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I have been eying on an A-4 for long time, not sure which brand and scale to start. And when I came across the Airfix 1/72 A-4B, I think it is the ONE ! If you are interested on the build process, please refer to here : and here is the final outcome after quite some months of work, total about 21 hours spent. The only upgrade part is the resin ejection seat. Hope you like it and as usual, welcome for comments and suggestions. Thanks for reading A little video :
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Started another Airfix small kit 1/72 A-4B or Q Trial build shows that the fitting of fuselage is not bad. Only option part is the resin ejection seat. Applied a mixture of german grey + Gaia 072 on cockpit area, GSI c156 on the inner wall / structure of air intake and nose wheel well, Modo MX-02 on the inner surface of exhaust, and Modo T-024 on the fans. The resin seat has been filed to fit the height of the cockpit and not exceeding the height of the wall behind the seat. Will have to test fit with the canopy in close position after fuselage combined. For time being, applied german grey as back color and Gaia 072 as highlight. Applied decals on cockpit. Installed both air intake before fuselage combined, and installed the exhaust and air intake inner structure on to the left side of fuselage. Control stick is hand brush with grey, black and white. Installed it into position and ensure it will not block the ejection seat installation in future. Installed some weight (about 5-6g) inside the nose as this kit sure will sit on its tail otherwise. The main landing gear wells have some details while the nose gear well is relatively "empty", added some 0.2mm wire inside. It is time to close the fuselage and the drop tank. Putty and sanding time. Adding the rest of wings and fuselage parts to make it look like a A-4 Overall the seams are manageable. The wings are almost perfectly fitted without filler, however, there is a gap in front of and after cockpit, and another one in front of nose gear well and around the gun holders on both wing roots. Applied some green stuff putty and clean the excessive putty with cotton stick with water. Wait for next steps.
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Hi everyone, this Airfix A-4B was started over a year ago. Shame on me! But it is now finished and I am not too unhappy with the final outcome. A brilliant little kit and a multitude of potential paint schemes, most of them really colorful! Just what I like. So this first one has been finished as an A-4B serving with Navy Squadron VC-5, based at Kubi Point in the Philippines. I could not resist the checkerboard on the tail! Here is the link if you want to take a look at the WIP: So here are a few photos of this beautiful little plane. The A-4B is actually my favorite jet. Did you say weird? This kit is such a brilliant one that I could not resist to start a neww one in the A-4 Skyhawk GB. It did not get finished then but it only needs the windscreen fitted and then it is time for the primer. So not a huge distance to cover to reach the finish line. The second one will be finished as a plane of VA-106 Gladiators. I need to get a couple more... at least. Thank you for watching. Have fun! JR -
Hi guys. Ive spent a fair while searching for review photos of sprues as well as Google images and also tried the Hasegawa page on Scalemates that lists sprues for Phantoms etc etc and Ive drawn a blank. Basically... Are the correct nose parts to build an A-4B or A-4C in any of the other boxings? I ask as Id like a few Argentinian aircraft from the Falklands period, a Skyhawk being one, but Im not paying £100 for a different nose and some stickers that are likely not that great. If Ive got it right, then the sprues would be marked "K" and "L" for the B and C variants, that much I think I have gotten right. Yep, i know about the spine antenna, easy enough to scratch build something close and then some aftermarket decals... job done. Alternatively.... is the Hobbycraft kit any use? Ive never hand one of their kits my hand. Id love a Skyhawk in these colours/markings, but its proving a little more tricky than I first imagined and I dont really have much love for Mirages, sadly. As ever, any help is much appreciated. Rob
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Hello folks, And another Airfix Scooter. Pure pleasure... Continuing with those colorful Navy birds, this one is from the "Flying Ubangis" VA-12 I used Xtradecal Sheet. They are thin and good, settle well too, but the instruction sheet... beware, because they're full of errors ;-) Got myself trapped on a few details with the 102 Dagger sheet and now again with that A-4. Colors used: White from K-Colors FS16440 from AK FS36270 from MRP (for the anti glare) Alclad Aqua Gloss as varnish Cheers b.- 33 replies
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Good afternoon people from a wonderfully sunny Norfolk, Ok. I'm very slow at building kits, and hence this never got finished for the scooter group builds.... The lesson there is I probably shouldn't get involved in them, which is a shame because it's great fun getting involved with everyone on similar builds. When I get a bit quicker.... Anyway, the story so far can be found here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234946329-172-airfix-a-4b-skyhawk/#entry1400745 Now things have moved on a bit. I've missed a few steps, but here we go: and some bits and pieces: Basically, the painting process was preshade (with black), Tamiya matt white on the bottom, destroy preshading as it was too strong, post shade with Tamiya Buff, re-paint with white, paint the top side with Xtracrylix required shade of ghost grey. It was glossed up, decalled (Airfix decals are truly excellent, especially compared to the Tamyia ones I've been using), glossed, washed with Flory's Grime, glossed, oil streaks, Alclad Matt Kote. That's where I'm up to. I'm thinking of adding some streaks with weathering wash as Phil did on his Phantom build on Flory models, but will see.... Thank you for looking Val -
Hi all! This is the first time I do a WIP - I'm a sloooooooow builder, so please bear with me I've chosen Airfix new 1/72 Douglas A-4B Skyhawk and plan to build them (yes THEM) almost OOB, just doing a bit of adjustments along the way, so without further ado here they are: Yes I've chosen to make 6 at a time - the reason for this is the decalsheet from Xtradecals - I just couldn't make up wich one to make so why not do as many as possible! So if Hannants come a bit short up on Skyhawks you now know why! Here's the first thing to do: On another tread here on Britmodeller there was shown what to remedy on the kit, and the first thing I do is to eliminate the access door on the right side of the nose. That's it for now - I'll update as I come along! Hans J
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Hi all! Sorry I'm a bit late with this, but here we go: I'm going for the Airfix kit, and rather fine it looks as well. I'll be doing her with kit decals in the US navy scheme. The only extras are going to be a resin bang seat and a smidgen of photo etch for the cockpit. Never used photo etch before, so that'll be a first for me! Great to see everyone's kits coming together, hopefully ill get mine finished in time! Val
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Finished this last week and thought I'd share the results, hope you don't mind. The kit is the recent Airfix release OOB finished with Humbrol gull grey and white with a wash of Flory/promodeler weathering wash(great stuff) to highlight the engraved detail I used the kit decals which for the most part worked well, the only issue were that the intake warning markings would not fit the intakes(so just used the 'Danger' center bit and used a matching red for the intake lip). Also the decals on the tops of the wings did not want to snuggle down over the vortex generators and required a little persuasion and touching up when dried. I have weathered the kit with some oil wash and streaking but the effect has been lost due to the bleaching effect of the camera flash. I still have to hang a couple of dumb bombs from the pylons, TER's with a pair of 250 pounders on each I think should look ok. Thanks for looking
