Aircraft Lighting Question

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William R. Mattil - 23 Jul 2008 22:02 GMT

All,

I'm in the middle of planning a 1/6 Scale A-4 Skyhawk in Warpaint and
since I have room I was interested in providing accurate lighting if at
all possible. The obvious question would be

What type of Lighting was used on these ? I am guessing that wingtip
lights (Red and Green) and possibly strobes as well ? From the online
sources I've found it appears that there were multiple bulbs in each
wingtip. Also was there a rear strobe ? Landing Lights I have covered.

Some of the A-4's at Miramar did have Red Strobes atop the Fuse as well.
Any others ?

Any squadron lighting ?

Regards

Bill

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frank - 25 Jul 2008 01:02 GMT

I would imagine the lights were made by Grimes, as they were (or
are) mainly military & airline suppliers. There would have been a
white nav light on the tail in addition to the red & green wingtip
lights. I'd be surpised if they used wingtip strobes in addition to
the red beacon/strobe on the fuselage. Maybe if you Google for Grimes
aircraft lighting.

On Jul 23, 4:02 pm, "William R. Mattil" <wrmat...@ix.netcom.com>
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