Could it carry Hound Dogs?
Daryl, based on what information is available at Wikipedia for the
Boeing AGM-28 Hound Dog Air to Surface Missile there is no way the A-3 Skywarrior could physically lift one or a pair of these weapons let alone find room under the wings to fit the pylons that carried them. Scale-o-Rama will get you what you want but certainly not the same scale models. Based on the following weight and dimensions you can see that it would be impossible to do anything but park these things side by side on the parking ramp:
Weight 4,603 kilograms (10,147 lb)
Length 12.95 m (42 feet 6 inches)
Height 2.84 m (9 feet 4 inches)
Diameter 71.0 cm (28 in)
The weight of one missile plus the supporting pylon will exceed the carrying capacity of the Skywarrior which was rated in the bomber version with a maximum payload of 12,800 pounds (5,800 kg).
By the way, the engine on the AGM-28 Hound Dog is the J52 which also powered some models of the the A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 and EA-6 Intruders, and several other aircraft.
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Ah, but in the whiff verse, the Verdun might have entered service...
Or a couple of long hull Essex class (or Midway class) carriers are loaned to France to support their commitment to NATO...
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How about USMC VMA(H) Skywarrior squadrons?
Taking the Marine's air-ground team concept just a little further in the air-support concept.
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Does anyone have a good image or drawing of the stores pylon mounted under the wing of the A-3 Skywarrior (or the B-66)? Searching through all of my references has given me nothing but oblique views of the pylon or some rather horrible and very pixelated images of drawings that were not the best to start with. The only stores pylon that I know of is part of the Collectaire 1:48th scale EB-66/B-66 Destroyer kit. The Trumpeter 1:48th scale A3D Skywarrior kit does not include the pylons and I have no idea if these will be included in any future EA-3 or EKA-3 Skywarrior kit from Trumpeter. I noted a similarity between the heavy wing stores pylon on the A-1 Skyraider (A-1E and later models) and the pylon used on the Skywarrior. I might be coincidence or it could be my imagination running rampant but it would be nice to know by way of better references if the pylons share something in common.