Dave Ward's Matchbox 1/72 SkyKnight

[Dave Ward]

Sprue shots etc - don't know when I'll start, but get the preliminaries over with.....................


I find that I have resin seats for this, can't remember where they came from. The training version looks a little more interesting than the all-black night fighter.
Dave

[papa 695]

Nice Dave, I’ve got a Revell version T-2C/E .

[colin m]

Two nice colourful choices there Dave.

[Fernando N]

Nice colourful choices Dave, looking forward to the Skyknight :thumb2:

[Dave Ward]

I was looking for pictures of the cockpit of the SkyKnight - the model has little detail - after a search around ( not many pictures out there ) I found a drawing, allegedly from the pilots handbook........................
I don't know if it was a joke by the technical illustrators, but did it really have a cigarette lighter? ( above the control stick ).
Dave

[yak face]

I sincerely hope so dave ! It wouldnt surprise me in the slightest though , this was the fifties after all , the decade when most british test pilots used to take up aircraft dressed in a full suit ! And didnt they used to tell people in those days smoking was good for you ?!!!!!

[Gern]

I was looking for pictures of the cockpit of the SkyKnight - the model has little detail - after a search around ( not many pictures out there ) I found a drawing, allegedly from the pilots handbook........................ [ATTACH=CONFIG]n1124014[/ATTACH]
I don't know if it was a joke by the technical illustrators, but did it really have a cigarette lighter? ( above the control stick ).
Dave

Must be a joke Dave. If it had been fitted with a cigarette lighter, there would also certainly be one or more cupholders and I can't see any!

[Guest]

Also, is that a bottle-opener I can see?

[Tim Marlow]

I think it’s for real....after all, it would keep naked flames out of the cockpit...

[Tim Marlow]

What we can’t see are the Spirit optics situated on the rear cockpit bulkhead....

[Dave Ward]

Tim.
funny you should say that.....................


no optics, but what is " personnel gear receptacle" ? - Is that officialese for pee bottle?
Dave

[Guest]

I don't know if it was a joke by the technical illustrators, but did it really have a cigarette lighter? ( above the control stick ).

Not a joke — page 5 of the operator’s manual also references it as item 9; there are also ashtrays on both sides — see item No. 4 on page 14.

[Tim Marlow]

It’s either that or it’s a cup holder Dave....

[Guest]

Was this aircraft a low level flier with no need for oxygen?

I hope so!

[Dave Ward]

It was the first purpose built jet nightfighter - It saw service in Korea - even shooting down MiG-15s - after that it became an electric warfare aircraft, serving in Vietnam. Incidentally, it was designed by Ed Heinemann, the same bloke who designed the A-4 Skyhawk!!
Dave