NAVY870 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Late to the party as always. The venerable Hasegawa A-4E/F, been around at least since I was working on A-4's and still a nice kit. Superior to the Trumpeter version in several area's. I'll be using the Avionix's cockpit set to address the kits weakest area. Box & bits shots first; The attempt will be to replicate in miniature this vision of airborne poetry 887 of VF 805 Squadron Royal Australian Navy, a superb aeroplane and always nice to us poor maintenance knuckle draggers! Photo credit to John Bartels Former A-4 driver and the gent who bought the QANTAS 747 with the big hole in it home in one piece. A fine aviator. A bit of destruction first, hacking of all the lumps bumps and associated iron mongrey the Americans insisted on defacing the airframe with. Chopping out the nose gear well and installing the resin replacement New cockpit side walls Same again after a coat of Humbrol 140 Cockpit tub with a base coat The detail on the cockpit parts is superb but after a quick check fit nothing appears to fit. Brute force and ignorance to follow! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forlornhope Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Go Navy, have fun with the build, I have a 1/72 scale version in the stash so will be watching with interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Looking forward to seeing this one come together! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Brute force and ignorance.... glad it isn't just me! Looking forward to more on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAVY870 Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 I decided to be daring and bought some brass for it. Although aimed at the Trumpeter kit theres a lot that will help to tart up this old dear. A few bits added to the nose gear well, theres still a very nice fuse panel to go in after its painted The cockpit is finished and installed. I modified the instrument panel and glare shield as it was for a late model A-4F and had a few things not found in a "G" The only other addition was the canopy operating lever (the big yellow thing beside the seat) The fuselage has been stuck together, now its onto all that boring sanding stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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