Jim Reagan Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I have the Zoukei Mura (ZM) Skyraider which is a Viet Nam period model. What must I do to convert it to a Korean War VErsion. Would it be better to sell the ZM kit and purchase the Trumpeter kit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary F Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Hi Jim. It sort of depends on the particular ac you want to build. Main things will be does it have the armour plate or not, and the style of wing pylons. Having to remove the armour or fabricate the older style pylons may be more work than you want to do. Other smaller items would be antenna fit and number of guns and cockpit details, which probably would be less work. Hope those items help out ... figure out the ac you want to do and go from there. Good luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I'm pretty sure it's considered a crime to use "Zoukei Mura" and "Trumpeter" in the same sentence... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wizard_rkt Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I'd trade you one of my Trumpeter AD-4 kits for that ZM kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Reagan Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 I'll sell it to you for $150.00 plus shipping or work out a trade value against value. Email me at jfreaganjr@gmail.com Jim Reagan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SouthViper Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Dear Jim, certainly I would go with the ZM kit to do the conversion you want. The best kit for Your best masterpiece. It really is necessary to sand off the armor plates for the Korean version, I believe they were AD-3s that time. I highly recommend the Skyraider book series In Action (Squadron Signal Pu.) that brings good designs pointing out the differences between versions. To uniformly sanding the shielding plates there is a technique : making a small caliber hole in the wing or fuselage section which DOES NOT have the shield, measuring the thickness with a piece of wire/sprue. Then make several holes of the same caliber in various parts of the armor plates, in which are then inserted those wires/sprues (measured from sections without shielding plates) sanding off the plates until they reach the height of wires/sprues. Whenever you use sandpaper is recommended to adapt it into a piece of wood or metal so that the thinning is uniform, avoiding ripples. The various modifications on aircraft frames (antennas, guns, pylons, etc...) and cockpits are easily done. SouthViper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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