Posted over on Hyperscale and I thought I’d share them here.
JG posted:
Jon Freeman posted:
lol that’s just funny. Like “Ernest goes to Camp”.
LOL…is that actual or edited?
Dan
No, it’s actual. I remember hearing about this but never saw the pictures. In fact, from what I read, there was a model on a Skyraider at one point that even came with the toilet.
I’m sure someone on here knows the actual story behind these pictures.
I would assume that the Kitchen Sink is strapped to the other wing.
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I know Hasegawa made a Skyraider with a toilet bomb in 1/72 a few years back. I think they also put one out in 1/48 with it too, but I’m not sure.
I don’t think Hasegawa made a 1/48 A-1. Maybe they could make the “slab sided” E for us though! Ertl, Matchbox, Monogram and Tamiya are the only 1/48 Spads I know about. The last two being better and best! No toilet or kitchen sink with the Bomb Kits either!
It was allegedley filled to the rim, as well.
Hasegawa released the Monogram Spad (along with just about every other Monogram 48th kit…) on a couple occasions back in the 80’s with one of those releases having an extra sprue for the toilet. Still have the sprue and decals from that one.
This was discussed here a while back and I’ve been looking for that photo like mad ever since… Thanks for posting!
Fade to Black…
Too FUNNY!!!
I’ve been waiting to see some actual evidence of this ever since I saw the reference to it here in the forum.
Thanks, Dana, for making it real.
stinger
Melgyver.
ESCI also did an A-1H in 1/48.
Randie
That’s too much! I’ve never seen that pic and I really enjoyed seeing it, thanks for posting it.
Sandy to camp Delta, mark the area where you want the stinky bomb…
I love it
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Just think of the fun you could have if that was a “smart” stink bomb. It would sure beats ringing the door bell and lighting the paper sack of doody![(-D][(-D][(-D]
I guess you could say the situation had come to a head,
or was that the head being taken to the situation?
I wonder if someone “used:” the john before installing it.
Now that would make one #@^& of a mess.
As I mentioned above, it was supposedley… er… uh… fully armed before leaving the deck… [:p]
Fade to Black…
I’ll bet when that toilet hit the ground after dropping it the enemy probably did a Monty Python and the Holy Grail imitation: Run Away! Run Away! [(-D][(-D][(-D]
Mike
Gentlemen, and ladies,
That picture is of Lt. Cmdr. Ed Greathouse. The A-1 H named “Paper Tiger II” (seen just above the number 572 on the cowling). The picture was taken in late 1965, as the aircraft was being hooked up to the “cat” on the USS Midway.
Lt. Cmdr. Greathouse was Canasta Lead on the “Mig killer” flight on June 20, 1965. He had over 120 combat missions recorded on the side of the aircraft.
A friend I grew up with was on that “cruise”, and was one of the “red shirts” that loaded the odinance on the aircraft, including the comode. The “machine shop” and others worked real hard to rig the toilet so it could be dropped from the hard point. The “mission” was “going downtown” (Hanoi). Charlie got “shit-faced” (please excuse my French) on something other than that stinking rice wine!
The crew did load it to the brim with what could be called a “biological weapon”. I have the “cruise book”, which is like a year book for the cruise. And they say the Navy has no sense of humor! rangerj