Was that the gun pod that had the little slip stream generator that popped out the side?
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Big Vietnamese Cobra Pit Placeholder for ICM 32nd Scale AH-1G x5 Build
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That was the larger 20mm gun pod.
Ah yes, Suu 23...self powered. I think the power requirements for the gun were greater than what could be delivered in some pylons if I remember my 462 training material. Through the fog of time and dead brain cells.
Added an inbox look at the Metallic Details M18 gun pods if one doesn't want to go through the trouble of detailing the kit parts.
OK, which one of you has a 32nd scale F-4B and is willing to do this 15 second to mince meat load out? If you show me the kit, I will give you my leftover SUU-11B/A (Army designation XM18E1) for free! However, you'll need to get more! Count them!
Heavens Eagle
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Yeah there is the new F4B that is now on the market, but it is almost as expensive as the Ferdinand I just got. So no F4's for me. If someone came out with a F-101 Voodoo in 1/32 I might be a taker for that, but need to step back from new kits again. 
I remember reading about this somewhere. Don't know if they actually flew or even fired them all like this, not sure they could fire them all at once.
@phantom II Chris you recall anything? Didn't they load it up more as a joke, kinda like the toilet on the Sandy?
Bad news from Poland... Thanks to tariffs and other international rules, the 5 pound package would cost $120USD to ship so I asked Herbert (@dewertus) not to send it until that is over. I will need to rearrange the order of which subjects to continue to work on in the meantime. I am heavily considering swapping #1 Du Me Mi with The Great Spekled Bird.
phantom II
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I'm not aware of this Bob Google claims those were meant for helicopters
but were experimental.
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Progress is progress!
I wondered why the resin replacement turrets didnt have blanking plates:
Well, all photos show them not to be in place!
Even the manual:
By the time you read this, all three plastic turrets will have the blanking plates removed. Internal structures to hold the weapons are next, then external fasteners for the hinges and latches to finish them off.
I wondered why the resin replacement turrets didnt have blanking plates:
Well, all photos show them not to be in place!
Even the manual:
By the time you read this, all three plastic turrets will have the blanking plates removed. Internal structures to hold the weapons are next, then external fasteners for the hinges and latches to finish them off.
Several aircraft used the SUU-11A/A and B variants. The Army called them the M18 and M18E1 for their helos. mostly for COIN so seen on AH-1 Sandys and A-37 Tweetys during 'Nam...
centaur567
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The picture of the crashed Cobra. I was there removing the rockets from the pods. The ship was 040 and it is today at a WFW in Sateside NC. At least I think that's the name of the town. It crashed after during a test rocket run both pods, one on each side had a hung rocket that burned out the back of the pods and knocked off the tailrotor. It came down in a dry rice paddy and rolled over. Capt. Cranny was in the back seat and SP/5 Cauldwell in the front. They were on a test flight. I had 18 days left in country. Gary S.
Well, thanks to Squadron having the Special Hobby AH-1G at 40% off as well as my having a $10 coupon, another is on the way! So, once I get the one from Poland, there will be FIVE (5) Cobras!
Thanks Gary. @centaur567, the dots on the bottom of the rocket pods, at one time I thought they looked like hinges but now I think they might be drain holes... The TM doesn't mention them! I guess I better look at more photos.
Thanks Gary. @centaur567, the dots on the bottom of the rocket pods, at one time I thought they looked like hinges but now I think they might be drain holes... The TM doesn't mention them! I guess I better look at more photos.
centaur567
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Hmm, I never noticed the holes before now! I don't think they were hinges. Probably drain holes
See how dirty the bottoms got. That's not from the crash. BTW. I was the nerd who almost always had my Petri FT 35mm camera or my Cannon 8mm movie camera with me and I took this photo. The guy holding the AR-15 is First Sgt. Maxwell.
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I agree as there is wiring inside for the rockets which don't need water sloshing around after some of the rain storms my uncle spoke about.
Could that be rivet lines? I think that's a rivet line and seam.
Is that the M260 launcher?
Is that the M260 launcher?
You're thinking modern as the 260 series added remote fuse timing. This predates it and is the M159 (Air Force, Navy, and USMC called called it the LAU-61/A). You might well be right about a rivet line on the seam! Thanks!
centaur567
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After looking at it with my good eye, it does look more like rivets along a seem. Gary S.
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