1/72 Douglas Skyraider A-1H BuNo 137543 AK 409, VA 176 Thunderbolts

[nimrod54]

This is my latest completion, built for the Radial Engines Rock GB using the Airfix A-1J kit and removing all of the raised detail and then re-scribing. I had intended replacing the interior detail with some Aires resin made for the Hasegawa kit, in the end I decided that I would need to remove too much material to warrant its use on this build and not a lot would be seen through the canopy anyway - so better to keep this for a future build of the intended kit and scratch some basic interior detail with tape belts on the seat.

I did replace the pylons with a Quickboost set and will consider the addition of suitable weapons at some point, I also added to/replaced the kit parts with a Master pitot and gun set, and the decals came from Print Scale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Michael51]

Superb result from an ageing kit of an iconic machine.

 

Michael

[celt]

A beautiful Spad,well tidy indeed.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Excellent Skyraider 👍

[Vinnie]

That's a cracking job there, well done.

[Vultures1]

That's a nice job you have made of that older Airfix kit - well done!

[Robert]

That's a great build and finish you have achieved.

 

Robert

[Booty003]

That is a great result from this kit, I would never of thought that it was the old Airfix kit.  Very nicely done and fantastic scribe work.

[nimrod54]

Thanks for the kind comments gents they are all appreciated. Just to confirm that this is the Airfix kit, here are a couple of photos from the build.

 

First the box and contents

 

by John L, on Flickr

 

 and a before and after shot of some of the re-scribing work, this is only the third time that I have attempted to do a full scribe of panel lines and I think that there is still some room for improvement.

 

[Niknak]

Very nice, 

[glatisant]

I like that a lot. Beautiful scheme and finish.