I've been looking for a 1/72 kit of the cart but I don't believe there is one available.

I'd be willing to build you some carts in exchange for a couple of missile kits...   It would depend, however, if I can find enough pictures to get the necessary measurements.

Cheers,

Russ

Russ

Looks like an awful lot of work to scratch build some carts. All my hound dogs are assembled/painted and mounted on finished pylons. What color scheme are ya wanting?

Majer Kong

Ok, I'm confused...if you're kits are all built and mounted, what will you use the carts for?   Ahh... disregard, I just saw your previous post on the Buff thread. So they're mounted to pylons but not to aircraft.

I'll still take a crack at building at least one cart for you. If they're not too difficult, maybe more. And you won't have to give up any of your missiles . Do you have any diagrams or pictures of them?

Cheers,

Russ 

Russ,

I will dig up a few pics and send em off to ya this evening. I gotta spend about 3 hrs on the old JD....

Majer Kong

Hey Russ, still building?

I've been away since 2014 - divorce, sold old place and moved to new place, 2 hip replacements, semi-retirement, and lost all my BUFF stuff for over a year piled up in a mountain of stuff I can't unpack.

Just walking again, and getting back to normal.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Same here. It was a happy day when I got transferred to an F4 squadron. No more crawling around the inside of a black bellied plane in the sun, and no 125 pound jamming transmitters to lug around. Working outside the plane, and carrying 20 pound warning receivers. It was like being on vacation!

And then I got transferred back to  SAC and Buffs. 

Liegghio;

Haven't heard from Russ since April. While we're waiting to hear back from him you might want to visit us at the

THE OFFICIAL IN THE BUFF B52 GROUP BUILD

We were just discussing F-4's.

Welcome, Liegghio!

I was an ECM tech too. Worked the C, D and E model buffs and also worked F-4s, both comm and ECM on all the models used in Nam. I heartily agree with your "vacation", tho I think I enjoyed my time on the big birds more. They were definitely a challenge.

Cheers,

Russ

Hi, All,

I'm in the process of replacing all, or at least most, of my images that Photobucket scrogged. I'll start with the finished diorama shots on and after Page 26 and work back from there.

Thanks for your interest,

Cheers,

Russ

Striker8241

Hi, All,

I'm in the process of replacing all, or at least most, of my images that Photobucket scrogged. I'll start with the finished diorama shots on and after Page 26 and work back from there.

Thanks for your interest,

Cheers,

Russ

 

I got everything set up including my airbrush hood then fell ill with gall-bladder-itis and ended up in hosptial, then never got back to my BUFF project. Now it's summer so everything is just sitting around waiting for me to return to the bench. I found all those bombs you assembled, so kindly, for me and the clips. Actually got the BUFF back up on fish line in the hobby room, and did start reassembling the nacelles after shaving the exhausts nice and thin.....that's all I got done in one whole year.

Cheers,

Dom

Hey Dom! Great to know you're still there. And, I hope, much better.

Not a problem, bud. This hobby isn't about production, it's about fun, and relaxation. If it's not either one for you, you need a different hobby .

As a matter of fact, I bought an airbrush, a compressor and a vent hood, set it all up, tried it a few times, and decided it's not for me. Too many frustrations (I hate painting anyway...). So I guess I'll put it up for sale and get back to my rattle cans and paint brushes.

Take care, my friend!

Russ

Striker8241

Hey Dom! Great to know you're still there. And, I hope, much better.

Not a problem, bud. This hobby isn't about production, it's about fun, and relaxation. If it's not either one for you, you need a different hobby .

As a matter of fact, I bought an airbrush, a compressor and a vent hood, set it all up, tried it a few times, and decided it's not for me. Too many frustrations (I hate painting anyway...). So I guess I'll put it up for sale and get back to my rattle cans and paint brushes.

Take care, my friend!

Russ

 

Yes, take care of yourself as well Russ!

Dom

I've finally gotten the urge to build again and decided to upgrade or improve some of the items in this diorama. One of those upgrades is building a more accurate model of the bomb truck trailer. The one I built originally is too short to carry a full load of bombs for the pylons. The ones most often used were almost twice as long and could carry a full twenty-four 500lb or 750lb bombs for the two pylons. The picture below shows the actual trailer with a load of 500lb bombs.

These trailers were also used to haul partially assembled bombs from the bomb storage area to the munitionjs hardstand, a building where the bombs were finally assembled and then loaded onto the bomb clips and the bomb trucks. The picture below shows the massive amount of bombs that could be carried on these trailers.

For the trailer wheels, I used the rear wheel assembly from the Academy M35 2.5 Ton Cargo Truck kit. The pictures below show my progress so far, and a comparrison in size between the new trailer and my original trailer. The tractor is from my original bomb truck.

Thanks for looking!

Looking good Russ

Your rig is nicely weathered!

Bombs On Board!!!

Happy New Year!

Thanks, Dom!  and Happy New Year to you too!

(Pssst... I stole the tractor from the original bomb truck.  I'm too lazy to build another one )

Well, Russ, no need to be ashamed about recycling! It's good for the environment! The rig is lookin' good! What else do you have in the works? Have you seen my OH-6 helicopters WIP? Have a nice day

Paweł

Hi, Pawel and thanks for the good words!

I did look at your helicopter build and it's fantastic! Just building one of those tiny things would put me in traction, but you're building two! I love the corrections and added details!

Nothing else in the works for me right now but I'm looking... 

Cheers,

Russ

Hi, All,

My upgraded bomb truck is finished.  BTW, I removed the front winch since all the pictures I found of these tractors didn't have it.

Below are some photos. Many thanks for looking.

Cheers,

Russ

Below is a comparison between my original bomb truck trailer and the correct one.

Striker8241

Hi, All,

My upgraded bomb truck is finished. Below are some photos. Many thanks for looking.

Cheers,

Russ

 

Hey Russ, incredible work!

That bomb truck is downright scary, thinking it's the one who feeds the Grim Reaper.....WOW!!!

 

Lol good comparison, Dom! 

Thanks for the good words!

Hey Guys,

I finally found enough images and information to build an AGM-28 missile trailer - in fact, I built three. Allen, I'll send yours soon. Below are some pictures.

Cheers,

Russ

Hi, All,

After a number of disasters with image hosting sites, I've rebuilt the thread yet again (third time...). I've tried to put everything back the way it was but some images may not be exactly the same and some of the information has changed or is no longer applicable and has been updated or removed.

Cheers and thanks for looking!

Russ

Hello, All,

In an effort to make this build more complete, I am going back through and integrating information that was contained in three earlier builds, and some that has not yet been posted. I've started with adding and detailing the bomb bay on Page 1.

Cheers and thanks for looking!

Russ

Well, thanks a lot for your hard work here, Russ! Have a nice day

Paweł

Excellent diorama!! Well thoughtout and suburb details! Looking forward to your next one.

Pawel

Well, thanks a lot for your hard work here, Russ! Have a nice day

Paweł

 

Hi, Pawel, and thanks for the good words!

My apologies for the delay in answering but my login had a problem and it just got resolved.

Cheers,

Russ 

The Drifter

Excellent diorama!! Well thoughtout and suburb details! Looking forward to your next one.

 

Hi, Jeff! Thank you for the compliments!

Sorry I'm so late replying!

Cheers,

Russ

Oops - double post. Seems to be something wrong with the file handler... Skip to next pls.

Hi, All,

I finally got off my duff and covered the cockpit and gunner's compartment windows. Below are a few shots. Now I can replace the four pitot tubes I broke off in the process...

Cheers and thanks for looking!