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OA-4M Armament

I'm finishing up the old Monogram OA-4M. It comes with two fuel tanks, some bombs, and a couple of missiles (apparently Shrikes). I know the tanks are appropriate, but what about the bombs and missiles? Most of the pictures I've seen show a third tank or nothing on the centerline pylon, and empty outer wing pylons. I found a website where a retired pilot mentioned firing Zunis, so I'm tempted to use the LAU-10's from the Hasegawa weapens set for the outer wing pylons. Anybody have anything more solid in the way of information? Thanks. Pip Moss

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Pip Moss
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Pip Moss wrote in news:C2CEA371.1AA8E% snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net:

Pip,

From what I found in my documentation: The OA-4M retained the same attack capabilities as the TA-4F it was converted from. It would therefore be safe to assume that it was *able* to carry and deliver any weapen the TA-4F was cleared for. On the other hand, the OA-4M was used in the "fast FAC" role, which would mean only unguided rockets were ever caried. None of my references show any other loadout then two underwing droptanks, sometimes combined with an underbelly droptank. On the internet I couldn't find any evidence to sugest otherwise. As a matter of fact, I could'nt even find mention of the OA-4M ever being used in a conflict.

A few years ago, I made the Hasegawa OA-4M in 1/32 scale. Have a look at:

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Cheers,

Steven

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Steven

You can be safe in loading LAU-10's on your OA-4M

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Richard Goldsberry

It wasn't, although TA-4Fs were used as Fast FACs in the Vietnam conflict

Cheers,

Andre

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Andre van der Hoek

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