A-6E Tram cockpit help

[wwesley]

Just got in Eduards new Tram PE looks good but no one has ever made a B/N Hood for the radar screen and flir.

Any body scratch build any?

 

Thanks

Bill W

[Tony T]

This was raised a while back...

 

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=54473

 

The A-6E TRAM seems to have a much bulkier hood that has a deeper rectangular base than the original fitting, which translates into a tough old boot similar to this...

 

(pic courtesy of web for educational purposes only)

 

or maybe more like this partly obscured view...

 

(pic courtesy of web for educational purposes only)

 

Scratch building it with scrap plastic, flex or whatever is probably the best method.

 

It would really help to have good photos or diagrams of this installation.

 

HTH

 

Tony

 

 

 

edited to add pics etc

Edited April 9, 2016 by Tony T

[allthumbs]

Here's a side view of the later hood. Not sure if anyone has taken it on yet Bill. But given the faceted, box-like shape, it would not be too difficult to fabricate from scratch: sheet plastic sides with a Milliput face guard, perhaps.

 

 

Rich

Edited April 9, 2016 by allthumbs

[Tony T]

Personally, I'm glad I'm intending to build a PAT/ARM A-6B with the old hood.

 

I heard about the TRAM monstrosity but, hey, it did the job before modern displays could conquer daylight

 

Going between a Victorian era large format camera shroud and daylight was no good for either checking six or focusing on vital displays.

 

As my late father would say, switching between an astrocompass sextant and a clonk-and-clod radar display on Bristol Britannias, "piss off, I'm busy!"

 

Tony