I recently picked up the Testors O2 skymaster, while I love the aircraft the kit leaves alot to be desired.
Q; does anyone know if there is an update set avalible for this kit? mostly the interior?
32 views no answer, I am guessing there is nothing for that kit. maybe I can bodify the Bird dog interior
I have that kit in my stash-picked it up too many years ago…tried to find AM parts for the interior with no success. Will be interested to see what you do with yours-I’m always looking for suggestions. Please post your work so we can follow.
I remember reading how somebody used two bird dog interiors, side by side, for the O-2 kit. But no, as far as I know, there is no interior out there for this kit. It’s all up to the builders creativity.
My first build I simply added a rear bulkhead and seatbelts. I may use the Bird dog idea this time.
Is this the 1/48 job? Both the O-2 and Bronco in 1/48 are still on my wish list cos the current offerings are awful.
well to put a little perspective here, both kits are roughly as old as the actual aircraft types themselves. Both were originally Hawk molds from the 1960s when things were not so detailed.
I have built both allready, there was a few items for the Bronco.
here is my first o2, done as a Falon NV range aircraft
Well, in 1/72 you only have the ARII kit - with no meaningful interior neither! That wouldn’t really be a problem, if we had an idea what the interior SHOULD look like - then a little scratchbuilding and there you go. But the reference on that baby is hard to come by - and there are also differences between the civilian and the military versions - and so the references are the real problem here. Once I overcome that, I’m ready to build my 1/72 O-2 FAC!
Your O-2 looks really good in that colorful paint scheme - good luck with your build and have a nice day
Paweł
My CFI and I fly a Skymaster for reef survey duties in the summer. Unfortunatly I normally pull observer duty! Lovey aircraft. I built Testors offering and Hellers 1/50th offering. Testors is a great kit IMO
How different is it from the Cessna 336 or 337.
336 is fixed gear
do you have any pics of the seats and rear bulkhead?
I had the Airfix 1/72 O2 and Bronco when I was a kid (looong time ago) and wanted to do them both again in 1/48 especially since I saw them modelled as FACs with large warning signs such as ‘THE FAC’ and ‘F*** OFF’ on the tops of the wings but I’ve never found any pics of the aircraft in question? Are these amusing interpretations or did these schemes actually exist?
I’ve seen a photo of “The FAC”. It was for real. I had not heard of or seen any photos of the the other O-2.