Reini78 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 #13/2022 After the French Skyraider, my dad decided to build another one, this time an AD-4NA during the Korean War. He used the Italeri boxing of the old ESCI kit which was first released in 1979. Most Korean War naval schemes are rather boring, but I had a Cutting Edge sheet with a more colourful scheme in the stash. Like it happened several times before with Cutting Edge decals, they disintegrated in the water. So my dad secured them with Microscale Liquid Decal Film, which luckily worked out. Because of that, the decal carrier film looks a bit thicker. Painted the model with an older selfmixed navy blue. The kit is a modular one for AD-4 (N, NA), AD-6. There are fuselage side inserts for either the dive brakes or the doors. My dad had to fill some lines and engrave new ones in that area, in the end he dicided to remove all the raised panel lies and rescribe the model. Kept the ventral dive brake. It´s slightly raised and to sand it away completely and get a smooth even surface, hardly impossible. When the model stands you don´t see it anyway. The prop plades are molded the wong way around, to say the rear side faces forward. So my dad cut them off und glued them on again in the correct position. The pitot tube under the right wing was taken from a Tamiya Skyraider kit, the Esci one has only a tube for the fin. The two napalm canisters are leftovers from an unfinished Hobby Boss F-80 kit. They have no engravings for the filler caps, so my dad used some decals and added fuses with plastic rods. The 2000lb bomb is from the sparesbox, added some scratchbuilt strap-on and mount. Real center racks came later with the AD-5. Little fin mast was done with plastic rod, antenna wire with EZ Line. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235109348-korean-war148-douglas-ad-4na-skyraider-vf-194-us-navy/ Model shows a VF-194 Skyraider onboard the USS Boxer in 1953. DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0016 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0018 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0019 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0020 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0021 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0022 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0023 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0024 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0026 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0027 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiwarrior Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Wow, that looks really good. A terrific job. Thanks for sharing. Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Nicely done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Very good job, compliments 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke1199 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Excellent work, I love the weathering. It's fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Another great one by your dad!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 23 hours ago, Samuraiwarrior said: Wow, that looks really good. A terrific job. Thanks for sharing. Kevin 21 hours ago, John_W said: Nicely done. 20 hours ago, Linus said: Very good job, compliments 19 hours ago, Luke1199 said: Looks great! 18 hours ago, Pantherhawk27263 said: Excellent work, I love the weathering. It's fantastic. 18 hours ago, coneheadff said: Another great one by your dad!! Thanks for your comments, appreciated very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 A remarkable Skyraider! The subtle enhancement of the panel joints looks just right to this pair of eyes. You still don't seem to mind applying skin oil to the finished model. It will be visible eventually… Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Lovely work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 On 6/24/2022 at 9:22 PM, Spitfire31 said: A remarkable Skyraider! The subtle enhancement of the panel joints looks just right to this pair of eyes. You still don't seem to mind applying skin oil to the finished model. It will be visible eventually… Kind regards, Joachim 😄 no my dad touches the painted model a hundred times before it´s finished, so far haven´t seen any finger prints, only 1-2 times because the final clear coat wasn´t completely dry On 6/24/2022 at 10:56 PM, RMCS said: Lovely work thank you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Superb work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted July 5, 2022 Author Share Posted July 5, 2022 On 6/29/2022 at 6:27 PM, F-32 said: Superb work! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
112 Squadron Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 This is an excellent USN Korean War Skyaider! Great job! 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 7/7/2022 at 11:39 PM, 112 Squadron said: This is an excellent USN Korean War Skyaider! Great job! 👏 Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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