for the AlphaJet... I have never seen or heard of Sidewinders beeing used by german AlphaJets, and I think they were only able to do CAS and maybe some anti-helo-ops with their gun. If you want to arm them, I would go with BL755 bombs or Matra Rocket Pods. HAJO

I did a MH-53J by kitbashing Italeri-parts onto the Airfix-kit some years ago. If you are interested, shoot me a message! HAJO

Awesome build! Your first picture seems to be a Kingbee (South Vietnam Air Force), though... 😉 HAJO

Frohe Weihnachten und einen Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr! HAJO

Mostly just watching, but I'm here each day. HAJO

And can anyone tell any details about those smaller support boats I see parked on the barge? HAJO

I wonder why higher-ups tend to be critical of artwork. I'd say it's great for motivation and unit cohesion.... HAJO

That's looking like a really great project - I will stay and look! HAJO

Well done! Looking forward to see the Huey-project commence! HAJO

Thank you, Rob, very helpful! Yes, it looks very much like the tank that comes with the kit. Since I don't want to an "early" bird, I will probably mount an asymmetric combination of fuel tank and SUU-11 Minigun. HAJO

I found this for a MK-79: https://www.bulletpicker.com/bomb_-1000-lb-fire_-mk-79.html Would that be carried by a Skyraider? Or ist it too heavy? HAJO

The kit provides a lot of external stores - I wonder a bit about something that is labelled as "Napalm tank" which has the same size as the 150 gallon external fuel tanks, but with fins.... Was there a thing like a 150 gallon napalm "bomb" with fins? I'm way no expert on Napalm, but the few Napalm stores I used so far (on A-26K, A-37, AP-1E) do look quite different. HAJO

Uopsi.... I found my Skyraider... 528 was an A-1G!! ( https://skyraider.org/otherpics/cole/32528loaded. jpg remove the space after the dot.) Hmmmmm... The kit comes with the different canopies (the aft windows are "clear" or, like in the picture, they are mostly covered), but I don't like the "G".... HAJO

Thanks, but that single picture confirms I did the correct blade antenna on the back! 🙂 I wonder if there aren't any other antennas on the canopy? The kit offers some variatin, but completely misses any explanation what version may use which antenna (the kit includes some Navy and Marines-markings from the 1950ies). HAJO