My prayers have been answered

Sounds like it paid off for you, alright. Good luck with your build, and post lots of photos.

Gotta love those aftermarket goodies.

Wibhi,

Yep, I'm looking forward to building that bird too! WIll have to eventually get another Revell AH-1 kit so I can do so. The F/4th Birds that flew out of Hue in 1972 were all rather colorfully marked, although none as nicely as "#1 Du Me Mi" Keep us informed as to how the fit goes with the Fireball conversion.
I've got Lou Drendel's original artwork for that profile hanging in my apartment right now. Gorgeous bird!

I'm looking forward to it.
Here's something I've been thinking about and was wondering what your opinions are:
I'd like to open the canopy on both sides (pilot and gunner), I figure the best way to do this is to vac form or heat form a new canopy from the old, cut out the glazed areas leaving the structure from the original and reapply the glazed areas from the vac one.

Cobrahistorian: gonna have to go thru your book to see if you have an early "g" that catches my attention. Tho, "squatter swatter" is in there on possibilities.