Warmonger is done

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This A-1E was done for the Allied Aircraft in Viet Nam GB. It is a combination of the Matchbox A-1E and Tamiya A-1J kits, with a resin cockpit set from Cobra Company. There is an A-1E at the museum I volunteer at and that made the task take a lot longer. There are a lot of detail differences between the single seat and the “Fat Face” Spads. That’s what the family model was called back then, according to the Skyraider Association web site. I made the aircraft specific decals on my ALPS printer, based on pictures I found of “War Monger” in various places. Along with the ET tail code, it also wore 6T. More pictures on the AAVN GB.

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Can’t see your pics dude![sigh]

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Me neither…OI, Doog are you lost? I think youll find this forum is for ‘Target Trackers… Not Tracked Targets’. LOL.[;)]

…Guy

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My web site host must be down this morning, that’s a first. I probably should have put the type of model in the subject line, it’s an A1E Skyraider.

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Every now-n-then I go into “NOT ANSWERED” and see if I can help anyone out–this post just cought my eye with its title, so I clicked on it…[:D][%-)]

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Nice work!

I did one of these in 72nd a few months ago for a commision piece. When done I didn’t want to give it up!

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Bravo, john! She looks great carrying all of the stores! Geat job on the overall paint and finish.

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Nice one John. Thanks for sharing.

Regards, Rick

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Thats better, In glorious Technicolor. Worth the wait as well. Great job. Just love the weathering. You could even afford to go crazier on the exhaust stains. Those suckers were filthy. Top work fella [tup]

…Guy

P.s Doog, your always welcome. You should have a crack at plane. Man of your talents.

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Thanks for all the nice comments, guys. Yeah, Guy, there is kind of no limit on how dirty a Skyraider and its pilot can be, but I didn’t have the guts to go whole hog. I need more practice at it. Maybe I should study my cars, they are certainly dirty enough!

I got to looking at the pictures and realized I forgot to put two of the little frame lines on the windshield. Took it back to the workshop and fixed that. I really like this bird. Someday I’m going to build the guppy version in GSB. The ultimate pregnant fatface, huh? [:)]

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Nice one John! I tried to look at her this morning, glad to see you were able to get the pics working. [tup]

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I just found this page. the warmonger was my a/c in viet nam. we were part of the 6 th air cammando squadron at pliku . later renamed 6 th special ops. I was the crew chief so I was allowed to name her. I dont think the name would have gone over to big with the state side protesters.

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Very nice job. Love the blue tint on the canopy.

Mike

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Just caught up with this one John ,it sure came out great! Cammo finish came out really sharp,very nicely done Sir!!! cheers Trey

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Thanks, Trey. Oddly enough one of the troops that was Crew Chief on this one at Pleiku e-mailed me yesterday. They also had Little Anny Fanny, Pappy Yocum’s Country Store, and the 14 Ton Chicken, he wrote.

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Hello John!

Your model sure is pretty, but it is somehow too clean for my liking! Anyhow, I’m glad to see a Vietnam-era aircraft (or helicopter) model any time. Keep ‘em comin’, have a nice day

Paweł

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Great looking work, John. I like 'em dirty too. But it’s hard sometimes to cover up all that great work. Beautiful aircraft, especially considering you had to mate two different kits to make one. Rick.

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Thanks, Rick and Pawel. Yeah, I just can’t bring myself to dirty them up much. Just can’t seem to do it even when it is in my original plan!