Hasegawa A-4E/F 1/72

[tomthounaojam]

Hi Guys,

 I bought this kit sometime back but never got the chance to built it as I was carried away by other project, However, I started this kit this weekend and it was fairly simple to build. There are some glitches tho, there are so many pin marks and I need to cut it off using sharp knife, some part need filling and sanding and the biggest challenge being thee cockpit the, clear part was aligning very well so I have to add some plastic card and make sure the clear part sit, well it is not 100 aligned but I am okay. I painted using Tamiya white, black and light grey, exhaust I used Gunze. I thought of adding weapons but the kit weapon were too simple so I skipped it. I choose the Marine markings as it was beautiful. Thank you for looking.

 

Cheers

[stevehnz]

I like. These kits are sometimes criticised for being slightly over scale in some areas but to my eye they still look a lot like an A-4 & a really nicely made one in this case.

Steve.

[PhantomBigStu]

2 hours ago, stevehnz said:

I like. These kits are sometimes criticised for being slightly over scale in some areas but to my eye they still look a lot like an A-4 & a really nicely made one in this case.

Steve.

Just checked my build compared to the Airfix and yep, longer fuselage, longer and wider wings  so overscale, but doesn’t look like the proportions are off 

[tomthounaojam]

21 hours ago, stevehnz said:

I like. These kits are sometimes criticised for being slightly over scale in some areas but to my eye they still look a lot like an A-4 & a really nicely made one in this case.

Steve.

I didn't know that will compare with the Airfix kit and see, thank you for pointing it out. Cheers

[mdauben]

A really lovely build!  I especially like the versions of the Skyhawk with the avionics "hump" but they seem to be hard to find in 1/72 (at least, I have not run across one for sale, yet!).  

[Flanker List]

Do you re-scribe all panel lines?

[tomthounaojam]

19 hours ago, mdauben said:

A really lovely build!  I especially like the versions of the Skyhawk with the avionics "hump" but they seem to be hard to find in 1/72 (at least, I have not run across one for sale, yet!).  

Thanks, Buddy. I don't know about that but after building two A-4 Skyhawk wanted to build a hump one and I got the Hasegawa kit so I just built.

17 hours ago, Flanker List said:

Do you re-scribe all panel lines?

No, but some I do rescribed it.

[phildagreek]

Sweet Scooter!

[billn53]

I have one of these old Hasegawa kits in my stash — you’ve inspired me to break it out for a “nostalgia build”

[tomthounaojam]

15 hours ago, phildagreek said:

Sweet Scooter!

Thanks, Mate Cheers.

6 hours ago, billn53 said:

I have one of these old Hasegawa kits in my stash — you’ve inspired me to break it out for a “nostalgia build”

Glad to know that I have inspired you to build, looking forward to your build, Cheers

[Hook]

On 9/15/2019 at 9:14 AM, PhantomBigStu said:

Just checked my build compared to the Airfix and yep, longer fuselage

Well, the A-4B as kitted by Airfix has a shorter nose than the A-E as per the Hase kit in real life.

 

However, the Hasegawa singleseat Skyhawk is definitely too long in the nose, being about as long as Hase's TA-4F kit.

 

That being said - nice work on the kit! Always liked those markings.

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[billn53]

11 hours ago, tomthounaojam said:

Thanks, Mate Cheers.

Glad to know that I have inspired you to build, looking forward to your build, Cheers

 

WIP started, view it here:

 

 

-Bill