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Old 02-04-2005 | 03:14 PM
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Default RE: China Model Productions O-1 Bird Dog in VNAF Finishing and Flying

Hello,

Very nice historical input on the Dog. The L-19 started its life in Korea and turned into a O-1 designation as of 1962. The color schemes for these planes I found to be limited in term of its fanciness. In Korea, they were olive drab, then in Viet Nam, they were mostly painted light gray. I found the VNAF to be the more colorful due to the big checkerboard band and colorful VNAF star and bar. Boy, when I put the decals on with the big VN National flag on the tail, it brought back so much memories when I was in Da Nang in 1968. It reminds me of a long and forgotten legacy... I plan to add details to the max without degrading the flight performance. The details will include the VHF attenna's bumps on the body, whip attennas on wings Zuni rockets (made out of foam) , full pilot figure and possibly onboard camera. I try to keep the weight under 8 lbs. I will use Lipo and brusless motor. The plane should be ready to fly next weekend. I will have my good friend Dr. Schultz who was a 0-1 pilot in Korea autograph my plane. Keep your eyes peeled for more good stuff coming..... Dai