Julien Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Im looking to build the Roden 1/32 kit as a B model with the decals from AoA. Are there any pictures of the side mounted speaker out there? Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) Julien, I will see if I can find some photos- will post them here. You probably already found this in your research but the O-2B's had spinners on both the front and rear props, unlike the O-2A's which had none over the prop hubs. Three loudspeakers and one leaflet dispenser were fitted, on the RH side, IIRC. I think 31 examples were built, converted from the civilian model 337 Skymaster. Mike Found this photo of a preserved O-2B- I think that is the leaflet dispenser bin on the RH side behind the door, but it could be the speaker cabinet with the three speakers stacked vertically. Photo via Skytamer. Edited August 25, 2020 by 72modeler added link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Martin Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 The real big modelling difference is the glass on the port side. PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 There's a shot here, not very clear, but it backs up the picture that Mike posted, it's the speaker fitting on the rear fuselage. I think the leaflets went out through a chute on the underside. http://www.petester.com/html/AC022.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, 71chally said: I think the leaflets went out through a chute on the underside. James, After I posted the photo and re-examined it, I came to the same conclusion that the leaflets must have been dropped out of the bottom. Kinda wish now I hadn't gotten rid of my Arii kit a long time ago, as an O-2B would be a neat modeling subject. That's a great photo and text, BTW! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 There is some information (albeit not a lot) in this Cessna brochure showing the position of the leaflet dispenser within the cabin - https://boxartden.com/reference/gallery/index.php/Historical-Library/Cessna/O-2-Skymaster - but nothing else on the configuration of the cabin as to how much space was taken up internally by the speaker system , was there a similar equipment rack as carried on the O-2A , if so was the tape system part of this or was there another arrangement or maybe even just an eight-track slotted into the control panel? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Was looking for something completely unrelated today but came across a colour image in 'Warplane' Part 52 of a camouflaged O-2B with loudspeaker and leaflet dispenser but without prop spinners to either front or rear , serial reads as 21450 and caption describes it as serving with the 9th. SOS at Nha Trang. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Yes leaflets went out the underside, Some of these had spinners, some did not. There is some good info on the decal sheet from AOA, thanks to @Des for helping me out as well. JUlien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyfoos Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 As mentioned, the spinners were optional on the B. Here's two similar views of the speaker assembly on 21458 in Vietnam (no spinners on this aircraft and no fuselage national insignia either): On 8/24/2020 at 10:42 PM, Patrick Martin said: The real big modelling difference is the glass on the port side. Other than the later O-2As that had the enlarged windows to my knowledge the B's had the same port window as the original/early As. Both 1/48 ICM and 1/32 Roden kits have the early small portside window. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Some O-2A pics here showing a few details including things they carried under the wings: https://366th-tfw.net/index4.html Jari 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 6 hours ago, ziggyfoos said: As mentioned, the spinners were optional on the B. Here's two similar views of the speaker assembly on 21458 in Vietnam (no spinners on this aircraft and no fuselage national insignia either): Other than the later O-2As that had the enlarged windows to my knowledge the B's had the same port window as the original/early As. Both 1/48 ICM and 1/32 Roden kits have the early small portside window. Thx, Was going to do an A until I got the Sheet from AOA and that sparked my interest in the B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyfoos Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 The AOA sheet for Vietnam War O-2s has been released: http://www.aoadecals.com/48017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 On 01/10/2020 at 14:32, ziggyfoos said: The AOA sheet for Vietnam War O-2s has been released: http://www.aoadecals.com/48017 This is the sheet I have, very nice it is too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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