Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
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1/72 Fujimi A-4M Skyhawk
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was introduced in the 1950’s as a carrier-based, light attack aircraft for the US Navy and Marine Corps. It served in the ground attack, close air support, and light bomber roles for the US military, retiring in [...]
Eduard 1/48 A-4E Skyhawk "Vietnam Scooters"
Hello iModeler! Here is my first completed build of the 2022. Eduard A-4E Skyhawk. I had a lot of fun building this kit, despite a lot of self inflicted headaches with painting and finishing. Upon reviewing the photos I noticed a few [...]
1/48 ESCI A-4Q conversion
I bought up a lot of 1/48 ESCI A-4's years ago, and was not aware of the issues with the kit. The canopy is closer to the real A-4 than the Monogram canopy, but the exhaust area of the kit, is more of an ogival cross section than the [...]
1/48 Monogram A-4H Indonesia TNI-AU
My third A-4, and last for a little while, is the Monogram A-4E kit with improvements to the kit, and modifications to build it as an ex-Israeli A-4H in service of the Indonesian Air Force- TNI-AU.
The first issue to deal with on the [...]
1/48 Classic Airframes IAF TA-4H
Here is my second IAF Skyhawk- a TA-4H. The Classic Airframes kit is quite good- with a few issues. The best part of them is the lack of "step" on the leading edge of the wing, for the slat. on the real plane there is no step [...]
1/48 Hasegawa IAF A-4N
I love the Skyhawk- single seat, two seat, various operators, etc. I initially made the mistake of thinking that you could take the A-4M kit and with decals make it an A-4N. I learned pretty quickly, that not all A-4N airframes had ARBS in [...]
Monogram 1/48 OA-4M
Just recently off the bench is my rendition of the older but excellent Monogram 1/48 OA-4M in the two tone gray finish. I used Mr. Color paints and their semi-gloss for a final finish. Furball decals were also used and I cannot say [...]
1/48th Hasegawa A-4M Skyhawk
Just finished building this 1/48th Hasegawa A-4M Skyhawk. It's finished in the markings of VMA-311 as seen at MCAS Beaufort, SC. The kit was supplemented with an Eduard color zoom cockpit fret and an aftermarket ejection seat and exhaust [...]
Airfix 1/72 A-4P Skyhawk, Argentina
This is my entry into the Falkland's War group build - the new-tool Airfix A-4. Built OOB except for the replacement of the spine aerial and the addition of fin loop aerials to convert from a B to a P, and the addition of a TER to handle [...]
Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk - US Navy VT-7 – USS Lexington
Bonjour chers iModelers,
This is my rendition of the colourful TA-4J Skyhawk of the VT-7. This version is quite known, but I wanted to have it in my showcase !
The Hasegawa kits comes with some issues, as often with this brand. But the [...]
