starfighter84 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Good morning to all! I'm glad to present my last work... a restoration of an old Hasegawa A-4 that I built ten years ago. I decided to put it back to workbench due to the "crack" of the fuselage: 21616109_10210113589216277_2086911637920727775_n by valerio, su Flickr While I was at it, I scratchbuilt a new UHF dorsal hump (the one in the Hasegawa kit is wrong in dimensions and shape) using the cutting plotter: A-4SU Restoration_11 by valerio, su Flickr A-4SU Restoration_10 by valerio, su Flickr There was other details to fix, like a small naca intake on the main right engine intake, but the model was almost assembled and was very difficul to add this new parts. This is the final result! the decals are from Miliverse - many thanks to Mark (the owner) for his advice and pics! SU Finito_6 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_9 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_14 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_11 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_10 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_9 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_8 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_7 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_5 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_4 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_3 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_2 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_1 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_15 by valerio, su Flickr SU Finito_16 by valerio, su Flickr ... and here... a comparison with the 2008 version: DSC_3424 by valerio, su Flickr DSC_3429 by valerio, su Flickr DSC_3420 by valerio, su Flickr Thanks for your attention! Cheers from Rome, Italy. 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 looks great! nice stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Lovely clean build, well done on rescuing a fine model. Davey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilan Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Wow! fantastic work mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Great job on your rebuild and updated Scooter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Great work on the recovery Valerio, you 'new' Skyhawk looks fantastic. Mark from Miliverse if great to deal with. I have the 1/72 sheet for the Skyhawk to do a twin seater. Hope to get around to it one day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 always great to see a scooter and a nicely finished one too boot rgds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidy Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Lovely finish on your restoration. The original model was quite stunning as well. Any chance I can get a copy of the drawing you used to cut the UHF hump, please? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfighter84 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 Thank you all for the appreciations! On 5/2/2018 at 11:23 AM, aidy said: Any chance I can get a copy of the drawing you used to cut the UHF hump, please? Sure! I can send you the cutting file. Send me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 A very nice restoration and its great that you saved an older model - very nice finish CJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habu12 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Needs more dirt! Otherwise superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Absolutely wonderful. hope you don't mind my saying, but the finish is a huge improvement over the 2008 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Great save, looks awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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