stevehnz Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Not sure if this was the best choice for this GB but it is a old classic Japanese kit that was still being kitted into the noughties if not the teens, I'd have been gutted if I'd bought a new kit anytime in the last 20 years & found myself with one of these. I did have plans to use the decals from an Airfix Top Gun Skyhawk but upon delving into the box I figured I'll keep them for a better kit, so this one is going to be utterly OOB, probably in a Marine Skyhawk unit scheme, that of VMA-211 Wake Island Avengers. The decals for this were in the box when I bought it but are from another boxing of this kit so still qualify as OOB to my mind. The sprue shot. Steve. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Small change to the plans outlined above re scheme, the VMA-211 decals were missing a couple of reasonably vital ones & the kits decals national markings were out of register a tad, the red bar was slightly above centre, so i went looking for replacement stars & bars in my H2K kit which will not use the kit decals & discovered that one of the kit schemes was another Marine unit, VMA-311, whose unit symbol is a black & white cat, job done, our previous moggy was a black & white & I still miss him like hell. I've glued the wings & cockpit bits (seat &tub/nose wheel bay) together, tidied up the pilot figure, filed back the cockpit walls re @billn53's build of this same kit & felt quietly pleased with it. Steve. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Great choice, Steve 🙂. I was re-reading my old WIP and found this post of yours: ” I've one of these I look at occasionally & think I've worked out how I can do the slats , then I rebox it & put it back to sleep. ” So, how are you gonna do the slats? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Just now, billn53 said: So, how are you gonna do the slats? I'm not, did you miss the bit when I said utterly OOB, dropping flaps & slats would be against the spirit of a classic GB like this & that's my story & I'm sticking to it. On another note, the H2K colour call is for Dark Ghost Grey topside colour but this sounds wrong to me, surely Light Gull grey? Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 3 minutes ago, stevehnz said: . . . the H2K colour call is for Dark Ghost Grey topside colour but this sounds wrong to me, surely Light Gull grey? Surely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 Been having fun with this, fair zipping along we are. Its bigger than it should be but it does look like a Skyhawk. Steve. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Great choice Steve There's something really evocative about an early boxing of a kit that really makes me want to build it. This is coming along a treat Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 Thanks Pat, it might slow for a bit while I get my Draken sorted, & the Kfir decals finished, they're the priorities just now. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Nice choice Steve . Looking forward to this . On 5/28/2023 at 6:41 AM, JOCKNEY said: Great choice Steve There's something really evocative about an early boxing of a kit that really makes me want to build it. This is coming along a treat Cheers Pat Resistance is futile Pat . Martin H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 A kit that I've built previously, as the MiG19 silhouette Top Gun aircraft, and added to my stash again at IPMS Glos show. This one to be built as an Israeli A-4N with the exhaust extension. I thought this was about narrowing the angle that a heat-seeking missile could see the hot engine. NON, (having read about the mods made during Yom Kippur) it moves the missile detonation point a few feet back, to where it doesn't damage the tail surfaces. Something learned from their Super Mystere aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Looks great Steve. Hasegawa do like keeping their old moulds going, don't they? Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 A while since I reported on this, but I have been tinkering away, quite a lot of touch ups, I completely redid the underside, some Vallejo Insignia White proved very fragile so I stripped it off & went with some Sovereign Insignia White I have, much betterer. Humbrol 129 has done well as Light Gull Gray on the uppers & its pretty much ready to put the decals on now before the sticky out bits. The bombies are ready & waiting to take their place. Steve. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 That's looking rather smart, Steve! Looking forward to the decoration and danglies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 On 6/30/2023 at 3:41 PM, John Laidlaw said: That's looking rather smart, Steve! Looking forward to the decoration and danglies. Thanks John, some more decoration of the painted kind, decals tomorrow I reckon. Steve. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 Done over a couple of evening, decals on, U/C fixed, bombies hanging under wings & that everso fragile ifr probe in place, for now. some small touch ups on the underside, a satin coat & I think we're done. Next photos in the Gallery. Thanks to @JOCKNEY & @JeroenS for hosting this & all who looked in & left likes & comments along the way. It was a build I quite enjoyed, however, I gave the other one I had to a young chap we know to have a go at. It is very much a kit of 50+ years ago. Steve. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Brilliant job Steve, congratulations mate Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandboof Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Great work Steve . A nice splash of colour too Martin H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Great job, Steve. I remember building this kit when it first came out, that’s how old I am 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Totally missed this one Steve, life getting in the way and all that. I spied it in the gallery and had to check out your thread, reviewed and all caught up now. I'll echo Pat's comments, a brilliant result mate! 🏆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 On 7/8/2023 at 5:18 AM, JOCKNEY said: Brilliant job Steve, congratulations mate Cheers Pat On 7/8/2023 at 2:43 PM, Grandboof said: Great work Steve . A nice splash of colour too Martin H 23 hours ago, billn53 said: Great job, Steve. I remember building this kit when it first came out, that’s how old I am 😆 38 minutes ago, Romeo Alpha Yankee said: Totally missed this one Steve, life getting in the way and all that. I spied it in the gallery and had to check out your thread, reviewed and all caught up now. I'll echo Pat's comments, a brilliant result mate! 🏆 Thanks very much guys, it was one that was fun to build & came up better than I expected it too. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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