Stefan Buysse Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Hi, A bit late, but I'd like to join in with this 1/48 Hasegawa A-4E. I do have some time off between now and the 6th of June, so there's a chance I might finish in time. It's a subject that I have wanted to build for quite a while...a VA-46 Skyhawk using the Victory Productions sheet. This one (BuNo150118) was lost in the Forrestal fire. Cheers, Stefan. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basket Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Pretty courageous !!! Welcome on board !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 5 hours ago, Stefan Buysse said: A bit late I think that may be the understatement of the GB! You are more than welcome to join in and having the sheet that you are going to use I know the option you are going for which is a good one. I wish you good luck with this one (and your A-4C) and look forward to watching your progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Buysse Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 Thanks for the welcome, guys. I do have some time off between now and the 6th of June. So many great Skyhawk decals out there and so little time... Cheers, Stefan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) Ooooh a Clansmen build, will it be McCain’s A-4 ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain For what its worth I was on USS Forrestal in 1990 for a week. I was part of a group of civilians allowed to take a week at sea on board. Edited May 24, 2021 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Buysse Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 8 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Ooooh a Clansmen build, will it be McCain’s A-4 ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain For what its worth I was on USS Forrestal in 1990 for a week. I was part of a group of civilians allowed to take a week at sea on board. Hi, The decal instructions don't say if BuNo150118 was the Skyhawk that Mc Cain was in, just that it was one of the 11 Skyhawks of VA-46 and VA-106 that were destroyed. A week on the Forrestal...cool. My own connections with the Forrestal are that the first F-14 I ever saw came from the Forrestal. And that an old friend of mine (no longer with us) was aboard during the early 1960's. He was an ex-Air Force guy working in the South of France, still keen on aeroplanes. I have a cool picture of him sitting among the VF-74 crews in their ready room. At first glance it's simply "VF-74 in their ready room", but then I recognised a much younger version of his face among them. Cheers, Stefan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, Stefan Buysse said: Hi, The decal instructions don't say if BuNo150118 was the Skyhawk that Mc Cain was in, just that it was one of the 11 Skyhawks of VA-46 and VA-106 that were destroyed. A week on the Forrestal...cool. My own connections with the Forrestal are that the first F-14 I ever saw came from the Forrestal. And that an old friend of mine (no longer with us) was aboard during the early 1960's. He was an ex-Air Force guy working in the South of France, still keen on aeroplanes. I have a cool picture of him sitting among the VF-74 crews in their ready room. At first glance it's simply "VF-74 in their ready room", but then I recognised a much younger version of his face among them. Cheers, Stefan. Im a big Be-Deviler’s fan as well. If I can help with anything let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Buysse Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 Hi, Today, I sprayed the red for my 3 Skyhawks and worked on the droptanks a bit. They will be 3 different Skyhawk models (A C, an E and an F) and they will have 3 different droptank configurations. The single 400 gallon tank is for the E, the finned 300 gallon tanks for the C and the unfinned 300 gallon tanks for the F. Cheers, Stefan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Batch spraying is a very good idea for multiple builds of the same aircraft type Stefan, and you are proving the case. I like the variety of drop tanks, keeps things interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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