albymoore Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 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 67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Very nice. Gotta love the Skyhawk. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Lovely build Albert.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Yep, lovely little Scooter. So many great schemes for this aircraft too. Always nice to see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Lovely aircraft with a superb finish. Well done Albert... Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 40 minutes ago, Serkan Sen said: Lovely aircraft with a superb finish. Well done Albert... Serkan Agree completely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Clean and sharp build, i like it a lot Regards Djordje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 So do I! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cessna Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Nice Scooter!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Love it, very smart indeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Nice clean build, well done on the panel lining. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Lovely job with a nice weathered finish. I remember the first Airfix A4 which was rather basic. Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Looks nice, Albert! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albymoore Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 Thank you everyone for the kind comments. Cheers, Albert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Excellent job on the Scooter - definitely a kit I need to purchase! Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Beautiful finish on this one. It looks very realistic. Well done sir!! Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Really nice Albert. I agree about the Airfix kit...very neat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Hey great it's Viper! (Uh-oh...). Lovely job on that. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Thanks for sharing this lovely A4. Smartly done and I love those leading edge slats extended! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbot Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 You’ve done a really nice subtle job there. It looks so good straight out of the box for such a small and reasonably priced kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Super Scooter, very nice work ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Lovely Scooter. Was it difficult to get the kit decals over the wings vortex generators ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albymoore Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Thanks for this info. That was one of the points which kept the kit away from my bench. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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