Trumpeter 1/32 A-4G Skyhawk
Here is my newly completed Skyhawk of the Royal Australian Navy, 1982.
I built this model as a tribute to my good mate Bruce Chapman who passed away recently. He was a big fan of the Skyhawk and was always talking about how he would have approached the construction of this kit. I have incorporated most of the mods that he suggested (plus a few more!).
I chose to finish this model as one of the aircraft flown by John Bartels during his time in the RAN and in particular during one sortie where he flew a strike mission against a retired ship.
Additions:
AMS resin Seat, intakes and wheels.
Fisher Zuni rocket pods
Academy MK-82 bombs
Aires cockpit and wheel wells.
Modifications:
Scratchbuilt re-fuelling probe
Modified pylons
Shortened main undercarriage by approx 4 mm
Scratchbuilt launch cable hooks
Various vent pipes added with microtubing
Wiring conduit added to the nose gear
Brake lines and wiring added to the main undercarriage
horizontal stabilizers re-positioned along with the hole between them cut.
various sight gauges added to the fuselage
All vortex generators thinned.
Finish:
Custom mixes of Gunze Sangyo colours.
Self made masks for serials, nose numbers and roundels.
ALPS printed pilots names.
Very, very nice
This looks great!
A great looking Scooter. It's a fitting tribute to your friend. Well done!
Stellar build, sir...a fine piece of workmanship. A nice job indeed.
Your mate would be proud very nice build
Great work nice build and camo scheme - nice to see an aussi scooter !
Very well done - some of the pics could be "walk-around" shots of the real Scooter! A great-looking scheme too - makes me want to go out and find a 72 scale version to add to my collection (I've only built one Skyhawk, and don't have any in my stash).
Very nice Eric. A great looking model and a wonderful scheme. You really did a great job on this.
A very fitting tribute and memory to your friend, great work.
A great tribute and a fantastic build !
That's outstanding! Great matches for the camo colors.
Eric,
Absolutely stunning. A fine tribute to your friend.
Eric, that's one smart,tight build. Your time and efforts show and they paid off.
Two thumbs up.