Things Under Wings: Air-Start Pod

From the August 1956 issue of Popular Mechanics:

 Also see http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2012/01/portable-air-start-cart.html

Ground support equipment will add interest to the display of an airplane model, particularly when it is little known and as beautifully rendered in resin and photo-etched parts as this 1/72 kit, #7019,  produced by F4Models.

 As built (decals not included) and photographed by Alexander Suvorov of F4Models:

The kit includes a resin air hose and instructions on how to permanently bend it to the configuration desired for display.

For more information on this kit and ground support equipment kits available from F4Models, click here: http://f4models.blogspot.com/

Note that these kits must be ordered from Hannants, MisterKit, or Martola.

A sketch of the pod exterior, with the pylon for the F4D:

 Note that there were detail changes in the pod over time.