Need to find a couple of standard travel pods for USA tactical aircraft. 1/72 of course

[Robertone139]

Cannot find them in any of my kit boxes...

[CT7567]

Assuming by "standard," you're referring to the MXU-648, Hasegawa's older tooling for gun-nosed Phantoms includes a pair that captures the shape fairly well. Those kits should be pretty inexpensive on the seconhand market, for obvious reasons.

[Harry Lime]

Is this one from PJ Productions any use to you?

 

Mark.

[Robertone139]

Thanks to both, I’ll see what I can scrounge around.

[Hook]

You could also use the fuel / napalm tanks from Academy's A-37.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[theplasticsurgeon]

I had the aforementioned Phantom kit, and didn't know what the pods were - but have 4 available.

Yours for cost of postage from UK,  PM if interested.

 

[Robertone139]

I found a perfect one in a box with parts from various Hasegawa F-16s, it had two tabs (now removed) that were likely to match recesses in a pylon, it has perfect double conical tapered ends.

Still no idea of its provenience, the plastic is either Hasegawa or Fujimi standards.

I do not remember owning any of the older Hasegawa Phantoms btw.

 

Edit, using image search I found it in an Hasegawa A-10 boxing that I canned but still kept the parts.

Edited May 7, 2022 by Robertone139

[Billy54]

My research leads me to believe that the BLU-27 Napalm (found in the Hasegawa weapons Set 1) with the fins removed can be used as cargo/travel pods.

[RAGATIGER]

On 5/7/2022 at 8:18 AM, theplasticsurgeon said:

I had the aforementioned Phantom kit, and didn't know what the pods were - but have 4 available.

Yours for cost of postage from UK,  PM if interested.

 

Also that same kit is the only source of a Phantom mid wing pylon AIM-4 double launchers

 

Regards

 

Armando