This is an old ESCI
kit which I had stacked away. It is built to represent an Electronic Counter
Measures aircraft which was operational with the 360th T.E.W.S. 460th
T.R.W. Tan Son Nhut, Vietnam, early 1969. The construction is straight
from the box with only a few minor changes. The clear plastic windshield
has been replaced by thin Perspex as the one supplied with the kit was not so
convincing. All markings and lettering came from an old decal sheet.
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Being an ECM
aircraft, it is has 14 types of antennae spread over and under the fuselage as
well as the wings, all made from stretched spruce. The completed model rests on
wire mesh covered ground, which was used to prevent wheels clogging in mud
due to the extreme climatic conditions in Vietnam.
The model is painted in the
traditional Vietnam colours of two greens and a brown, using Testors enamels
with a final coat of Testors flat clear lacquer finish.
Cyril
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