Skyraider Stuff...

EgoR64 · January 30th, 2010, 07:12

:salute:

Looking forward to some carrier ops in this bad boy - :ernae:

Cheers - So Excited !!

**Vietnam War Project** · January 30th, 2010, 09:26

Tim,
Have you get a factory ?
Some dwarves working under a dark mountain ?
Santa Claus elves ?

She looks pretty, a very nice work

Xavier

**Railrunner130** · January 30th, 2010, 18:00

Really cool!

:ernae:

**Lateral-G** · January 30th, 2010, 18:09

AWESOME!

:ernae:

-G-

**Piglet** · January 30th, 2010, 19:16

Some dwarves working under a dark mountain ?
Santa Claus elves ?

Tried those, and Ooompa Loompas, but they always spend all the time breaking into song and dance, drinking, and, well, things best left unsaid.
Now I got pigs for the heavy assembly, puppies for general work and paint, and guinea-pigs for avionics.:ernae:
P.S. I fed the Loompas to the pigs.

**Snuffy** · January 30th, 2010, 19:21

Looks Great Tim!

**Piglet** · February 1st, 2010, 20:05

Some more updates....

**heywooood** · February 1st, 2010, 20:09

looks great Tim...
:ernae:

***falcon409*** · February 1st, 2010, 20:17

Man, that's some beautiful work Tim. Tied in with the Vietnam War Project, you'll have the A-1, Lil' Bird, OV-10 and several others filling the skies. This is awesome.

**ptrev** · February 1st, 2010, 21:33

Looking soooo good Mr Conrad. Do we get the 2 seat version for carrying the required indigenous observer as in some Sth East asian areas of operation? Can't wait, guess it will take you at least another ten minutes to finish it judging by your amazing production rate. :salute: ( Gotta put the dog somewhere.)

**rayhere48** · February 1st, 2010, 22:32

Wow, can't wait. You sure do great work, I have all your stuff and really am looking forward to this.

**neptuneman** · February 2nd, 2010, 00:40

Another outstanding work, congratulations Mr Piglet. I have seen a skyraider one year ago flying in an airshow!
This aircraft is flying in France and his registration is F-AZDP. I had the luck to go into the cockpit just after the engine stopped. What a nice hot oil smell. And the marvellous sound of the Pratt & Whitney!
Any chance to have the F-AZDP livery?
Good luck the finish line is coming closer and closer!

**Lionheart** · February 2nd, 2010, 01:12

Looks awesome Tim.

That landing gear and the dive brakes look brilliant.

:ernae:

Bill

**peter12213** · February 2nd, 2010, 02:25

This is looking amazing Tim, question will there be a French variant at all?

**stansdds** · February 2nd, 2010, 03:38

It's looking great, but shouldn't the lights on the vertical stabilizer be red over clear?

**Z-AZ1USN** · February 2nd, 2010, 10:09

Maybe if you can do a Navy version say like VA25 then possibly
hang a little goodie (see link) from one of the pylons.
BTW I use to work on The Navy version when I was stationd
at NAS Cubi Pt.....Back in late 60's. Those 20MM were hydraulic
operated while the 20's in the F8's I worked on were pneumatic.

http://midwaysailor.com/midwayva25bo...cbomb-008b.jpg

http://midwaysailor.com/midwayva25bo...cbomb-006b.jpg

http://midwaysailor.com/midwayva25bo...cbomb-009b.jpg

http://midwaysailor.com/midwayva25bo...cbomb-001b.jpg

***Moses03*** · February 2nd, 2010, 10:46

Hope we get a "toilet bomb" version.

:salute:

**Taco** · February 2nd, 2010, 10:55

Don't know about the version with the "toilet bomb." But I sure would like to get my hands on the beastie!

**rvn817j** · February 2nd, 2010, 10:56

For you Brits that's the weaponized version of John Crapper's famous invention. (Thank heavens for John Crapper!)

**peter12213** · February 2nd, 2010, 12:52

Hahaha, but what did it do? I mean did they litterally just drop a bog on someone or was it filled with explosives so the porcelain or what ever there made out of would act as shrapnel? Honestly in all my time of reading and studying military aviation I've never seen or heard anything about this, you think you know it all then whack you learn something new! Very funny, but also quite disturbing, and I thought it was us Brits with the sick sense of humour for toilet jokes!

**rvn817j** · February 2nd, 2010, 13:12

I would speculate that the carrier guys were just being polite, i.e., the enemy was getting the crap bombed out of it so it was only fair to provide them a crapper. That's how you pass the day away in the merry ole' land of CV-60 (the sucking sixty from dixie for those that have served on her or flown from her decks)!

**MHAircraft** · February 2nd, 2010, 13:27

Originally Posted by Moses03

Hope we get a "toilet bomb" version.
:salute:

Me too me too!!!

**Z-AZ1USN** · February 2nd, 2010, 14:59

Originally Posted by peter12213

Hahaha, but what did it do? I mean did they litterally just drop a bog on someone or was it filled with explosives so the porcelain or what ever there made out of would act as shrapnel? Honestly in all my time of reading and studying military aviation I've never seen or heard anything about this, you think you know it all then whack you learn something new! Very funny, but also quite disturbing, and I thought it was us Brits with the sick sense of humour for toilet jokes!

Here is an account of what happen on that day back in Oct '65:

http://tinfeathers.com/MilPhoto/VA25/VA25.htm

And...That's the way is was.......

:salute::USA-flag:

**Piglet** · February 2nd, 2010, 17:02

Ummm.. never made a toilet before. But then again, I made dog poop!:ernae:

**heywooood** · February 2nd, 2010, 19:25

why does the terlet issue always get stuck to the butt of every Skyraider topic EVER posetd???

can we not appreciate a Spad without the perpetual porcelain appendage?