Andre B Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) Hello, I was asked by an manager of an aircraft museum om how to gett an (ex RN) Swedish AD-4W / AEW-1 Skyraider in 1/72. What I knew that isn't an easy task. Is there an resin set or anything out there? http://www.joebaugher.com/usattack/newa1_24.html Cheers / André Edited August 25, 2018 by Andre B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Pete Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 RVHP and Aeroclub did resin conversion sets. Probably quite some work with either set. Would be cool, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Andre B said: Hello, I was asked by an manager of an aircraft museum om how to gett an (ex RN) Swedish AD-4W / AEW-1 Skyraider in 1/72. What I knew that isn't an easy task. Is there an resin set or anything out there? http://www.joebaugher.com/usattack/newa1_24.html Cheers / André lot easier to go for 1/48 I would have thought. AD-4W Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Selwyn said: lot easier to go for 1/48 I would have thought. AD-4W Selwyn Well, in this case 1/72 is asked for. I knew about the 1/48 kits... Cheers / André 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Yes I understand you asked about 1/72, but as there are no kits of this subject in 1/72, I suggested 1/48 might be a better option! Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanguin Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Andre, There is a kit, one 1/72 example that I have found is available in the UK: https://www.kingkit.co.uk/product/magna-resins-1-72-2572-douglas-skyraider-target-tug It is a Magna resin kit. These kits are not usually an easy build, the quality of the kits is varied as is the fit. If you get this it may be useful to get another 1/72 plastic Skyraider kit (such as Airfix) to replace some of the poorer quality resin parts from Magna. I know because many years back I bought and built the Magna kit, my first proper resin model. It was not a very good build, in part due to the kit but mainly due to my inexperience and lack of skill. I eventually threw it away, but not before I had decided to buy another kit from Magna to build 'one day' when I felt more skilled. I think that is possibly the same kit that Kingkit are offering, I sold it to them some years ago with a lot of other stuff when I had a clear out. It is not a kit for a novice but it is the only 1/72 Skyraider target tug in town. It even has Swedish civil markings. Good luck and I hope that it will make an excellent museum exhibit in hands more skilled than mine! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Andre, This won't help you, but I found some links to ex-RN AD-4W's that were sold to Sweden as target tugs- a sad end, to be sure, but good reference for the blisters and canopy. See also the link to the RHVP 1/72 resin conversion . I have the Modellers Guide to the AD Skyraider, which has drawings and descriptions on how to model every Skyraider variant- if you would like, let me know and I'll pull it out and describe all the changes you would need to make to a Hasegawa A-1H to make it into an AD-4W tug. I wouldn't use the Airfix kit, but the Hasegawa AD's are either hard to find or very pricey! (Hasegawa is famous for putting two older kits in one box, throwing in a new set of decals and charging a King's ransom for them!) IIRC Tsukuda? did a pretty nice but simple A-1H in 1/72, but it's been OOP for a long time. @Tailspin Turtle could probably tell you how to get there from here if he sees this- I'm betting he covered this subject in one of his outstanding blogs at some point in time. Mike http://www.skyraider.org/skyassn/skywarb/127949/127949.htm https://www.airliners.net/photo/Svensk-Flygtjaenst/Douglas-AD-4W-Skyraider/2746345/L https://www.airliners.net/photo/Svensk-Flygtjaenst/Douglas-AD-4W-Skyraider/1558055/L http://rvhpmodels.cz/pages_kits/c7230.html https://hiveminer.com/Tags/ad4w%2Cskyraider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, 72modeler said: Andre, This won't help you, but I found some links to ex-RN AD-4W's that were sold to Sweden as target tugs- a sad end, to be sure, but good reference for the blisters and canopy. See also the link to the RHVP 1/72 resin conversion . I have the Modellers Guide to the AD Skyraider, which has drawings and descriptions on how to model every Skyraider variant- if you would like, let me know and I'll pull it out and describe all the changes you would need to make to a Hasegawa A-1H to make it into an AD-4W tug. I wouldn't use the Airfix kit, but the Hasegawa AD's are either hard to find or very pricey! (Hasegawa is famous for putting two older kits in one box, throwing in a new set of decals and charging a King's ransom for them!) IIRC Tsukuda? did a pretty nice but simple A-1H in 1/72, but it's been OOP for a long time. @Tailspin Turtle could probably tell you how to get there from here if he sees this- I'm betting he covered this subject in one of his outstanding blogs at some point in time. Mike http://www.skyraider.org/skyassn/skywarb/127949/127949.htm https://www.airliners.net/photo/Svensk-Flygtjaenst/Douglas-AD-4W-Skyraider/2746345/L https://www.airliners.net/photo/Svensk-Flygtjaenst/Douglas-AD-4W-Skyraider/1558055/L http://rvhpmodels.cz/pages_kits/c7230.html https://hiveminer.com/Tags/ad4w%2Cskyraider Thanks, In this case I actually live just 30 km from the museum in Sweden that has one of three surviving aircraft's and it is under restoration. One of the other Swedish aircrafts is in fact also under restoration and to flying condition what I understand... Cheers / André Edited August 27, 2018 by Andre B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I made this a few years ago. It's accumulated a bit of dust and the vac formed canopies have yellowed somewhat. The base model is a Hasegawa Skyraider and the remainder is the Aeroclub conversion set. The conversion set had the fuselage and tail Finley's in injection plastic, the radome was part of the fuselage, the slats, air scoop and aerials in white metal. The rest coming from the donor kit. The transfers are from an Ark Royal set. Forgive me hijacking your thread. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailspin Turtle Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2018/06/ad-4w-skyraider.html for starters. I can’t remember if I mentioned no armor protection on the fuselage side... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 The most difficult bits to convert are the radome and new canopy but as you are in Sweden I assume you will be building it after the conversion with no radome,slats or finlets ? I built one many years ago using the Airfix kit. Finlets and slats were plastic card and the fairing behind the canopy was made from an old fuel tank and filler. The radome was a modified vacform Gannet one. If you are building it as a FAA one and cannot get the conversion,I have a radome you could have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rholland Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 I am (slowly) building an AEW1 using the Aeroclub conversion and Hasegawa kit. The Aeroclub parts are very well done with fine panel lines and fit perfectly with the donor Hasegawa bits, I am very impressed. Recommended if you can find one. Richard in NZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat C Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Another vote for the Aeroclub/ Hasegawa conversion! aew2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 20 hours ago, Scimitar said: The most difficult bits to convert are the radome and new canopy but as you are in Sweden I assume you will be building it after the conversion with no radome,slats or finlets ? I built one many years ago using the Airfix kit. Finlets and slats were plastic card and the fairing behind the canopy was made from an old fuel tank and filler. The radome was a modified vacform Gannet one. If you are building it as a FAA one and cannot get the conversion,I have a radome you could have. Hello, As you say I am intended to build an Swedish AD-4W without the radome. And as I have the real aircraft close to where I live I probably end up with doing the conversion without Aeroclub parts etc. Cheers, André 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huvut76g7gbbui7 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 49 minutes ago, Andre B said: as I have the real aircraft close to where I live No.I'm not jealous.. 627 kilometers for my nearest one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Scimitar said: No.I'm not jealous.. 627 kilometers for my nearest one. For many years it was standing outside the museum painted in RN colours. But when they decided to take care of the aircraft and make an seriuos renovation they also took the decission to go back to the yellow colours from Flygtjänst when it was used as target tug... Aircraft's att Svedino's with the Skyraider still in blue paint. http://www.bjorns-story.se/private/Svedinohtm/svedinoflyg.htm Cheers / André Edited August 29, 2018 by Andre B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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