SEA Scooter

[Foxbat]

That's South East Asian, most Skyhawks were seaworthy out of the crate 😀

 

From wikipedia: Due to the declining relationship between Indonesia and the Soviet Union, there was a lack of spare parts for military hardware supplied by the Communist Bloc. Soon, most of them were scrapped. The Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU) acquired A-4 Skyhawks to replace its Il-28 Beagles and Tu-16 Badgers in a covert operation with Israel... The A-4 served the Indonesian Air Force from 1982 until 2003.

 

Take one Hobbyboss 1/48 A-4E, add in some Airies resin for the Israeli extended exhaust and 30mm DEFA cannon (standard on the A-4N, retro fitted to the E) and smother liberally in FCM decals and you should have a very smart Indonesian A-4E in three tone camo. That's the plan anyway 😊

 

Pics to follow.

 

Andy

Edited February 28, 2021 by Foxbat

[modelling minion]

10 hours ago, Foxbat said:

Take one Hobbyboss 1/48 A-4E, add in some Airies resin for the Israeli extended exhaust and 30mm DEFA cannon (standard on the A-4N, retro fitted to the E) and smother liberally in FCM decals and you should have a very smart Indonesian A-4E in three tone camo. That's the plan anyway 😊

That is an excellent plan Andy, and will result in an excellent and unusual looking model.

Good to see a Hobbycraft kit being built too.

[Foxbat]

As promised, some pics.

 

Base kit is the Hobbyboss A-4E. There is an Israeli modified E out there I believe but this one was available so I went for it.

 

 

The box is absolutely crammed with plastic - a long way from the Matchbox kit that was my last Skyhawk. Bigger than I expected too.

 

 

 

 

This is the aftermarket I'll be using to turn the unsuspecting USN bird into the exotica mentioned above. The Indonesian mrkings are all at the bottom of the sheet. It's my first foray into using resin. It'll be PE and proper colours next, you mark my words  

 

 

Speaking of proper colours, the FS numbers given with the decals are way out. The light grey I've worked out and the blue is Intermediate Blue so I worked back from the name to find a match. The  light brown is actually another grey when I look it up so I have no idea yet what I'm going to use there. I'll build it first though and worry later.

 

Andy

[modelling minion]

Very nice selection of goodies Andy, looks like you have everything you need to turn this into an Indonesian bird.

To give HobbyBoss their due they do like to fill their boxes with useful stuff like weapons, unlike Hasegawa.

[John Masters]

On 3/6/2021 at 2:02 PM, Foxbat said:

It'll be PE and proper colours next, you mark my words  

😆

[modelling minion]

Hi Andy, just wondering if you have been able to get any time on your Skyhawk yet?

[Alex Sidharta]

On 3/6/2021 at 7:02 PM, Foxbat said:

As promised, some pics.

 

Base kit is the Hobbyboss A-4E. There is an Israeli modified E out there I believe but this one was available so I went for it.

 

 

The box is absolutely crammed with plastic - a long way from the Matchbox kit that was my last Skyhawk. Bigger than I expected too.

 

 

 

 

This is the aftermarket I'll be using to turn the unsuspecting USN bird into the exotica mentioned above. The Indonesian mrkings are all at the bottom of the sheet. It's my first foray into using resin. It'll be PE and proper colours next, you mark my words  

 

 

Speaking of proper colours, the FS numbers given with the decals are way out. The light grey I've worked out and the blue is Intermediate Blue so I worked back from the name to find a match. The  light brown is actually another grey when I look it up so I have no idea yet what I'm going to use there. I'll build it first though and worry later.

 

Andy

Hi,

 

I used Gunze Lacquer #C338 (FS 36495), Gunze #EC-20 for the brownish grey and Testors #2132 for the blue color.

 

Alex