stevej60 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Morning folk's after a couple of years now building mostly golden oldie's I thought it time to get out the airbrush and embark on a series of build's with more modern offering's covering my favourite US Navy aircraft in the classic Gray/White period of their service.First up is Airfix's Skyhawk a cracking little kit it is too,I broke up the upper surface gray a little with a few passes of the airbrush in a lighter then ran a dark gray wash into the panel's,this first one a practice piece for what's to follow which will be the Panther,Cougar,Fury,Prowler and Intruder and hopefully Tiger.As always many thanks for looking in. 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almac Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Nice work Steve. Very nice Cheers Allan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Lovely job on the Skyhawk ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Excellent Scooter there Steve, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triet Cam Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 What's not to love about scooters? Excellent build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverkite211 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Very nice, I think the final finish came out perfectly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Practice piece? Looks to me you’ve nailed it. Can’t wait to see your other gray/white Navy birds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 That looks really good. Love the grey over white with colorful squadron markings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Very nice Scooter. Great work. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Beautiful build, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Yo Steve, I like it when you build jets, and if they are US Navy jets, even better, and if they sport a grey over white camo with lots of colorful trims, then I am in modelers' heaven! Your A-4 is splendid! I am embarking on the same USN grey/white jets crusade later in the year, and I can't wait. My A-4B is 75% finished and then it will be a F-4B Fujimi of VF-84... So you bet I am going to follow your builds! Congrats!!! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Cracking build, love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 That looks terrific... especially for a "practice piece"! I'm anxious to see the upcoming builds in your series as I like them all and if the look as good as this.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Neat, tidy...smashing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Very nice Steve!!!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 4 hours ago, jean said: So you bet I am going to follow your builds! Thank's Jean,the Panther is in a later gray white scheme which makes a nice change from the normal blue,the Cougar and Skyhawk in white scheme's so some interesting stuff to come. remember the Monogram Panther from a couple of years ago? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Yowzah! That looks more like the Fujimi A-4B than the Airfix kit- your Scooter is the best build of the new-tool kit I've seen in a while. If this is your practice mule, I think we're all in trouble when you hit your stride! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Very nicely finished Scooter - well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Fantastic job. Gotta love an A-4. A lovely build and finish. It's a cracking kit that Airfix one isn't it? 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangled Plastic Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Inspirational! Really nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 19 hours ago, binbrook87 said: Fantastic job. Gotta love an A-4. A lovely build and finish. It's a cracking kit that Airfix one isn't it? 👍 It is a beauty won't be my last one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Nicely done Scooter Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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