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  • looking for 1/72 A-5A kit

    From margeonaitis@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Rob van Riel on Tue Mar 20 17:43:18 2018
    On Thursday, April 4, 2002 at 7:08:06 AM UTC-7, Rob van Riel wrote:
    I'm looking for a decent 1/72 A-5A Vigilante kit (ie. the bomber
    version, not the reconnaisance plane). Does anyone here know where I
    might find such a bird?

    Rob

    As far as I know the only A5A kits were the Revell/Monogram ones. They were not 1/72-"box scale" I'm working on a pair of Trumpeter 1/72 kits; an RA5C & converting an RA5C to an A3J-1. So far I've got the old FSM article on converting one (can't
    copy the article or e-mail it to you-the author's being a twit!), two pairs of air intakes [xmold-modeling.com], two pairs of GE J-79 afterburner cans, two Eduard photo etch sets 2 sets of SAC landing gear, two Airwaves photo etch sets & a couple of
    decal sets. I still need an Airfix 1/72 RA5C [for the arrestor hook] and a refueling probe that I can modify to the correct shape. I'll be making vacu-form canopies.
    Hope that this helps!
    Nick

    On Thursday, April 4, 2002 at 7:08:06 AM UTC-7, Rob van Riel wrote:
    I'm looking for a decent 1/72 A-5A Vigilante kit (ie. the bomber
    version, not the reconnaisance plane). Does anyone here know where I
    might find such a bird?

    Rob

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  • From RobG@21:1/5 to norbert...@gmail.com on Sat Mar 24 20:56:14 2018
    On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 8:43:19 PM UTC-4, norbert...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, April 4, 2002 at 7:08:06 AM UTC-7, Rob van Riel wrote:
    I'm looking for a decent 1/72 A-5A Vigilante kit (ie. the bomber
    version, not the reconnaisance plane). Does anyone here know where I
    might find such a bird?

    Rob

    As far as I know the only A5A kits were the Revell/Monogram ones. They were not 1/72-"box scale" I'm working on a pair of Trumpeter 1/72 kits; an RA5C & converting an RA5C to an A3J-1. So far I've got the old FSM article on converting one (can't
    copy the article or e-mail it to you-the author's being a twit!), two pairs of air intakes [xmold-modeling.com], two pairs of GE J-79 afterburner cans, two Eduard photo etch sets 2 sets of SAC landing gear, two Airwaves photo etch sets & a couple of
    decal sets. I still need an Airfix 1/72 RA5C [for the arrestor hook] and a refueling probe that I can modify to the correct shape. I'll be making vacu-form canopies.
    Hope that this helps!
    Nick

    On Thursday, April 4, 2002 at 7:08:06 AM UTC-7, Rob van Riel wrote:
    I'm looking for a decent 1/72 A-5A Vigilante kit (ie. the bomber
    version, not the reconnaisance plane). Does anyone here know where I
    might find such a bird?

    Rob

    Wow, You're answering a post that's almost 16 years old. At least one of the responders is no longer alive (Al S.).

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  • From wire monkey@21:1/5 to Rob van Riel on Sun Mar 25 06:04:10 2018
    On Thursday, April 4, 2002 at 10:08:06 AM UTC-4, Rob van Riel wrote:
    I'm looking for a decent 1/72 A-5A Vigilante kit (ie. the bomber
    version, not the reconnaisance plane). Does anyone here know where I
    might find such a bird?

    Rob

    Yikes, I haven't really looked at any of these since they were called "Newsgroups" a long, long time ago.

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  • From Wile E. Coyote@21:1/5 to wire monkey on Tue Mar 27 00:21:45 2018
    wire monkey <71rdrunner@gmail.com> wrote in news:2f1d9f41-db95-47e7-8865-480ac051c40d@googlegroups.com:

    On Thursday, April 4, 2002 at 10:08:06 AM UTC-4, Rob van Riel wrote:
    I'm looking for a decent 1/72 A-5A Vigilante kit (ie. the bomber
    version, not the reconnaisance plane). Does anyone here know where I
    might find such a bird?

    Rob

    Yikes, I haven't really looked at any of these since they were called "Newsgroups" a long, long time ago.

    Didn't Trumpeter do one?

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    Coulter.

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