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PBR cockpit photos needed
4thLAV_Bn
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2012 - 12:17 PM UTC
Hi,
I'm building a large-scale PBR model from scratch and I've got pretty much every angle covered in plans, drawings, and photos, apart from the cockpit. I am truly lacking any photos at all of the radar area in the cockpit. Does anyone have some hiding somewhere, or have a line on them?
alross2
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2012 - 01:58 PM UTC
jThese are from the manual for the PBR MK2:


The radar screen was in the area below the speaker. The set up for a MK1 was different.

Al Ross
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Posted: Saturday, November 24, 2012 - 02:08 PM UTC
I should've specified, Al, but I'm doing a Mk II. Thanks for the help!
alross2
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Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 03:46 AM UTC
Roger, that. Need the drawings for the MK56 turret?

Al
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Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 08:29 AM UTC
I have some, but better ones would be welcome I have pics and some xeroxes that are kind of faded.
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Posted: Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 12:35 PM UTC
4thLAV_Bn
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Posted: Monday, November 26, 2012 - 01:17 PM UTC
Thanks, Al! What manual are the diagrams from? I'd like to get the key that tells me what numbers are what. Building the PBR is partly for educating myself on the PBR as part of my broader Vietnam riverine studies
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