AF-1 Skyhawk Brazilian Navy
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- 1. Might have a Scooter problem.
Seeing the Hasegawa A-4M built as an AF-1 inspired me to post pictures of an old build of mine.
This is the Hobby Craft A-4N "Israeli" boxing that also came with decals for the Brazilian Skyhawks. I built this kit back in 2013. No real fit issues have stayed with me on building this kit though I had to do a bit of extra work like scratch building the HUD and adding the defrost vent in front of the windscreen. And oddly I used a Monogram avionics hump, can't remember why now. Plus used FCM decals in lieu of most of the really poor Hobby Craft ones. The paint scheme is USN TPS for the Scooters and I used Model Master enamels.
Now that Brazil and Embraer have upgraded the AF-1s to AF-1B standard with a radar in the nose, pondering using the soon to be released Magic Factory A-4M for such an endeavour.
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- 1. Sheet plastic and patience are a modeler's friends when building a HUD.
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- 1. AF-1B
- 2. New
- 3. Low Viz Markings
- 4. Looks AR-1 for the radar nose
- 5. New antennas
