Homebee Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) Thanks Tali! A new Ukrainian brand, Skale Wings (formerly Ukrop Models), is to release a 1/72th Douglas AD-5W Skyraider kit - ref. VS001 Sources: http://www.greenmats.club/topic/1784-ad-5w-172/#comment-19682 http://hobbyterra.com/product/skyraider-ad-5w-attack-aircraft-in-1-72-scale-skale-wings-001.html V.P. Edited October 25, 2017 by Homebee 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Well well well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Well this is interesting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 OH YEAH. Its about time we had a sota 'raider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Does it look like other AD-5 variants could be catered for? Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
172flogger Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Last photo is Hasegawa. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 Last photo is Hasegawa.Thanks. Picture erased.V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 At last, that's another load of old kits and self molded radomes I can get rid of out of the stash. I wonder if they plan to do a complimentary AD-4W too, fingers crossed. As then I can dispose of a couple of Aeroclub fuselages and old Airfix Skyraiders. AEW fans are being looked after recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Woohoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Finally a modern AD-5 kit ! Have to say that the sprues look very well moulded, this looks like a good quality mainstream kit, not a short run. I wish the best of luck to this new company, they may well become one of my favourite ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff_B Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Ohhh Nice, i wonder if it will have RN markings as well as USN, or possibly a separate boxing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) Ohhh Nice, i wonder if it will have RN markings as well as USN, or possibly a separate boxingRN aircraft were AD-4W based airframes, quite a different beast (single width canopy for starters).Still, nice to have a new AD-5W. Edited April 21, 2016 by Wez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbot Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) One option from kit will be four options Edited April 21, 2016 by foxbot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Very good news but I think that it would be a very good idea if the other versions would be treated .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 The tooling looks as though it would be easy to do the other AD-5 variants from it. However, shouldn't the AD-5 have the same asymmetric tail to allow for propwash as the single seater variants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 There were two cockpit versions of the AD-5W used by the US Navy and Marines. One was the solid roofed rear cockpit: The other was the plexiglass "Blue room" version: There was also a very interesting escape hatch under the fuselage : Which is not obvious from the sprue shots, I hope it's there as it will save an awful lot of work if it is. My brother and I built these 1:48 AD-5W's as a tandem build on Britmodeller several years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbot Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) As I know, there will be some modifications. Including "Blue room" version too. All in 1/72 scale. Edited April 21, 2016 by foxbot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceB Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) Some small points: the lower wing piece has the oil cooler exhaust (just in front of the centerline pylon forward attachment point) catapult hooks and armor plate molded on, ala the Hasegawa kit. When I did a conversion using the Monogram Family Model and Hasegawa AD-6, I discovered that it is very likely no AD-5/A-1E was fitted with belly armor (and certainly the AD-5W was not), and on all AD-5/A-1E the oil cooler exhaust was moved to the side of the fuselage just above the wing root and the catapult hooks moved to the MLG struts. The radome covered the original oil cooler exhaust (so the fact that it may be molded into the lower wing is not a problem for a kit of the -5W) requiring it to be moved, and the catapult bridle would have hit the radome if attached to the original catapult hook location. Apparently the basic design for the family version was set with the radome in mind (makes sense as the same radome was previously fitted to the -4W) so all -5 variants had a smooth belly with no exhaust. Some filling will be required if doing other than a -5W. The MLG strut covers also look to be the same as the AD-6/7, they are the wider style, the AD-5 had narrower strut covers and openings in the lower wing around the strut. Good walkaround here illustrates the gear doors and lack of oil cooler exhaust on the belly: http://daytonipms.com/walks/A-1E/index.htm Edited April 22, 2016 by LanceB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I like! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailspin Turtle Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 There were two cockpit versions of the AD-5W used by the US Navy and Marines. One was the solid roofed rear cockpit: The other was the plexiglass "Blue room" version: There was also a very interesting escape hatch under the fuselage : Which is not obvious from the sprue shots, I hope it's there as it will save an awful lot of work if it is. My brother and I built these 1:48 AD-5W's as a tandem build on Britmodeller several years ago. Strictly speaking, that's not an escape hatch on the belly of the beast. Any door there would be for access to the electronics that filled the fuselage immediately aft of the cabin. However, in trying to find a good picture of the area and looking closely at the picture of your model, I was surprised to discover that for the AD-5W, Douglas appears to have removed the dive brake on the belly and not bothered with covering its well. In other words, the fuselage is recessed in that area. More later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I'm sorry tailspin but I beg to differ, in the research for my book on the History of AEW&C "Beyond The Horizon" the existence of the rear floor escape hatch on the AD-5W came up from various US Navy sources and it is mentioned in Roger G Smith's book "Guppy Pilot" as it would have been very difficult for the radar operator to escape from the rear of the aircraft as it would have been nearly impossible to avoid striking the large fin. The pilot was equipped with the "Yankee seat" ejector system although not rocket assisted the seat was ejected from the aircraft, again to avoid striking the vertical fin. Yes the rear dive brakes were indeed removed on the AD-5W's as they were redundant for an aircraft in the AEW role. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailspin Turtle Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 More on the AD-5W belly: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2016/04/ad-5w-belly-detail.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailspin Turtle Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 More on the AD-5 landing gear: http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2016/04/ad-5-versus-ad-67-main-landing-gear.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogdan.p Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 test assembly http://www.greenmats.club/topic/1784-ad-5w-172/?page=4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted May 10, 2016 Author Share Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) Thanks Bogdan! Any Ukrop Models homepage or Facebook? http://www.greenmats.club/topic/1784-ad-5w-172/?do=findComment&comment=21064 V.P. Edited May 12, 2016 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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