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Hello everyone... Im presenting my 1/72 vintage Airfix Cessna Birddog. This model has traveled around the globe to get to me. It started life in the U.K., from there it went to Australia at some point. A year ago when I expressed interest to wanting one. @Admiral Puff was not only kind enough to give it to me but he hand delivered it all the way from Australia. He was here in the states for the IPMS USA Nationals in 2019 and was coming to Chicago after so we got to meet and exchange the kit. I built this as Cessna 2799 flying out of Laos with the USAF Ravens. It represents a very specific moment in October of 1971. The Ravens were USAF volunteer pilots flying as Forward air Controllers over Laos. They operated fast and loose with rules as they were officially never in Laos so dressed as civilians. The aircraft were maintained by Air America and carried nothing more than a simple 4 or 6 digit tail number and International orange stripe on top of the wing for quick I.D. from other aircraft. So I present Raven 2799 for you. Yes the load-out looks quite unrealistic but as you can see by the following photo some Cowboy decided to go with it for a photo opportunity. Please feel free to ask questions, post comments, or visit the build thread. Dennis- 16 replies
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