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Model Forum / General / Models / March 2005Trumpeter 1/48 scale RA-5C Vigilante
Will there be a conversion kit for this aircraft in the future? Make it a A-5A anytime possible? Also, I am looking for some information concerning the A-5A that was at the Test Center at Patuxent River MD. I need some information and some pictures of it. I have a friend that was in one and I want to get some pictures to let him see it. I was wanting to build an A-5A for him. William  SignatureWILLIAM L. POWELL Jr. VICE COMMANDER DAV CH.6 FOLEY, ALABAMA William, while anything is possible, I have heard absolutely nothing regarding any aftermarket efforts to make it into an early version A-5. Since the bird was a pretty dismal failure in that roll, and there were almost no operational markings, I suspect you might be on your own. I don't think it would be a real difficult thing to do. as the relevant area of the spine is pretty well defined on the kit. I have not researched it much, but I don't think the aft canopy actually changed either location or angle, so it might be a matter of carving out the RA bulged spine and replacing it with a lower one. There are two really good books that cover most of the Vigi. history. The new Steve Ginter Naval Fighters book, and the older Aerofax Minigraph #9. There are a couple others, but those two have most of the operational and test squadrons well documented. Would be a challenging conversion, but interesting. Norm >Will there be a conversion kit for this aircraft in the future? Make it a >A-5A anytime possible? >Also, I am looking for some information concerning the A-5A that was at the >Test Center at Patuxent River MD. I need some information and some pictures >of it. I have a friend that was in one and I want to get some pictures to >let him see it. I was wanting to build an A-5A for him. >William > William, > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >>William Fine Scale Modeler did an article, years ago, on such a conversion, in 1/72nd scale. It was a nice article, and a nice topic: not a "major" conversion; but enough work to make it a "fun" project. Perhaps someone here, with a complete set of magazines at hand, can let us know the exact year and issue. SignatureGreg Heilers Registered Linux user #328317 - SlackWare 10.1 (2.6.10) The box said: "Requires Windows 98/2000/XP/NT, or better." So, I installed LINUX! >Fine Scale Modeler did an article, years ago, on such a conversion, in >1/72nd scale. It was a nice article, and a nice topic: not a "major" >conversion; but enough work to make it a "fun" project. Perhaps someone >here, with a complete set of magazines at hand, can let us know the exact >year and issue. As with so many of the Fine Scale 1/72nd articles, this one is by Paul Boyer and is in the January, 1993 issue. Thanks for the reminder Greg. Norm I realize it's not a terribly difficult proposition to reshape the intakes and engine feathers for an earlier RA-5 but I was wondering if anyone has heart of any rumors of resin backdate parts for an earlier RA-5C SignatureCheers: Bill Woodier "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." My Home Page: http://www.bill-woodier.com/home.htm -- > William, > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >>William Paul Cotcher stated on HS that Victory Models was doing an early (-8 engined) RA-5C conversion for the Trumpeter kit. Dave > I realize it's not a terribly difficult proposition to reshape the intakes > and engine feathers for an earlier RA-5 but I was wondering if anyone has [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > >>William Great! Thanks Dave. SignatureCheers: Bill Woodier "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." My Home Page: http://www.bill-woodier.com/home.htm -- > Paul Cotcher stated on HS that Victory Models was doing an early (-8 > engined) RA-5C conversion for the Trumpeter kit. [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] >> > >> >>William Folks might be interested to know that we plan on releasing a A3J/RA-5C DVD in the coming month. For more info, visit: http://www.rocket.aero/vigilante2.html James ____________________ James Duffy jduffy@mac.com www.rocket.aero Bill, Did a google search and came up with this: http://www.google.com/images?as_q=&svnum=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=A-5A +Vigilante&as_oq=&as_eq=&imgsz=&as_filetype=&imgc=&as_sitesearch=&safe=off If you can't cut and paste the URL I just went to "advanced image search" and typed in A-5A Vigilante on the "exact phrase" line. It came up with 16 hits. Now, if you were a little more creative than I was I'm sure you could find lots more images. 8-) Don McIntyre Clarksville, TN |
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