I have purchased the 1:48 navy skyraider from Tamiya and am laying out the plans on doing it. My question is, how do you pick the armament. It is not quite clear from the instructions. Do certain things go with certain other things or is it a period thing, WWII vs Korea vs Vietnam. Any help would be appreciated. I qassume you all know and it would save me a lot of time researching this topic. Especially since so many of you have already built this bird.
I’ve seen a cartoon of the Spad with everything including a genuine kitchen sink hanging from one hardpoint! [:D]
Best thing I can suggest is to look for period photos of the aircraft in action (like a Squadron “In Action” book [:)] ) and use that as a guide. That thing could haul a HUGE load. One bomb on every rack would not be incorrect.
Well at least one was actually equipped with a toilet as ordinance. Saw a pic of it somewhere, but lost the url. I felt the ordinance included in the Tamiya kit was more appropriate to Korea than Nam. I just finished one and I left the ordinance off. Will post a few pics in a day or two.
Paper Tiger II - VA-25, Is the spad that dropped the toilet
I think either microscale or superscale makes a decal sheet of this, don’t quote me on that I have to check my stock.