Vlamgat9 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 (edited) Not quite to the standards of Skii etc! But I am improving. I think SAAF Harvard Fleet Air Arm AD-4W AEW Skyraider Atlas Impala II Edited November 9, 2007 by Vlamgat9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Very nice builds - what scale is the Skyraider? What did you use as the basis for the kit? Also you can't beat a bit of day-glo!! What paint did you use? I've had some success using a Humbrol acrylic day-glo orange sprayed over red, but I undestand day-glo can be a bit hit and miss (yours is a hit of course!) Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Niiiiiice ! Always like to see SAAF schemes for some peculiar reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Like the AEW Skyraider - fancy doing a belly landing on the water in one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 Very nice builds - what scale is the Skyraider? What did you use as the basis for the kit? Also you can't beat a bit of day-glo!! What paint did you use? I've had some success using a Humbrol acrylic day-glo orange sprayed over red, but I undestand day-glo can be a bit hit and miss (yours is a hit of course!) Pat Thanks - they are all 1/48. The Skyraider kit is the old ESCI/Ertl/AMT AD-4W. Can be found relatively cheaply on ebay. It is an old kit - raised lines, rubbish cockpit etc. but you don't notice the lack of detail so much because of the overall dark navy colour scheme. I actually have a second one of these kits and plan to do the plane using a Tamiya Skyraider and grafting on the radome etc from the Esci kit. I think that's the way forward for a good AD-4W. The dayglo is indeed a nightmare. I had to strip this model 3 times as the Revell and Humbrol dayglos were so useless. I eventually used light grey primer oversprayed with Halfords fluorescent orange. The silver is actually Halfords Audi aluminium silver! The decals are a mix of MAV's and VEG/The Aviation Shop's which I picked up in Johannesburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
model_madness Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Ahhh a bright orange Harvie Takes me back to me childhood.... thanks Vlam, nice memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skii Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Sorry I missed the Vlam - I really like that Skyraider in particular, it suits that dark paint scheme very well ! Nice work ! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzH Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Looking good, Is the AD-4W the Esci/ERTL kit? I have one so know how much of a challenge it is, looks good though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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