IAGeezer Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Any pictures or other information on this? I've scratch built one using a gun pod from the Monogram F-5E kit, (1/48th) but can't find any pictures to show markings, pylons, or weathering on one. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Check the thread I link to below. I cant view the images from my work computer, but I'm pretty sure that's the one that shows a SUU-42 mounted on a C-130 wing. Very small/low res picture, so for markings you'll be out of luck. In that same thread they talk about a guy in Singapore that has a shop called Six Scales that did a 3D printing run of them. Not sure if he will make more, but a year ago I bought the last two from the first print run. No markings came with it, just the pods themselves. I never came across anything that showed these things mounted on the Night Owl's F-4Ds. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235088086-suu-42-anyone/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAGeezer Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Specter1075 said: Check the thread I link to below. I cant view the images from my work computer, but I'm pretty sure that's the one that shows a SUU-42 mounted on a C-130 wing. Very small/low res picture, so for markings you'll be out of luck. In that same thread they talk about a guy in Singapore that has a shop called Six Scales that did a 3D printing run of them. Not sure if he will make more, but a year ago I bought the last two from the first print run. No markings came with it, just the pods themselves. I never came across anything that showed these things mounted on the Night Owl's F-4Ds. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235088086-suu-42-anyone/ Thanks! Squadron/Signal USAF Phantoms in combat shows an in flight pic of an FA-coded Phantom on page 53, along with a color drawing of the pod on page 37. Better yet, Steve Miller describes a 1972 Night Owl Fast FAC mission on pages 23 through 28, describing the load out, to include the SUU-42 pod. That is the A/C I'm trying to do. FP coded, #733. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Ah interesting. You turned up a lot more useful information than I managed! I'll see if I can get a look at that book! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) A very strange coincidence: I was looking for something entirely different and came across these SUU-42's made by MPM Hobby. I know you said you scratch-built one, but if you'd like an alternative, here you go! https://mpmhobbies.com/en-ca/products/1-48-suu-42-a-flare-dispenser-pod-set-of-4?_pos=2&_psq=suu-42&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Edited June 19, 2022 by Specter1075 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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