royk4002 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Hi Guys I'm just wondering would there be any interest here on Britmodeller, in a conversion of the Extended Tail Pipe (Exhaust system) for Israeli A4 Skyhawks? The conversion is 1/72 and designed for the excellent series of Fujimi kits. Myself and a friend have produced an accurate and simple conversion and we are in the process of producing a short run series of resin casts to cover the costs of our little adventure. The photographs below show the finished product, cast with MDC Resin, Please be aware these parts pictures are glued to the fuselage WITHOUT FILLER, SANDING OR ANY CORRECTION. so you can see everything fits well Also the photos have been take with a high pixel camera and an excessive flash so they are showing up all sorts of blemishes unseen by the naked eye.. Below are photos I found on the net of the real deal for comparison; The conversion comes in 3 parts; (1) Exhaust Section (Extended Tail Pipe) (2) Underside Parachute Housing (3) Port & Starboard "bumps" see these sections below; Construction couldn't be easier! Just remove the old exhaust deflector section (as seen below) then fit the EXTENDED EXHAUST and additional parts straight on, its that easy We would love to hear some comments or any questions you guys might have.. Thanks roy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Evil Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 How do I get hold of one of these please, Roy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoZG Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Hi Roy, I was just directed to this topic. Are these pipes still available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Moura Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Hi! Great job!!! I'm interested in one resin set. Can you send me an email, or PM, saying how I pay you one this? Thanks, Claudio Moura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757flyer Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Were these extended exhausts ever released? Are there any other sources for extended pipes for 1/72 A-4s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Bunker Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 More to the point, where can you get Fujimi A-4s at a reasonable price? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757flyer Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 13 hours ago, Nigel Bunker said: More to the point, where can you get Fujimi A-4s at a reasonable price? Probably the same place you could find extended pipes.... Contacted Eagle Designs, who also once made them, but he responded that production has halted indefinitely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAGATIGER Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Well 757 flyer: Let me add, my part of the story, I remember to have contacted the guy who did those conversion but he never answer with a quote, so I ended to order some of the Eagle Designs stuff and forget about it Fujimi 1/72 kits in general are very rare and expensive Now I'm building some Skyhawks it was easier for me to get a couple of Esci kits (one at Ebay and one at Brookhurst hobbies in California) weird ArmyCast also made a IDF AF Skyhawk decal set and I wrote them suggesting about the jet pipe extension and they answer (very polite crew) and told me that They also have that project in mind for 1/72 and 1/48 I also have a Hasegawa 1/32 kit at the stash and had no trouble to got that conversion in the larger scale Best modeling Armando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 On 26/03/2019 at 20:37, 757flyer said: Were these extended exhausts ever released? As the topic starter has not logged on since 2012 I suspect not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royk4002 Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) Hi guys lots of assumptions going on here in absence of a reply. YES these were produced and released in 2012. They were all available on eBay and those who contacted me privately at the time could also purchase it directly from me at a reduced rate. over 150 sets were produced and all were sold within 6 months. For the person claiming they contacted me, I recieved no messages (I always reply, no matter how long it takes) Sorry for my late reply everyone but I was busy the past few days. Happy modelling Kind regards, Roy Edited March 28, 2019 by royk4002 Not enough information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757flyer Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Roy, Any plans to re-cast some? Just curious, as you and Eagle Designs were the only ones I know of that ever did the extended exhausts in 1/72. Several have been and still are available in the larger scales. Like the Fujimi kits, Israeli A-4 decals are pretty rare these days in 1/72 as well, but I can fix that. Just don't know how to master and cast resin, and scratch-building is a bit intimidating for my marginal skills. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757flyer Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Just saw on the ArmyCast FB page that they are looking to do a resin upgrade set in 1/72, but might only fit it for the upcoming HobbyBoss kit. They said they might fit it for the Fujimi kit as well. They also have decals for the Ahit... Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royk4002 Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 1 hour ago, 757flyer said: Roy, Any plans to re-cast some? Just curious, as you and Eagle Designs were the only ones I know of that ever did the extended exhausts in 1/72. Several have been and still are available in the larger scales. Like the Fujimi kits, Israeli A-4 decals are pretty rare these days in 1/72 as well, but I can fix that. Just don't know how to master and cast resin, and scratch-building is a bit intimidating for my marginal skills. Mike Hi Mike, unfortunately we can’t produce these anymore. We produced the first batches ourselves but later we sent the masters overseas to be produced by a third party. After the casts ran their course we were unable to get the masters returned to us. But to be fair at the time, I think we had expended all interest as the last few sales had slowed down and we had achieved our targets (as small as they were). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757flyer Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Roy, Many thanks for the reply. Glad your project met your goals for it! I will patiently wait and see what ArmyCast does. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Szeman Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 This ones on flea bay for 9 bob, not sure if thats the same. been drudging through ebay listings for something similar myself. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fujimi-1-72-O-A-4M-Skyhawk-Model-kit/113696656767?hash=item1a78d94d7f:g:2IUAAOSwDvBcl8GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757flyer Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Just as a follow-up for those who were interested, Aires released a 1/72 Israeli extended A-4 exhaust. Available from the usual vendors - Hannants, Sprue Brothers, EBay, etc. Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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