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O-2 Skymaster - any experts out there?

August 28 2012 at 3:47 PM		   (Login Maartenbilo)
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Hi folks,
I have a Testors Skymaster which I am trying to make a bit more correct and had some questions which I hope someone on here might have answers to.
Firstly, I'm looking for (rough) dimensions of the baggage (?) door on the starboard side. From pictures it looks to be larger than what Testors gives you. The same goes for the rear engine cowling flaps - I think I've seen the smaller ones Testors has on some pictures, but military planes all look to have significantly larger ones. I can probably figure the position from pictures but have none that I can easily take the dimensions from.
Then for the floor - I removed the door to pose it open, but now of course the floor is up way too high - should be level with the lower door sill. I can fix that, but that gives me problems further back where the fuselage slopes up and the landing gear legs retract to. My question was, how exactly is that slope dealt with on the floor of the real aircraft? A simple kink after which the floor slopes up? Or is there a transition somewhere after which it is level again? Annoyingly enough, with the door open and all those extra O-2 windows, that sort of thing is actually quite visible!
Also looking for some kind of representation of a six-cylinder TCM engine to show behind the opened up front cowling openings. Are there any out there? Resin, plastic, metal - anything will do really. Engines&Things do a flat six, but I am a little hesitant to buy their stuff anyway and I believe that particular engine has a front mounted oil cooler which I do not need.
And, last for now, there are some great decals available for a "Don't shoot" marked aircraft. Was the O-2 ever flown operationally with these markings or is it a warbird "interpretation"?
Anyway, thanks for reading my long post, and hopefully someone could chime in with some info - it will be much appreciated!

Very best regards,
Maarten

 
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