French Recce F-84G Thunderjet camera installation

[Wez]

Does anybody have any details of the centreline camera installation the French used on some of their F-84G Thunderjets?

I know they used some modified Fletcher tanks but the particular aircraft I want to model (51-10670 33-DO of GR 2/33 Savoie as in Model Art sheet 72/040), didn't use those but did have a centreline camera fairing. I know Model-Art did a recce accessory pack but I think I could probably scratch it if I had the details.

I'm not talking about RF-84F Thunderflash's here, definitely the straight wing Thunderjet.

I also need to know whether this particular aircraft had the perforated or slotted airbrake and whether it had the auxiliary air intake on the lower fuselage or not.

TIA

Wez

[Wez]

Ha!

Found part of the answer here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234928854

Can anybody answer the question on the airbrake and intakes?

Wez

[Wez]

Found the rest of the answer, the perforated airbrake was introduced from airframe number 51-1079, seeing as the one I want to do is 51-10670 and comes in well after that I think I'm safe to go with the perforated airbrake, likewise any reference to a lack of blow-in doors on the lower fuselage seems to be limited to earlier jets. 51-1079 is an F84G-10-RE, as my jet is later still I think it will definitely have this feature too.

Thanks to anybody who looked, just goes to show if you look a bit harder yourself and do a bit of logical deduction you can often find the answer yourself.

Wez

[ReccePhreak]

Fascinating!

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