Thanks guys, life in general & modeling in particular continue to teach me lessons in humility. I had “assumed” that any kit maker doing a Skyraider would do a Korean War version. That is when this bird was in its glory, front line equipment and a real maid of all work. Yes, they fought in Viet Nam also but they were decidedly past their prime.
Back in the mid 80s when Monogram was doing very well I remember hearing that a spokesman had declared WW2 kits was basically dead and that those kits were not selling. Monogram would engineer no more of them and concentrate on the fast sellers which were modern jets.
That seems so silly now and you have to wonder if that might have been a path to destruction for that fine old company.
Their chosing to make a post Korean War Skyraider might have been part of that line of thought.
My error was thinking that kit makers thought the way I did and then operating on that assumption. I can’t build it as an earlier version as there were many changes, some can be easily, back dated others not easily such as the added fuselage length & the different tail shape if I even know which model had those. The Ginter book just arrived today so I will find out.
No matter, I will build it out of the box minus the “slicks” under the wing. I like the pure shape of the bird better anyway.
Here’s hoping someone does a nice Korean War appropriate version.
Paul
Nicely done Nork(Soviet) “Red Tail”. The Monogram kit does look the part, even if it has been surpassed by newer kits of the same subject! 
