S-3 Viking VS-33 "screwbirds" 1:200 scale

**paperengineer** · #1 10-28-2014, 12:08 PM

Hi guys!

I've began work on a new project, the S-3 Viking. This one is from vs-33 squadron, as seen on the museum ship U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-10). I will include structural support as suggested by frederico

along with landing gear. As before with my U-2S project (still in the works, in case you were wondering) I will make a prototype before moving on to the final model and plans. The plans will be hand drawn, thus not perfect, but I don't have any programs like paint so I can't digitally build right now. Anyways, enjoy! As always suggestions and constructive criticism are appreciated

**paperengineer** · #2 10-28-2014, 12:37 PM

Any tips for this bird before I begin?

**paperengineer** · #3 10-31-2014, 04:17 PM

Just a sneak peak of what's ahead. More to come.

**Beachead** · #4 10-31-2014, 06:19 PM

I'll have to check my cruise book but I believe this squadron was on my first carrier back a few decades. Always loved the S-3 - nice quiet birds. They kinda left the cat with a whimper although the crew probably didn't think so. Be interesting to watch your work.

**paperengineer** · #5 10-31-2014, 07:59 PM

Thank you beachead! I first saw this one in the Yorktown on my visit to Charleston over the summer, so I decided to make one, as I have with my older a-6 f-14 and f-18 designs.

**Beachead** · #6 11-03-2014, 04:30 PM

I found some of my old pics from a FEW years ago. LOL So low and behold - VS-33 on deck. The pic is from a back-in-the-day camera as you can well guess, so hope you can at least see some of the details.

I'll have to dig and see if I don't have another shot or two of them.

**paperengineer** · #7 11-03-2014, 05:50 PM

Awesome man! Interesting that the one I saw had a little bird on the tail instead of the arrows. I've seen many varying pics of the tail art, maybe they all had different tail art. Do you know of this?

**Beachead** · #8 11-04-2014, 05:50 PM

PE - no each squadron carried the same tail art. The one you saw may be the museum's idea. However my cruise book only covers the years 1979-1982. The book also shows an S-3 shooting of a rocket, in an attack profile. We had a lot of fun back then.

**paperengineer** · #9 11-04-2014, 06:28 PM

Oh okay thanks for clearing that up. Maybe I'll do a repaint of it after I finish the prototype.

**paperengineer** · #10 11-09-2014, 02:39 PM

Can I see the one shooting out the rocket?