Hello Everybody... My chosen kit for this build will be the old Airfix Cessna Birddog in 1/72. This was an Original bagged kit if Im guessing correctly and traveled all the way around the globe to get to me. I received this kit as a Gift from @Admiral Puff a member from Australia last August when he visited the USA. Being the kit was originally from the U.K. it traveled quite aways in its existence. I had expressed interest in building one but couldn't find any, he had one spare and was coming to the USA to go to the IPMS Nationals here. Ive only decided to use whatever spares from the bin I need over A/M. 99% of the kit is intact I believe it was only missing a firewall and a wing strut, considering the journey thats pretty good. I will be adding weapons and new decals from the spares as the originals were questionable.
This is the plane I am planning on building.
I found this photo online about a year ago and knew it was the one I had to build. It has the great big Rocket pods under the wings and thats what I like about it. It also has a distinct lack of markings so I wont be needing a lot of decals. I will need to do more digging to confirm if these were completely unmarked, or only has markings on top of the wings. Anyone know anything about the Ravens let me know. Please feel free to ask questions, post comments, and or add thoughts.
Dennis