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Airfix 1/72 A-4B Skyhawk


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Hi All,

 

Here's another build from last year, Airfix's lovely 1/72 Scooter.  The only extras that were added were the six 500lb general purpose bombs and TERs, which came from a Hasegawa weapons set.  The markings are from the box, which represent an A-4B with VA-95 'Green Lizards', aboard the USS Intrepid, circa 1966.  The finish is Model Master Light Gull Gray and white, with Acryl semi-gloss for the varnish.  The panel lines were hit with Flory Models Dark Dirt wash.  Thanks for looking! 

 

Cheers,

Albert

 

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Nicely done!, I've noticed you filled the superfluous hatch on the starboard nose. 

 

Just one small suggestion, if I may - you might consider drilling a hole for the rather visible oil vent on the port fuselage. See the excellent Tailspin Topics page: 

 

http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-airfix-172-4b4p-modeling-notes.html 

 

Cheers,

 

Andre 

 

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4 hours ago, BerndM said:

Lovely Scooter.

Was it difficult to get the kit decals over the wings vortex generators ?

 

Hi Bernd,

 

Thank you for the compliment.  The decals responded well to Micro-Sol which helped with getting them to conform to the vortex generators without too much difficulty.

 

 

3 hours ago, Hook said:

Nicely done!, I've noticed you filled the superfluous hatch on the starboard nose. 

 

Just one small suggestion, if I may - you might consider drilling a hole for the rather visible oil vent on the port fuselage. See the excellent Tailspin Topics page: 

 

http://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-airfix-172-4b4p-modeling-notes.html 

 

Cheers,

 

Andre 

 

 

Thanks Andre, I appreciate the kind comment and the link.  I plan on building another one of these so this webpage will come in handy.

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