Specter1075 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Hello all, I'm trying to wrap my head around the ALQ-101 and it's many versions. Specifically, I'm slowly acquiring pieces for a French Buccaneer build from Desert Storm, and it seems that they carried two of the pods; a vanilla -101, and a -101v10. I see GT Resin makes a V1, V3, and V4 in quarter scale, but I can't seem to find anything clarifying the differences, or anything at all about the V10. I am wondering if the differences are subtle enough to alter one version into another. What do we know? Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
karl h Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 french Buccaneer? i just finished my 32nd scale british Buccaneer and used AMS resins 101 pod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 Thanks Karl. I should have mentioned that Im working in 1:48 scale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichB63 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) From a USAF Museum exhibit… Edited April 5, 2023 by RichB63 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichB63 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 And coming soon… Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 A suitable 1/48 Buccaneer-style pod is available from Flightpath: https://www.djparkins.com/product.php?productid=18458 There was, however, no such thing as a French Buccaneer - apart from the RN and the RAF, the only other air arm to ever use the type was the SAAF... ....by the time of Desert Storm, only the RAF was still operating Buccaneers routinely (the SAAF was in the process retiring theirs) - there's a good piece about the RAF aircraft becoming involved here: https://www.flying-tigers.co.uk/2016/the-blackburn-buccaneer-in-operation-granby-century-wings-update/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 Sorry guys, midnight-shift brain caught me. I was getting two things I was looking at mixed up. I am planning on building a French Jaguar at the same time as the Buccaneer; the Buccaneer of course being British. It is for the Bucc that I need the ALQ-101s. Sorry about that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keith T Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 I highly recommend the Reskit pod. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 So with that clarification, I should note that I am looking at the DStorm website where I'm seeing two versions of the ALQ-101 being carried. Maybe the website is wrong, or maybe he is using shorthand on one side, but what he lists is ALQ-101(V)-10 on one outside wing station, and ALQ-101 on the other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jabba29 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 RAF Buccaneers only carried one ECM pod on one wing during Op Granby and this was on the Stbd wing with a Sidewinder or LGB on the other. I have just looked on Dstorm.eu which is usually very reliable when it comes to detail such as weapons and I can see that this states the 2 types of ECM pod that you mention. As far as I can make out from info in books the Buccs carried a AN/ALQ-101(V)-10 ECM pod during Op Granby. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 Thanks Jabba! So now the question becomes, what does the V10 look like compared to other versions. I'm inclined to go with Reskit, as was mentioned here, because their stuff always looks so good, but is theirs a V10? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jabba29 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 I think that thw difference maybe internal, with the external shape being the same. I just goggled 101(V)-10 and one site mentioned about the (V)-10 had an enlarged frequency coverage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quixote74 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 The major external fearures of each version are shown in the museum display @RichB63 posted above, including the (V)10. The 101 probably has the widest variation of all US pods since there are short, long, with or w/o "gondola," and other more subtle differences. For the Desert Storm/Operation Granby Buccaneers you want a long pod with gondola as per the Resikit and Flightpath examples posted above. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) Ah I didn't notice V10 tucked in there. The gondola is the little bulge that hangs below in the middle of the older pods, and near the end on the V12? Edited April 6, 2023 by Specter1075 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroSoldier Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 When did the Bucc carry the 101? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) Desert Storm/Granby time frame. Edited April 6, 2023 by Specter1075 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) Edited April 6, 2023 by andyf117 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) All good now. Edited April 7, 2023 by Specter1075 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quixote74 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 On 4/5/2023 at 8:06 PM, Specter1075 said: Ah I didn't notice V10 tucked in there. The gondola is the little bulge that hangs below in the middle of the older pods, and near the end on the V12? Actually by "gondola" I was referring to the "underslung" tube section that runs most of the pod's length below the main body (vs. earlier versions with just a single cylinder). If you think about the cross-section profile (very roughly speaking): No gondola: o Godola: 8 The small bulged antenna appears on some sub-types of each variant, but not the (V)10 as you see above. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter1075 Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 Understood. Thanks very much for clarifying! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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