Hello everyone …. This is my very late finish of an AT-6D started in the Texan single type group build. It represents an aircraft operated by ALA MIXTA N° 46/GANDO/C.6-167 circa 1975 in the Spanish Sahara. A brief history that I found stated this.
“This armed Spanish Air Force
C.6 (T-6C/D) of Escaudron 463
at Ganda, was used in the counter
insurgency role over the Spanish
Sahara during 1975.”
I chose the markings as there is a plane about 1 mile from my house that used to wear these markings as a warbird. Though it currently wears a new scheme. The kit is the Encore release of the Academy plastic. The underwing rockets are based on these.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_cm_Flz.-Rakete_Oerlikon
The ones in my build come from the Newer Airfix MiG-17. Seems the Soviets cloned the rockets at some point.
Please feel free to ask questions, post comments or thoughts. Please also feel free to visit the build thread.
Dennis