The Duke's Latest Aircraft

[Duke Maddog]

Finally after a summer of misfortune and issues, I have managed to finish one model.

This is the latest Hasegawa A-37 Dragonfly in 1/72 scale, done up as a Vietnam bird. This is the first Dragonfly I ever built too:

Later on I'll be trying to get some ordinance under those wings.

This was built OOB and airbrushed with Testor's Model Master paints. I added the pilots since the cockpit was rather sparse so that there was some good visual interest. It was a fun little build.

That's all the aircraft for now. Feel free to check out my latest armor and my civilian car as well.

Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

 

[Paulw]

:dude :dude :dude :dude

 

[iambrb]

Great job Sir!

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks guys! She won't win any contests, but she is a great addition to my collection. I'm pleased.

 

[Frank]

Great job
Frank

 

[JamesOLeary]

Nice Dragonfly, Duke!

Cheers,
James

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks guys! I appreciate that very much!

 

[phantom II]

Having worked on the T-37's ( a simple airfame ) for a while , I have always been intrigued why anyone would want to do so many mods to one . Yet, it worked :idonno

What's even stranger , is that it didn't look all that different except for what hung from the wings .

Did the SE. era one have that hump on the back ? Can't seem to recal.

Good job on a very small bird

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Old Dog]

Nice job

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Christian! I appreciate the compliments and the stories from those who "were there" so to speak. I checked a few sources online and some had it and some didn't. I'm guessing the earlier ones did not. I added it because the instructions indicated my version did have it. Thanks again for the compliment!

Thanks Old Dog! I appreciate that.

 

[phantom II]

Oooops, this one almost got by me.

They were revised again around the time the AF. Changed to the lizard paint scheme . For sure, they added the mini gun.

Rugged little bird but the AF literally flew the wings off of them .

Even though they looked alike there was a good many differences from the old tweets , but no additional space to maintain them . :smack

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks for that info Christian! It helps a lot. Was some of the information gleaned from this bird taken into account when developing the A-10? I know Hans Rudel had a bog say in that, but I was wondering if the Air Force's experience with Tweety here also helped.

 

[phantom II]

Thanks for that info Christian! It helps a lot. Was some of the information gleaned from this bird taken into account when developing the A-10? I know Hans Rudel had a bog say in that, but I was wondering if the Air Force's experience with Tweety here also helped.

Don't think so . The A-37 started life as a reconfigured aircraft at hand , with coin operations in mind . Meanning combat support against lightly armed rebel armies . In the end, they were handed over to the South Vietnamies .
I need to correct my statment about the gun . Some form was present from the beggining.

The A-10 was designed around the 30 MM cannon but what the AF had in mind was killing a lot of Russian tanks and armor if things got hot in Europe . This was a pupose built aircraft .

GRRRRrrrrr ! What a great aircraft


Cheers, Christian B)

 

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Christian! That does clear up a lot!

 

[moon puppy]

Thanks for that info Christian! It helps a lot. Was some of the information gleaned from this bird taken into account when developing the A-10? I know Hans Rudel had a bog say in that, but I was wondering if the Air Force's experience with Tweety here also helped.

Don't think so . The A-37 started life as a reconfigured aircraft at hand , with coin operations in mind . Meanning combat support against lightly armed rebel armies . In the end, they were handed over to the South Vietnamies .
I need to correct my statment about the gun . Some form was present from the beggining.

The A-10 was designed around the 30 MM cannon but what the AF had in mind was killing a lot of Russian tanks and armor if things got hot in Europe . This was a pupose built aircraft .

GRRRRrrrrr ! What a great aircraft


Cheers, Christian B)

That's right, much like the F14, the aircraft was design for the weapon system.