Fire bombers???

Great sites, guys! I just bought a couple of Hasagawa Neptunes to convert to firebombers. I'm looking for the Orion, but I won't pay 30 bucks for it, so I'll keep looking. I'm planning a series of them including the Neptune, C-130, Orion, Tigercat, etc... Probably in the Aero Union scheme. I'm looking forward to starting them soon.
Scott

Cool sites indeed! Thanks for the tips.

Heres one that I found. On this site, when you click on retired oldies, there is a pic of another TBM F7F.

www.angelfire.com/indie/aerostuff/airattack.htm

Great sites, guys!! Thanks a bunch. All of the pics that I HAD, were reduced to one big photopaper clump when the house we were living in in 1988 was under water for about a week when the Poteau River flooded near Pocola, OK. When I left for work that morning, they said the river was receeding. Did they ever lie!!! When I got home I couldn't even go home.
The E63 F7F was one of TBMs that I had pictures of.
I also seem to recall a B-17 that had been converted to turbo props.

You want some cool firebomber pictures? Check this site out, maintained by a friend of mine....
http://www.daveroofchallenge.com/

http://fredsphotos.bravepages.com/aapics13.html the last three.
http://koti.welho.com/msolanak/details.html cockpit
http://dasoprostasia.tripod.com/Foto.htm# you will find a caption called canader, shows low pass of the canadairs...

Cool! Any pics???

At the present time I am working on scratch building the tank for an F7F in 1/48. I am having trouble with the deminsions but I think I am getting close. I am getting ready to snail mail a friend in California who flew one for TBM, Inc. out of Tulare, CA. Those are the birds I was able to get close to. TBMs, B-17s, PB4Ys and F7Fs. TBM, Inc. was the first Fire fighting company to purchase a C-130 for fire fighting. They are operating P2 Neptune's, P3 Orion's and I believe some DC-6s. But, I'm not real sure on the latter.

Saw a -215 at an airshow, doing it's trick with water. Quite impressive..! I have both kits from Heller (two 215 and one 415..!) but haven't had the courage to start any of them... I have been trying for years to find more pics of a CL-215 in a red and white scheme proposed to some Canadian authority (Quebec I think)... That would have made it, but my searches have been fruitless...

What about you? What are you building or considering building?

I actually had the chance to see, I believe it was, the 415 in action in southeastern Oklahoma in 1994 or 1995. Very impressive.

Yes, please! I'm really VERY interested in the Canadair 215/415...! Love them!