CJP Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) KITTY HAWK 1/48 IVP/M KIT This is my latest Aeronavale model the Etendard IVP – built from the Kittyhawk 1/48 kit which is nicely moulded but I thought the instructions could have been better in being more precise in placing the smaller parts like hydraulic rams, vents, ejection seat harness, etc – lots of tiny bits to add so you have to be careful they don’t flick out of your tweezers and disappear lost in the carpet forever! The rear fuselage is provided as a separate unit with jet engine which I thought a bit gimmicky & needs careful work on the join if you decide to fix the tail in place – would rather have seen some intake trunking instead – despite that with a bit of care it makes up into a nice model. Included in the kit is a neat little boarding ladder – the bracing between the top rung and the pad that sits against the fuselage is not provided so I added that with a piece of brass wore bent to shape. Kit decals were mainly used but the pale grey numbers and MARINE lettering came from Berna Decals sheet BD48-47. I shortened the main undercarriage legs by 1mm and cut off the nose wheel fork and added a wedge of plastic card before rejoining so the angle was increased – both of which gave the jet a higher nose up attitude. I scratch built the intake blanks from plastic card and brass wire. Fitted an ALKAN POD made by L’arsenal to the outer starboard pylon. 625 LTR fuel tanks were fitted to inner pylons – these were spares from my Kinetic Super Etendard build. Wheel chocks are in resin by L’arsenal & are very nice castings A forward radar warning antenna was added to the fin leading edge & was also a spare from the Kinetic kit Painted with Hobby Colour aqueous acrylic – H304 FS36118 H337 FS35237 Below photo with Kinetic Super Etendard SEM Below - My current Aeronavale line up - the iPhone camera seems to have distorted the photo on the right hand side of this photo Cheers CJP Edited May 27, 2020 by CJP photos 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_C Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Great job on the Etendard - a fine looking trio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhizhou Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 What a wonderful Etendard,. It is nice to see one of these built up. I think your build is great and the Gunze colours look spot on. Well done for mastering the KH kit. cheers, Zhizhou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 For me the IVP was the most aesthetically pleasing of the Etendard series. You’ve done a great job :). Wonderful. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Beautiful looking build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangseat Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Very nice! Thanks for posting, good to have a 48th Etendard to look at, it is inspiring me to tackle the Heller 1:72 in my stash, (which will need inspiration to make into a reasonably detailed model!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Lovely build on the Etendard and the line up, great stuff ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Hello CJP, Thanks for sharing your latest construction with us. You did quite a lot of alterations to the IVM. Good to see them all parked together. The French Naval Air Arm is quite impressive, in numbers and professionalism. Taking into consideration, that the French like to do it all on their own, like industry, training and operations. Long deployments worldwide. Regards, Orion. Edited May 27, 2020 by Orion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Hi CJP, Beautiful IV P! Congrats! Painting just right. Now all you need is the Crouze and the IV M!!! And the Rafale, of course... Coming soon, I have the Heller 1/72 kit of the Etendard IV M on my build list. Not as detailed as the 1/48 offering you just built, but it is still an iconic figure of la Royale. Great show and superb line up. JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Nice job......I have one of these in the 'to do' pile (OKATS) which I am planning to complete with the well documented damage caused by a Serbian SAM over Bosnia back in the 1990s. Well Done, Sir ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Lovely work. Never knew KH did this subject! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Very nice work 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin38 Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Great build and a wonderful looking line up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 That's a great looking group! Beautifully done models and the Etendard has long been a favorite of mine. I'm glad to know that there is a 1/48 version or two around. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Thanks to all of you for your kind comments - both the Kinetic and Kitty Hawk kits were nice to build. 7 hours ago, Tiger331 said: Nice job......I have one of these in the 'to do' pile (OKATS) which I am planning to complete with the well documented damage caused by a Serbian SAM over Bosnia back in the 1990s. Well Done, Sir ! I have seen that photo of the SAM damaged Etendard so look forward to see you do that model 8 hours ago, jean said: Hi CJP, Beautiful IV P! Congrats! Painting just right. Now all you need is the Crouze and the IV M!!! And the Rafale, of course... Coming soon, I have the Heller 1/72 kit of the Etendard IV M on my build list. Not as detailed as the 1/48 offering you just built, but it is still an iconic figure of la Royale. Great show and superb line up. JR I must admit the Crouze and Rafale have been considered but I think I will try and build the Dynavector Scimitar next CJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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