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!