Kagemusha Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 Received the kit just now, bit of flash here and there, a few injector marks to clean up, but what a great subject. The decal options are all Vietnam USAF, one grey - as box art, one black, and another camouflage. LSP_Kevin, Out2gtcha and LSP_K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr b Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 It's on sale via a Polish ebay seller, ordered one a couple of days ago. I think I bought mine from the same guy.... It's On the way! Can't wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyfoos Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) The decal options are all Vietnam USAF, one grey - as box art, one black, and another camouflage. I wouldn't trust their identification: The Don't Shoot one with the many Snoopy markings is a modern warbird/museum scheme. The black one ("Unicnown Unit") I'm not sure what it's from. I don't recall seeing black camoed O-2s in Vietnam carrying TAC badges or with large ghost nose art (which looks more like AC-130 nose art). The camo one is an O-2B (67-21452). Edited December 5, 2017 by ziggyfoos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 This one is a MUST for me for sure. It will look great with my eventual OV-10 and O-1. Convenient that the decal options are not accurate, as none of them really tickled my fancy. I wouldn't trust their identification:The Don't Shoot one with the many Snoopy markings is a modern warbird/museum scheme.The black one ("Unicnown Unit") I'm not sure what it's from. I don't recall seeing black camoed O-2s in Vietnam carrying TAC badges or with large ghost nose art (which looks more like AC-130 nose art).The camo one is an O-2B (67-21452). Sounds like a job for AOA! LSP_K2 and Shawn M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 will be my first after xmas purchase Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 It looks great! Great little aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 I've ordered one from Ukraine to convert in to Rhodesian Lynx (aka Reims-Cessna 337) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Don't forget the manuals for added details that might be of use to some: http://www.avialogs.com/index.php/en/aircraft/usa/cessna/model337.html Jari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Southern Bandit Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Just had a quick look on Ebay and thought it would be much more expensive, reasonable price though so bought one to be shipped from Ukraine from a dealer with high positive feedback. Pity about the a fore mentioned fictional decal scheme, I guess AM decals will be released in due course though ... guessing too with what looks like a highly visible cockpit/cabin interior much AM will follow too.Looks a great subject for sure. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) The biggest question for me is how the landing gear is going to hold up. Like for the Bronco, this seems like a model that could stand some G-Factor love. Edited December 6, 2017 by Dave Williams Out2gtcha and Jack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr b Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 The biggest question for me is how the landing gear is going to hold up. Like for the Bronco, this seems like a model that could stand some G-Factor love. My birddog of the same manfacturer has gone limp............I am cracking my head on how to replace them struts....looks like going to be major work......... Hope the O-2 is not that bad.............but I was told that the first reviews of the O-2 don't look too good............anyways will wait for mine to come to form an opinion on it rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Southern Bandit Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Someone on here mentioned they have one, they mentioned that kit has some flash but looks OK otherwise, was looking for reviews of this kit last night but found none?I wonder if it would be possible to reinforce kits landing gear with wire rod somehow if it proves to be a weak point?Been considering the Birddog from Roden too, same goes for that kit gear wise reinforcement ... but I'll wait to see how I get on with this kit once it arrives first, still never built a Roden kit although I have a couple in the stash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 I have the O-1 kit, and have seen Eric's build, and the bird doesn't seem too heavy to me, so I'm wondering if he is having any problems with his? I'm hoping the O-2 is light too, and haven't really seen anybody who built an O-1 complain about the landing gear. However, that doesn't seem to mean much as there are scant few builds out there it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) Im thinking some aluminum stock bent and shaped properly should be the fix for the main gear, much like RC plane LG much like this borrowed image from the interpipes https://www.giantscalenews.com/attachments/carat_landing_gear__10-jpg.78051/ Edited December 7, 2017 by Shawn M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregair Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 My birddog of the same manfacturer has gone limp............I am cracking my head on how to replace them struts....looks like going to be major work......... Hope the O-2 is not that bad.............but I was told that the first reviews of the O-2 don't look too good............anyways will wait for mine to come to form an opinion on it rgds Would the metal undercarriage from Scale Aircraft Conversions resolve that worry for the bird dog undercarriage? Im sure that they will do the same soon for the O-2A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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